Category: Charity Management
Advice and tips on how to manage and run your charity
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Quaker A-Z: T is for Timekeeping
Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash One of the questions which comes up frequently during MBS clerk support & training is agenda timekeeping, especially how to keep to time while still allowing time during the meeting for the spirit to move.Anyone who has attended a Yearly Meeting will be familiar with the way those clerks
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Expect the unexpected
Signs At MBS we have several decades of experience in working with different venues, committees, and groups to find ways to manage their buildings while increasing income, monitoring costs, and handling the tricky balancing act of meeting the needs of all those who use the spaces. Needless to say, we have seen several informative signs
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Quaker A-Z: R is for Reservations
Unseen reservations & resistance As those who know me would affirm – I am a committee nerd. Was tickled to be welcomed as one at a Woodbrooke course on serving nationally – the facilitator saying it was unlikely we’d all turned up to learn about becoming a better committee member if we weren’t! So, I
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Quaker A-Z: P is for Publicity or Promotion
Photo by Charlie Deets on Unsplash All publicity is good publicity? Publicity and Promotion are two words that often get a negative reputation. You hear them combined with ‘spin’, or ‘stunt’, or as ‘gimmicks’. Yet – internal and external communication is necessary to ensure your organisation thrives! Internal communication To ensure that people know things
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Quaker A-Z Clerking: O is for Onboarding
What do we mean by Onboarding? Onboarding is the action or process of integrating a new person into an organisation ensuring they have the tools and support need to help them be productive and do the work that they are expecting to do. Photo by Gilles Roux on Unsplash Don’t you mean Induction? In the
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Quaker A-Z: N is for Non-assumptive Language
Thinking about the language you use… I’m sure you’ve heard the old truism about “ass-uming”. But our society actually trains us to make various assumptions, usually based on “normal” behaviour and lifestyles. The language we use is no different. Picture this: you are a volunteer manager. Your charity is holding some event – perhaps a fundraiser,
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Quaker A-Z: M is for Maintenance of Files
Planned Files Maintenance Regular blocks of planned maintenance can help keep your files intelligible for yourself and others. When I did my Business Administration and Management Diploma (way back in the last century!), we were recommended to block out half a day once a month to deal with filing. All the paperwork that had arrived in
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Quaker A-Z: K is for Keep it Simple & Sustainable
Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash Quakers have testimonies of both simplicity & sustainability. Like all testimonies, both should apply to all aspects of life – including administration!Charities are usually run by volunteers, with occasional paid support for specific jobs. How do you ensure that your systems continue through the changes of role holders, volunteers,
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Quaker A-Z: J is for Jumping Around
For the preservation of love, concord and a good decorum in this meeting, ’tis earnestly desired that all business that comes before it be managed with gravity and moderation, in much love and Amity, without reflections or retorting, which is but reasonable as well as comely, since we have no other obligation upon each other
