by John-Paul Crofton | Feb 29, 2024 | Purpose & Wellbeing, Community & Social Challenges, Fundamentals, Social Impact
If you want to live a happy fulfilled life you should consider these reasons to create social impact projects. Many of us feel like our passion, knowledge, and skills aren’t being put to the best use. Creating social projects may be the solution you’re...
by John-Paul Crofton | Jan 31, 2024 | Problem Solving & Decision Making, Fundamentals, Leadership, Leadership & Decision Making, Social Impact, Tools For Change, Uncategorized
To create a strategy to maximise social impact we really need to focus on what we actually mean by social Impact. People often mean different things when thinking about social impact. This creates real problems when we try to improve it and address the needs of our...
by John-Paul Crofton | Jan 20, 2024 | Problem Solving & Decision Making, Fundamentals, Leadership, Learning, Tools For Change, Uncategorized
Are you tired of getting bogged down by rigid milestones that hinder rather than help your progress? It’s time to revolutionise your planning approach. Imagine a planning process that breathes adaptability and encourages continuous learning, creating a flow of...
by John-Paul Crofton | Jan 4, 2024 | Problem Solving & Decision Making, Fundamentals, Leadership, Leadership & Decision Making, Learning, Project Funding, Social Change
As a new financial year looms, it is a common time for leaders start renewing their plans to make a bigger impact, with the resources we have. Yet, history shows us that the future seldom unfolds as anticipated. Last year’s defining moments were likely those...
by John-Paul Crofton | Dec 20, 2023 | Social Impact, Community & Social Challenges, Social Change
The mysterious case of the midnight gifts It’s the night before Christmas and even the mice have gone to bed. At this special moment, Santa Claus is said to be on his global mission to bring the Christmas joy to the world. Creating the magic of social impact to...
by John-Paul Crofton | Apr 12, 2023 | Problem Solving & Decision Making, Community & Social Challenges, Leadership & Decision Making, Social Impact, Stakeholder Engagement
Scaling Social Change Leads to the Law of Misunderstanding The big problem with scaling organisation and social change is the impact of the best ideas appears to diminish as you scale up. The Law of Misunderstanding describes the scaling problem as ideas spread, and...
by John-Paul Crofton | Apr 2, 2023 | Problem Solving & Decision Making, Project Funding, Social Enterprise & not for profit organisations, Stakeholder Engagement, Tools For Change
What Is A Project Funding Proposal? Most people miss the point. Most people see a proposal as a way to convince people with money to get their project funded. What funders most want to know is if your organisation has the capability to deliver the social impact or...
by John-Paul Crofton | Mar 26, 2023 | Problem Solving & Decision Making, Leadership & Decision Making, Responsive Project Management, Social Impact, Tools For Change, Uncategorized
Polarity Management explains how when we want to create progress we often end up with unintended results. The world is full of complex issues. Polarity Management gives helps us plan an effective strategy to manage change. This guide explains polarity management and...
by John-Paul Crofton | Mar 19, 2023 | Tools For Change, Project Funding
Completing a successful social project funding proposal can feel like a long winding road. There’s so much to think about, it is easy to get lost, or take a wrong turn and end up stuck in the bushes. Especially as the pressure of trying to get funding for your...
by John-Paul Crofton | Mar 12, 2023 | Problem Solving & Decision Making, Complete Guides, Fundamentals, Project Funding
Let’s be honest, creating successful proposals and grants for community project funding is tough. You may have the best project ever, that’s doing great things in your community, creating massive social impact, but getting funding can be a nightmare....
by John-Paul Crofton | Mar 11, 2023 | Problem Solving & Decision Making, Project Funding, Social Enterprise, Tools For Change
Creating a project funding proposal can be challenging, and the pressure to get it right can be overwhelming. That’s why I’ve created the Project Funding Proposal Test. This assessment aims to give you feedback and targeted advice to help you create a bid that allows...
by John-Paul Crofton | Mar 5, 2023 | Problem Solving & Decision Making, Community & Social Challenges, Leadership & Decision Making, Learning, Social Change, Social Enterprise, Social Impact, Social Innovation, Tools For Change
Creating Social Impact Projects Challenges Creating social impact is hard. Even if you with all the expertise a charity or social enterprise has, creating a social change project that results in social impact is always a challenge. Why? Because the project management...
by John-Paul Crofton | Feb 26, 2023 | Problem Solving & Decision Making, Social Innovation, Stakeholder Engagement, Tools For Change
Why does everyone hate being marketed to? If we want to have successful campaigns that build social impact they are seen as a necessary evil. Campaigns and stakeholder engagement tend to feel repetitive and one-dimensional. We focus on people ‘buying into’...
by John-Paul Crofton | Feb 19, 2023 | Problem Solving & Decision Making, Creativity & Innovation, Fundamentals, Leadership, Social Change, Tools For Change
The Cynefin Framework is a powerful decision making tool for managing change strategies. Creating social impact can be a challenging task. The traditional strategic approach is to ‘create a big plan to solve a problem’. This approach to project management often falls...
by John-Paul Crofton | Feb 12, 2023 | Community & Social Challenges, Social Enterprise & not for profit organisations
Social enterprise & not-for-profit organisations have the capacity to act like stewards or gardeners of communities. Transforming barren, decaying communities into thriving, vibrant places. Cultivating and growing communities through ‘bottom-up’ social change....
