Project management tool design and training for nonprofits
Projects are managed through email chains and personal to-do lists — deadlines slip, accountability is unclear, and leadership has no idea what is actually happening.
What you'll achieve
A shared project management system that gives your team clarity on priorities, deadlines, and responsibilities, and gives leadership real-time oversight.
How a Nonprofit Builder consultant helps
- Assess your current workflows, select or configure a suitable tool, design templates for your most common project types, and train staff in consistent use.
Key deliverables
- Workflow assessment, tool configuration, project templates, staff training session, usage guidelines, recommended governance for keeping the system current.
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From the resource library
Free tools and guides to get started
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Responsible Data Handbook
A handbook on the ethics and risks of collecting and using data about people in international development work. It follows the project lifecycle: designing a project, managing data, getting, understanding and sharing data, and closing a project. Chapters can be read alone or in sequence. A team of 12 practitioners wrote it in a 3-day book sprint. It is free under a CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Start hereClassicKey manual or guideFree - 12.2C156
Getting Started with Data-Driven Decision Making: A Workbook
A short workbook that takes a nonprofit manager from a question to a simple process for using data in decisions. 9 worksheets guide the user to define an action question, decide what it means for the organisation, list what could be measured and what data exists, choose metrics, set a process for using them, and write an implementation action plan. Managers complete it alone or with a team.
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