The SAPAA webinar on grant management highlighted essential practices for nonprofits. Key points included aligning grants with organizational strategy, strong governance for compliance, early engagement with funders, understanding contract terms, and planning for effective reporting. Challenges and solutions were discussed.
Continue readingA new cycling club is asking, is incorporation really necessary? Spoiler alert, it is as it offers liability protection, clarity, and credibility even thought no one likes to volunteer to fill in government paperwork.
Continue readingReflecting on six months of volunteer efforts tracked through the IPOOG methodology. While tracking one’s time is challenging, it does help with self-reflection and understand the efforts required to take on major projects. Important information for both a volunteer organization and the volunteer.
Continue readingInformation management is an important risk and opportunity for nonprofits. While most nonprofits have minimal information requirements, they still must manage personal information responsibly. An information framework can help organizations tailor policies and procedures as well as make better technology acquisitions.
Continue readingIn August 2024, I started to track my personal-interest and volunteer time using the IPOOG time tracking tool. 472.25 ‘Interest Hours’ later tracking time has proven to be beneficial for not only the nonprofits I volunteer for but to also make sure I am spending my retirement on projects of greatest interest to me.
Continue readingThe IPOOG model attempts to organize the disparate activities of a nonprofit (or any small organization) into five core activities. A ‘citizen-science’ test-drive of the time tracking element of the IPOOG leads to three conclusions. The tool can work but it relies on underlying project literacy, and it could benefit from a better user interface.
Continue readingThank you to a ‘friendly-peer review group’ for their feedback on a research project focused on tracking micro-time spent by senior volunteers. The discussion covered user interface importance, managing time granularity, and the complexity of capturing incidental volunteer activities.
Continue readingThe IPOOG session framework outlines event planning and risk management. Participants indicate their interest and possible future involvement based on attendance, ranging from indifference to active participation. Key topics include IPOOG Model complexity, time tracking, and discussion on improving tool effectiveness.
Continue readingA Citizen Science experiment to assess time-tracking for professional interests using the nonprofit planning tool IPOOG. Volunteer participants will contribute 3-4 hours providing feedback through peer review sessions, exploring the benefits and ethics of systematic time tracking. Results will be publicly shared in 2025.
Continue readingThe IPOOG model supports event planning and nonprofit management. It structures time tracking time and prioritizing tasks. This is an interim report on using the time tracking aspect of the tool over the past three months. Future improvements will be based on peer feedback.
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