Tag: Quaker A-Z
Part of MBS’s Quaker A-Z series. Published bi-weekly on an annual theme throughout the calendar year.
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Quaker A-Z: Y is for Your Why
Reconnecting Your Charity’s Purpose to Your Communications As we wrap up another busy year in the charity world, now is the perfect moment to pause, breathe, and reconnect with something often buried under to-do lists, funding reports and last-minute project deadlines: Your Why. Every charity exists because something matters enough for people to organise around
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Quaker A-Z: X is for X marks the spot (again)
Do you appear on the map? If someone is looking for your building – does it appear on the map? Hopefully it appears as at least a grey block! But… is it labelled? are there signposts? have you claimed your charity/building/business on Google maps? do you appear on local neighbourhood maps? When I lived and
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Quaker A-Z: U is for Unity & Unanimity
Unity does not mean Unanimity so what does it mean? Unity is not the absence of conflict. In fact, when conflict is handled well it promotes unity. Insisting on Unanimity as being the same as or better than Unity makes things hard. Merriam-Webster defines unity as the “the quality or state of not being multiple,
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Quaker A-Z: S is for Simplicity
Simple Things Communicating with others doesn’t have to be complicated. It can be simple. You just need to decide who you want to talk to, and about what. Then work out what is required, and who can do that – remembering that you don’t have to do it all. Photo by Glen Carrie on Unsplash
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Quaker A-Z: R is for Relationship & Responsible
Who is responsible for what? All relationships contain questions about who is responsible for what, but they’re not always clearly answered. Groups working closely together are now using Memorandums of Understanding to clarify roles and responsibilities. These documents also help define how the relationship is monitored and maintained. Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash But
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Quaker A-Z: Q is for Quakerly
What does Quakerly mean? I dislike Quakerly as a adjective. It is usually used in a pejorative, not in a friendly way! “THAT wasn’t very Quakerly….‘ With the ‘THAT’ being something the speaker feels passionately about. But it isn’t actually a specific corporate testimony. If it is a specific corporate testimony then you can say, ‘Quakers
