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Strategy 9: More of the common flaws of charity strategies

After strategy blog 6 lots of readers contacted me with other examples of aspects of charity strategy they don’t like. So here are some...

Strategy blog 8:Campaigning is a logical strategic option to maximise your impact.

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Strategy blog 8:Campaigning is a logical strategic option to maximise your impact.

Strategy is about choices. Almost no charity can do everything in its mission. Charities simply aren’t large enough to reach every person...

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The Heyheyjoe charity strategy awards

Here are the Heyheyjoe charity strategy awards. I have read a whole bunch of charity strategies (over 100) and this is a collection of my...

Joe Saxton

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The Heyheyjoe charity strategy awards

Here are the Heyheyjoe charity strategy awards. I have read a whole bunch of charity strategies (over 100) and this is a collection of my...

Best strategy head shots – Danny and Jamie

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Best strategy head shots – Danny and Jamie

There are a lot of strategies with pictures of their CEOs or Chairs in various poses introducing the strategy, or talking about how...

Best way of being held to account – Blood Cancer UK

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Best way of being held to account – Blood Cancer UK

There are lots of strategies where its hard to work how anybody, internally or externally, will know whether the goals have been met. It...

Best for goal setting – Thames Valley Air Ambulance

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Best for goal setting – Thames Valley Air Ambulance

At the heart of any strategy is the setting of goals and how they will be delivered. Too many strategies have a few lofty aspirations...

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Best for people – CHAS

Too many strategy documents forget about their staff. Strategies happen by magic – the elves make it all happen at night clearly. So its...

Best context setting – Trussell Trust and SAMH

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Best context setting – Trussell Trust and SAMH

Strategies don’t happen in isolation. They happen in the context of the wider world in which an organisation is working. The external or...

Best way of talking about values: Cherie Blair Foundation, the Wallich, Thames Valley Air Ambulance

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Best way of talking about values: Cherie Blair Foundation, the Wallich, Thames Valley Air Ambulance

Strategy documents are full of values. In my view they are often one of the most useless sections. There are only so many ways that an...

Best explanation of involving beneficiaries – Mind and CRUK

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Best explanation of involving beneficiaries – Mind and CRUK

The health and disability charities are particularly good at making clear how beneficiaries are in involved in the development of their...

Best strategy on a page – John Muir and Acevo

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Best strategy on a page – John Muir and Acevo

Strategies can get to be really long documents, so all credit to those organisations who try and sum things up on a page. Two very...

Best strategy on a website – Blood Cancer UK

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Best strategy on a website – Blood Cancer UK

One of the challenges of any strategy is how to present it to staff, volunteers, and stakeholders. Blood Cancer UK has tackled this by...

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Best small charity –Facial Palsy UK

Facial Palsy UK is a tiny charity with an income of under £100k a year. But its strategy is clearly set out in a word document: no...

Best Medium Charity – Cherie Blair Foundation for Women

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Best Medium Charity – Cherie Blair Foundation for Women

The Cherie Blair Foundation is a £2million charity that focus on women entrepreneurs. It is probably the best single strategy I read....

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Best Large Charity – RNLI

The lifeboats is my favourite large charity strategy (RNLI has over £200 million of income), although it is a little on the long side at...

Gratitude in Giving: Unveiling Heartfelt Thank You Letters from Charitable Donations

Samiksha Rai

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Gratitude in Giving: Unveiling Heartfelt Thank You Letters from Charitable Donations

Welcome to this two-part project that delves into my experiences as I facilitated donations on behalf of HeyHeyJoe. This installment,...

Strategy blog 6: the common flaws of charity strategies

Joe Saxton

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Strategy blog 6: the common flaws of charity strategies

I have read over 120 charity strategies now and here are some of the most common flaws I have found in them (these are my personal views...

The golden threads - analysing and solving your charity's strategic challenges.pdf

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The golden threads - analysing and solving your charity's strategic challenges.pdf

There are probably five or six reports I have written or co-written in the last twenty years which I thought introduced new ideas on...

Strategy blog 5:Interesting nuggets from the strategy survey

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Strategy blog 5:Interesting nuggets from the strategy survey

Our strategy survey has a whole range of interesting info, and all detail is available in our powerpoint presentation available here. But...

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