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Category: Good Practice

Explanations and investigations into good practice in charity admin, and gospel order in Quaker business meetings.

  • Quaker A-Z: F is for Finding and being Found

    Quaker A-Z: F is for Finding and being Found

    Get found! How easily can your organisation be found? This is a vital element of attracting new members and hirers.

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  • Quaker A-Z: D is for Doing it Together

    Quaker A-Z: D is for Doing it Together

    D is for – Doing it together. Wendrie shares insights into bringing communities together for the greater cause.

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  • Quaker A-Z: C is for Clearness & Committee

    Quaker A-Z: C is for Clearness & Committee

    Communication can sometimes get muddled, this week Wendrie introduces us to Clearness Committees.

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  • Quaker A-Z: A is for Accountability & Authority

    Quaker A-Z: A is for Accountability & Authority

    Accountability Counts Both Ways I find many people find these two words hard to deal with, especially Authority, ‘Quakers don’t deal well with authority’, ‘I don’t like authority’, or ‘I don’t want authority’ I get told. When I ask about Accountability – they often tell me they don’t like that for them. However they often

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  • Quaker A-Z: 2025 Introduction

    Quaker A-Z: 2025 Introduction

    Introducing Our A-Z Series for 2025 Exploring Communication, Collaboration, and Community – One Letter at a Time As we step into 2025, we’re excited to unveil our new bi-weekly blog series: the A-Z of Communication, Collaboration, and Community. This year, we’ll be diving into 26 powerful words – one for each letter of the alphabet

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  • AdventWord 2024: Gather

    AdventWord 2024: Gather

    Gather for Good: How Charities Can Strengthen Community and Boost Impact Through Connection For charities, to gather people together – whether in person or online – is more than just an event or meeting. It’s an opportunity to create a deeper sense of connection, inspire support, and foster lasting community relationships. By gathering supporters, beneficiaries,

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  • Quaker A-Z: Y is for Yarn

    Quaker A-Z: Y is for Yarn

    A Good Yarn Firstly, in the last couple of A-Z blogs I’ve talked about reviewing your organisation and how you communicate with each other and further afield. Following this, I will refocus this time and talk about oral or verbal history and how that can enhance the meeting. In the last few years, I’ve been

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  • AdventWord 2024: Refine

    AdventWord 2024: Refine

    How Small Adjustments Can Make a Big Impact Photo by Carl Heyerdahl on Unsplash In 2025, MBS is turning its attention to communication, community and collaboration. In addition to our bi-weekly A-Z series, we are hosting FREE quarterly training workshops. Today’s AdventWord is REFINE and I would like to explore refining your communications strategy. You might

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  • Quaker A-Z: X is for X-ray

    Quaker A-Z: X is for X-ray

    X-rays look through to the supporting structures An X-ray gives transparency and vision that cuts through and sees what is important in an organisation. The end of the year is always a good time to take stock – to review what you’ve successfully completed, where things didn’t develop or complete as expected, or perhaps what

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