Conducting a community needs assessment
The goals of your organisation will be set by the interplay between the services and products you…
Strategy
The goals of your organisation will be set by the interplay between the services and products you are equipped to provide and the needs of the community you serve.
When starting a not-for-profit organisation, you should always conduct an assessment of your community and its needs to make sure the work you want to do is needed and that it will work. This assessment shouldn't only happen once though, and not-for-profit organisations should be regularly ensuring that the work they are doing is both needed and will make an impact.
This page hosts tools and resources to help you develop and update your strategy.
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Auditing your community assets
Your organisation wants to survive, to grow, and to serve. In order to do these things you need to…
Safeguarding your membership
It is imperative that not-for-profit groups clearly define in their constitution who their members…
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The advantages and disadvantages of mergers
The real reason for thinking about mergers is that a well-done merger may promote your mission -…
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Incorporated Associations
Incorporation is the cheapest and quickest way to become a legal entity.
Legal structures
You don't have to be part of an organisation to do good work. You can work on the basis of ad hoc…
Mergers: A Primer for the Not-for-Profit Sector
The public worries about not-for-profit inefficiencies, and especially about teeth-to-tail ratios –…
Modern governance and community groups
Governance is about how your group is run - the structures and systems and understandings that…
Not-for-profit companies
A company structure is one way to limit your liability to unforeseen contingencies.
Safeguarding your membership
It is imperative that not-for-profit groups clearly define in their constitution who their members…
Ten questions every board director should ask about change management
Change is something to embrace when we have chosen it ourselves. However when change has been…
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The advantages and disadvantages of mergers
The real reason for thinking about mergers is that a well-done merger may promote your mission -…
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10 key areas to renew, review and refresh
It's easy to carry on doing the same thing 'because that's the way we do it'. To avoid the pitfalls…