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Succession Planning Checklist for SMEs and Nonprofits

There is a definite relationship between succession planning and corporate culture.  The desired relationship is compatible – which will not happen by chance.   Owner/Managers and Nonprofit Boards have responsibility for ensuring compatibility.

Great care must be taken when considering

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Jeans Successful Quoting and Tendering for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and Nonprofit Organisations

This e-book offers Jean’s 14-step procedure for successful quoting and tendering.

Email jean@jeanroberts.com.au if you would like a free pdf of this publication.

1. The Corporate or Organisational aim of quoting and tendering is to be and remain supplier of

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Jean’s Core Business Strategy No. 4: Marketing Strategy for SMEs – including tendering

Be sure to consistently market your business and your products/services, especially when you are at your busiest.

1. Be specific, confident and consistent about your:

  • Uniqueness – How are you different and better than other similar business?
  • Competitors – Can

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An extract from One Man Show – The purpose of a marketing strategy

A marketing strategy is designed to achieve specific targets, eg:

  • increase in sales,
  • increase in repeat sales/customers,
  • turning enquiries into sales,
  • increased market share.

It is important to have a coordinated marketing strategy. For instance, I have coordinated …

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Corporate Social Responsibility

There is a growing expectation by governments and philanthropic leaders that the business or corporate sector in general – and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in particular within that sector – will willingly, financially and organisationally embrace the practice of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

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Jean’s Nonprofit Constitution Checklist

A Constitution is not an easy document to read or understand for the average Board member. However, it is a legal document giving direction to the Board and CEO (or senior paid staff position): therefore a concerted effort should be made for whole-Board discussion on the legal status, role, structure and content of the Constitution.

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Opportunities for innovation abound in these ‘tough times’

It’s well and truly time to over-ride accusing opinions and predictions in our daily media with conversations that promote, encourage and praise endeavour, effort and resilience on the part of individuals, families, business people, community groups, education providers (to name

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A decade of action-research in supporting services for people living with difficulty, disadvantage or disability

This paper presents a proven structure and process to ensure that an entrepreneurial initiative will improve the lives and lifestyles of people living under difficult circumstances in practical terms. The resulting model has been trialed and refined with and through …

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How does information affect the Board's management style?

(Note – ‘Management’ in this section does not infer the role and function of the CEO)

The definition of management is achieving agreed objectives with and through people.
‘Management style’ is the term given to the manner in which Boards, …

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Jean’s Nonprofit Auspicing Checklist

The dictionary defines ‘auspice’ as ‘patronage’, and one definition of ‘patronage’ is ‘the
granting of contracts’.

There appear to be two distinctly different uses of the word ‘auspice’ in the not-for-profit sector:

the formal granting of approval and/or funds (from

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