by Elisha | Feb 1, 2019 | Evaluation
As money gets tighter and grant seeking more competitive, funders are increasingly concerned that their grants go to organisations that can produce and share measurable results. A strong project idea is no longer enough; funders want to see a plan for evaluation into...
by Elisha | May 31, 2018 | Organisational Development
Granted, I’m biased. I love this image painted by Colin Righton as the logo for Jazzthink, my consulting and coaching company, back in 2002. It’s rich in imagery and in possibilities for drawing out lessons from jazz for nonprofit flourishing. What I want to focus on...
by Elisha | Nov 29, 2017 | Charity
Many of my friends here in the United Kingdom keep asking me: “how can we set up charities to help our communities back home in Africa?” Good! This idea to help in relieving your communities experiencing some problems is an honorable one. Very powerful and unique....
by Elisha | Nov 6, 2017 | Sustainability
Sustainability refers to organisations being able to maintain themselves, projects, operations, services and benefits over a projected life time. It is an organisation’s ability to weather the changing social, economic and political contexts to continuously benefit...
by Elisha | Nov 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
It’s not a foregone conclusion that you’ll be successful in securing grants any time you write proposals or applications to trusts, foundations, lottery or any other funder. However hard you tried, your project proposal is likely to be rejected on many occasions. You...
