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…
The seventh domain of lasting impact:
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…
Working with funders
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…
The year for Lasting Leadership
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….
7 Domains of Sustainable Impact: Part 6
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…
7 Domains of Sustainable Impact: Part 5
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…
The 7 Domains of Sustainable Impact – Part 4
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…
The 7 domains of sustainable impact Part 3
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…
Mission invisible: the value of single focused goals
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…
The 7 domains of sustainable impact: Part 2
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…
Being valuable but not precious
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…
Supporting survival and sustainability – new masterclasses for autumn
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…
Recent workshop learning
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…
Updated Lasting Difference toolkit! New content. New look. Still free. Still vital.
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…
Who knew? Your guide to managing knowledge better
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…
Newsletter – April 2020
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!…
March Newsletter
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…
A short film – sustainable leadership
I should have been in London yesterday with the good people at Directory of Social Change. They run a great event - very welcoming and with an ever-diverse and interesting...
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Pandemic but no panic
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 open for enrolment – starts May 2020!
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,…