Blogs
Tis the season
I was looking at buying Christmas present socks at the weekend… so I thought I would check out ‘charity’ socks. They look great. But they are quite expensive. It got me thinking about giving and feeling good about it. I bought some other socks, and will give a...
Communicate!
The need for really good communication with people outside an organisation is obvious. It’s clearly horses for courses but members, users, funders, commissioners, other agencies and the wider community need to be kept informed and engaged – for all sorts of reasons....
Can Impact Measurement be Inspiring?
Can impact measurement be inspiring? On 6th June we co-hosted an event in Exeter with Social Value UK - one of a series of Roadshows they are running across the country as part of the Inspiring Impact Programme - https://www.inspiringimpact.org/ There was a great...
Put Yourself in Their Shoes
You’re the new manager for a new project… you read the funding application that sets out what you need to deliver and achieve - and your first thought is that there is no way you can make that happen. Or, you’re half way through a project and the targets that...
Going Digital
I attended a meeting of the impact champions network recently, organised as part of Inspiring Impact - https://www.inspiringimpact.org/. The topic was ‘The Role of Digital in Impact Measurement’. One of the organisations presenting their journey with implementing a...
Relationship Breakdown: What are Trustees Doing?
Two organisations I am currently working with have really difficult relationships with other agencies which should be key partners and collaborators. It’s difficult to pin down the cause and origins of the tensions though I think the (increasingly?) competitive and...
If it ain’t broke – we will fix it
Commissioners and others involved in making big strategic decisions about critically important public services bang on about the importance of the voluntary sector, about engaging people, about drawing on local knowledge and intelligence and about building on...
Cigales – investing in local community enterprises and initiatives
You almost certainly won’t notice them when you go on holiday to France but there are almost two hundred of them throughout the country. They can be found in cities, towns and some of remotest villages deep in the French countryside. While Cigales is the French for...
Clearly News for Summer
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