It is such a privilege to know how many of you incredible people are making change happen day in, day out. You let us in to your world and we experience your passion and commitment to impact. It gives us hope. This year we have worked with remarkable people and organisations who are working to: […]
Posts By: Rachael
Disrupted Development Funding 2030
As the damage of the pandemic continues globally, with 100 million more people pushed into extreme poverty1, the disruption in development funding is in critical focus. Devastating cuts to aid are already being felt. Fundraisers are adapting to the shift in aid spending and seeking routes to close the immediate funding gap. Once seen as an area for exploration, the ability to unlock development finance is now essential. Significant not just to access established funding from institutions, but to close the gap to the ambition of the SDGs. The environmental movement has demonstrated that leveraging finance can mobilise large […]
HOPE for 2021
A message of hope for 2021, from all of us at Ethicore.
What can Partnership Development Learn from Sales?
By Jane Thurlow, Ethicore Associate Talking to a friend with a lifetime’s experience in sales, I was struck by how good sales strategies can be used to inform approaches to successful partnerships. Astute sales people understand the art of collaboration and relationship building more than most and have a battery of tools, which can be […]
Unlocking Emotional Decision Making
By Jane Thurlow, Ethicore Associate We are emotional beings, with studies suggesting that only 10%of our decisions are rational. Understanding influence becomes key to tapping in to the motivations of our target stakeholders and decision makers. Asking someone straight, what drives or influences you, won’t necessarily give you the answer as we find it really […]
Partnerships: An evolution
By Jane Thurlow All good models for relationships evolve over time. Think 21st century marriages – more flexible, more diverse, more in tune with the needs of both parties. Partnerships are evolving too: to be more strategic, more targeted, more valuable for both partners. The traditional philanthropic model is being replaced by embedded partnerships, focused […]
BEGIN WITH THE END IN YOUR SIGHTS
By Rachael Clay/Jane Thurlow ‘Begin with the end in mind’ is not just a self-help rule*. It’s an effective guide to planning for impact. When we are ‘modelling change’ with an organisation or initiative, we get people to start with the change they want to see. Social and environmental change is complex. It’s changeable. Focusing […]
INSIGHT FOR IMPACT
Genuine insight is based on deep understanding. Understanding your stakeholders, your environment and your future. In Insight for Impact, the fourth in our Design for Impact Series, we consider how to go deeper to access genuine insight, and build a solid platform for sustainable impact.
Empathy for M&E
By Madeline Nightingale, Ethicore Associate As an interested observer, much seems to be asked of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) professionals: uphold the highest possible quality standards; use appropriate and robust methodologies; attribute change excluding any contradictory factors; be cost effective and capture the theory of change. This is tough with unanticipated effects and broader, more […]
Planning for Impact
By Jane Thurlow, Ethicore Associate Planning for impact builds on our Design for Impact series where we outline 3 steps for good planning: Identify where you are Define where you want to go Design the journey So follow our plan for more influence, and unlock your potential for genuine impact … Jane has over 20 years […]