Before you start telling your well-crafted authentic story, take some time to plan how you will communicate it. A communication plan helps you to pull together what you want to say, who you want to say it to and how you’ll say it. Current...
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How to design a campaign
You’ve decided to run a campaign. It may be to raise awareness of an issue, raise money or to achieve a change to government policy or law. It may be in response to an injustice and you may have to get things moving quickly. If you want to run a...
How to write a project plan
When you’re taking on a new project it is a good idea to step it out into a plan. If your organisation has received funding from another source like government then a project plan will be a requirement. A well-written project plan gives your team a...
How to plan for sustainability
So your project is going really well, you have new ideas all the time, you’re seeing positive changes in your community – but can it last? What do you do when the funding runs out? When good people leave? It’s hard to think of those things when you’re...
How to Write an Expression of Interest (EOI)
Sometimes organisations call for an Expression of Interest (EOI) rather than a standard job application. An EOI is a short letter which introduces a jobseeker, tells a prospective employer why the jobseeker would like to work for them and what skills...
How to do a snap shot survey (easy data collection in a community setting)
It’s easy to do a snap-shot survey using the tools we all have lying around – butchers’ paper, whiteboards and Post-it notes. This How to came from the Neighbourhood House network, using “feeling safe in your community” as an example of a...
How to write a Budget Priorities Statement
Do you want to ask the State Government for extra funding, or for money for a new project? The time to do this is when the State Government is preparing its budget for the next financial year. Most years the Department of Treasury & Finance runs a...
How to use stories to gather data using The Most Significant Change Technique
The Most Significant Change (MSC) Technique[fn]This How-To is a summary of the ‘ Most Significant Change’ (MSC) technique: a guide to its use by Rick Davies and Jess Dart, April 2005.[/fn] is special in two ways. First, it is home grown...
How to measure community or sector level outcomes
This 'How to' is for organisations funded to do community development or sector capacity building work. Community development or community capacity building? Or community involvement work? Community development is often seen as a slightly wider...
How to use Information Technology to improve outcomes monitoring and reporting
IT information systems[fn]This How-To is adapted from Davey S, Parkinson D & Wadia A 2008, Using ICT to improve your monitoring & evaluation: a workbook to help you develop an effective ICT system , Charities Evaluation Service. This is a...