¿Deseas tener comunicaciones más efectivas? ¿Te resulta difícil establecer prioridades o a menudo no tienes suficiente tiempo? Ya sea que seas miembro del personal de una ONG o un profesional de la comunicación, ¡este curso es para ti! Sabemos que trabajar en una ONG exige mucho tiempo. Las comunicaciones pueden…
¿Alguna vez has estado en una reunión con alguien y sabes la mejor manera de proceder... y que sería lo mejor para ellos... pero no están convencidos y simplemente... no puedes... encontrar... las... palabras... correctas...? El poder de persuadir a las personas puede ser una herramienta invaluable para apoyar el…
We provide regular online training in the following topics: Project Management for Wildlife Conservation: In this course you will learn how to manage a conservation project from start to finish. Project management is a fundamental skill that all conservationists need to help manage their work effectively. For that reason it…
Have you ever been in a meeting with someone and you know the best way to proceed... and that it would be in their interests... but they aren't convinced and you just...can't...find...the... right...words...? The power to persuade people can be an invaluable tool to support conservation work. For example, you…
A panel discussion held as part of the 2022 Organisational Resilience Festival, this session features 4 funders presenting their thoughts on supporting organisational resilience
This 9 minute session, delivered by Alerick Pacay, FFI, as part of the 2022 Organisational Resilience Festival, looks at how to create a strong elevator pitch for when you have 2 minutes to pitch your project to a donor.
This recorded online session, presented by Laura Owens, FFI’s Partnerships & Organisational Development Technical Specialist, and Estrela Matilde from Fundação Príncipe was part of the 2022 Organisational Resilience Festival. It looks at what we mean by financial sustainability, indicators of financial sustainability, the importance of building a financial strategy and how to do so, including tips on building financial reserves and cover core costs.
This collection of papers acknowledges the challenges to build sufficient conservation capacity to deliver effective, timely nature protection at the scale needed. Each article however, demonstrates a clear understanding of the task ahead and provides evidence to support many of the approaches being taken to tackle these challenges.
This guide strives to support you in this endeavour by providing guidance, both general and specific, to help you tell your story in the structured manner and style required for scientific communication—to help you fulfil your communication aspirations.
Maliasili is an online platform which aims to enable talented local conservation organisations to become more effective at what they do, overcome their challenges, and achieve greater impact. Their wide range of free resources are designed to build organisational capacity.
Synopsis Ya'axché Conservation Trust (YCT) is a Belizean organisation works to maintain a healthy environment with empowered communities by fostering sustainable livelihoods, protected area management, biodiversity conservation and environmental education within the Maya Golden Landscape. Through a SWOC analysis, Ya’axché determined that the organisation was not as financially stable as…
Who would find this resource useful? Any organisation wishing to clarify the content and scope of their stakeholder influence. An organisation might use this resource when... ...their organisation would like to adopt a more strategic approach and use resources more efficiently, by actively choosing key stakeholders upon whom to focus. How…
Organise your fundraising work by prioritising it according to your organisation as a whole. It may be divided into two different sections: Organisational needs All the items (people’s salaries, services, travel, materials, equipment) needed to be able to run the basic office/programme activities) Programme needs All the items (people’s salaries, services,…
This word document is to be used with the funding tracker template found in the tools section of this website. It will guide you through the process on how to use these templates on excel.
Organise your fundraising work into one concise and simple to use excel document. The funding tracker allows you to catalogue all your funding proposals into one sheet, and manage them according to fund type, programme type, author, start and end dates, and funding status. This template could be very useful…
Who would find this resource useful? This toolkit is aimed specifically at those who do not feel confident about writing funding proposals and who may not have much experience in it. It can be used by the individual project manager or by a team committed to increasing the organisation’s capacity…
Who would find this resource useful? This toolkit is aimed specifically at people who have not thought through a financial strategy before. Perhaps you have not been involved in running an organisation before. Or perhaps your organisation has managed without a strategy but now you realise that, to survive, you…
Who would find this resource useful? This guide is for those with limited previous experience of fundraising from companies or trusts and foundations An organisation might use this resource when…. When starting out fundraising from companies or trusts and foundations How can this resource help? It is a…
Who would find this resource useful? This guide is useful for anyone writing funding proposals, wanting to learn more about different types of funder and about strategies for fundraising An organisation might use this resource when…. When writing a funding proposal How can this resource help? It provides…
Who would find this resource useful? This PowerPoint presentation provides introductory tips for anyone new to fundraising or who is developing training materials to train who are new to fundraising. See also Writing a Proposal. An organisation might use this resource when…. When new staff or volunteers with limited…
Who would find this resource useful? This PowerPoint presentation is an introduction for anyone new to writing funding proposals or who is developing training materials to train others who are new to writing funding proposals. See also Introduction to Fundraising. An organisation might use this resource when…. When new…
Who would find this resource useful? Organisations which do not have a system for tracking donor management and funding proposals An organisation might use this resource when…. When looking to increase their donor support base and improve donor relationship management. You may wish to use this alongside the Proposal…
Who would find this tool useful? Anyone looking at how an organisation should be conducted ethically, through a broad spectrum of areas, such as Fundraising, HR, Governance, Partnerships, Finance, Communications, Organisational Management, etc. An organisation might use this resource when…. Reviewing their organisation's operations, taking into account its principles,…
Who would find this tool useful? Anyone looking at how an organisation should be conducted ethically, through a broad spectrum of areas, such as Fundraising, HR, Governance, Partnerships, Finance, Communications, Organisational Management, etc. An organisation might use this resource when…. Reviewing their organisation's operations, taking into account its principles,…
Who would find this tool useful? Anyone looking at how an organisation should be conducted ethically, through a broad spectrum of areas, such as Fundraising, HR, Governance, Partnerships, Finance, Communications, Organisational Management, etc. An organisation might use this resource when…. Reviewing their organisation's operations, taking into account its principles,…
Who would find this resource useful? Anyone planning or facilitating a financial sustainability process - or finance strategy - for a non-governmental organisation An organisation might use this resource when…. Undertaking financial planning, or looking at their organisation's financial sustainability How can this resource help? This is a…
Who would find this resource useful? This step-by-step guide is designed to improve your success rate at institutional fundraising, by showing you how to plan high-quality projects, how to translate them into excellent funding proposals, how to develop constructive enduring donor relationships, and how to draft short- and long-term fundraising…
Who would find this resource useful? This guide is for anyone working in biodiversity conservation who needs help to secure adequate funding for their projects, programmes and organisations An organisation might use this resource when…. When thinking about Project Development, Proposal Writing, Donor Relations and Fundraising Strategies. When wanting to…
Synopsis Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) is Nigeria’s foremost environmental conservation organisation. Established as a non- governmental organisation in 1980 and registered in 1982, NCF has a vision of a Nigeria where people prosper while living in harmony with nature. It is a membership organisation and maintains a leading voice on…
Who would find this resource useful? Networking practitioners as well as other professionals wishing to establish a network An organisation might use this resource when…. When defining, setting up, managing or governing a formal network. How can this resource help? This is a hands-on guide for setting up, managing and…
Who would find this resource useful? Conservation project leaders and their teams who have responsibility for planning and implementing projects, especially non-specialists who have received no formal training in project planning. An organisation might use this resource when…. At any stage during the life cycle of small to medium-scale conservation…
Who would find this resource useful? Conservation project leaders and their teams who have responsibility for planning and implementing projects, especially non-specialists who have received no formal training in project planning. An organisation might use this resource when…. At any stage during the life cycle of small to medium-scale conservation…
Who would find this resource useful? Conservation project leaders and their teams who have responsibility for planning and implementing projects, especially non-specialists who have received no formal training in project planning. An organisation might use this resource…. At any stage during the life cycle of small to medium-scale conservation projects…
Synopsis Ya’axché is a local Belizean organisation that works to maintain healthy forests, rivers and reefs in the Maya Golden Landscape. The organisation’s core challenges include financial sustainability and linking its monitoring activities to overall program effectiveness. Ya’axché conducted a participatory strategic planning process resulting in a simple but comprehensive…
