NEW: Sustainable impact guide
Your time and resources are scarce. You want to use them wisely. Focus on what makes an impact. Covid increases the urgency of building capacity, increasing resilience and expanding your…
Your time and resources are scarce. You want to use them wisely. Focus on what makes an impact. Covid increases the urgency of building capacity, increasing resilience and expanding your…
Communities being better informed, connected and equipped Are the people and issues you support visible and involved in community life? Do awareness raising campaigns have to be done by you…
We’re often asked if funders recognise and support the core messages in The Lasting Difference. The short answer is: mostly! But it might depend where you work. If you get…
Well if there was ever a year for a sustainable leadership guide, it was this one! When we launched the Lasting Leadership® guide in February, we knew it was timely….
This is Part 6 in a series of 7. Part One is here. Policy and policy makers respond to evidence of changing needs Where did the policies (and funding) you…
This is part 5 of a 7-part series on the Domains of Sustainable Impact. You can start the full series here. 5. Other organisations are more able to respond and…
This article is part 4 in a series of 7. Read parts one, two and three here. Our organisations won’t be around for ever – start planning for that. Why…
This article continues our series on sustainable impact – how to make a lasting difference that continues even after your work stops. Discover Parts One and Two by following the…
Imagine if there were a simple way to make decisions in a complex world. Imagine being able to manage your limited capacity. And wouldn’t it be great if your whole…
In the first article of this series, we identified the ‘seven domains’ of sustainable impact – the different ways in which you can make a lasting difference. The first domain…
Until now, the Lasting Difference has addressed sustainable impact by focusing on three clear principles: Encouraging independence and ownership Increasing influence and capacity Generating and sharing learning. Today I’m starting…
We’ve updated our core Lasting Difference workshops, packaging them into three online masterclasses. They’re about supporting charities and social enterprises to survive and be sustainable in a post-pandemic world, so…
As any fan of the BBC’s Repair Shop knows, the things that stand the test of time aren’t those that are the most solidly built. They’re those that have been…
We’ve got just one goal for the year ahead: supporting charities, social enterpries and public bodies to survive. Please help by sharing the updated Lasting Difference toolkit – it’s available…
You know when you study something because it’s interesting, but you’re not sure how relevant it will be? That’s how I felt about knowledge management when I did it as…
Our Spring newsletter, with free and reduced rate learning opportunities and resources, a sneak peak at the updated Lasting Difference guide – and celebrating 500 book sales with 500p off!…
Our March newsletter shares news of our newly launched Lasting Leadership guide and opportunities to explore its concepts. What’s new? Our world needs healthy non-profit organisations and leaders Read…
As a small business with a super-committed team, we are lucky. We have worked out ways to survive while the economy is on hold and ‘business as usual’ is far…
e-learning: Enrol now to start in May! After successful pilots last year, our shiny new e-learning programme Introduction to Organisational Sustainability is open for bookings. Starting on 4th May,…