We know it’s only October, but it's never too early to start thinking about your year-end communications. To really produce effective communications that tell the story of your organization and its journey - including achievements, successes, what worked and what didn’t - it's best to start early and think carefully because year-end communications matter.
Read MoreLearn how to effectively pitch your story to the media.
Read MoreFor most organizations, working with media can be intimidating. Here, we share eight tried and tested tips from years of experience of working with the media, and with input from conservation journalists themselves.
Read MoreCommunications can be overwhelming: from websites to social media to videos and annual reports. But just like with all your other organizational work, communications activities should be strategic, mission-driven, and focused. Over the years, our experience working with various partners has demonstrated that any conservation organization - large or small - can apply some basic guiding principles to find communications success.
Read MoreAs a leader, encouraging your team to get vaccinated can be a highly sensitive task that needs tact, understanding, and emotional intelligence. We spoke to two partner organizations that have successfully supported their team to get vaccinated, and here are some of their top tips on how to support your team through the vaccination process.
Read MoreInternships are important opportunities for both the individual intern looking to learn and grow as well as for what are often under-resourced and over-stretched organizations in need of extra hands and minds. When done right, internships can be real win-win opportunities where both the intern and the host organization benefit.
Read MoreHere we share some advice on how to make performance management less of an HR task and more of an organizational strengthening secret weapon.
Read MoreTake care of yourself. Take care of your family, your friends, and your colleagues. Make your well-being and safety a priority; put it on the very top of your to-do list. Here are a few other useful reminders to help you and your team get through this difficult time.
Read MoreIn the past, recruitment followed a somewhat generic formula: job description → advert → application → shortlist → interview → hire. While aspects of this formula still matter, in our experience at Maliasili and in the experiences of our partners, doing recruitment differently and more creatively garners much better results.
Read MoreMaliasili has new people joining our team, and so onboarding is very much on our minds. Whether it’s virtual or in-person, we’ve identified a number of useful strategies to make onboarding informative, useful, and fun. Here we share tips and advice from old and new Maliasili team members on how to effectively bring new colleagues on board.
Read MoreRecently a conservation leader’s WhatsApp group was pinging with messages around team communication, coordination, and connection. The group - made up of members from the African Conservation Leadership Network - was sharing their own experiences about what works and what doesn’t when it comes to managing teams and internal communications.
Read MoreAre you being too strategic? As we’ve shared recently, strategy is key to organizational success. But strategy alone will only get you so far. It’s the people who execute your strategy who are truly essential to your success. Learn how high performing, effective organizations strike a balance between intimate and strategic interactions.
Read MoreIt’s earth day and we have some great news... We know a key solution to saving our planet → strong, effective, and more impactful local conservation organizations.
Read MoreMaliasili has some new materials out to help guide organizations in developing strategic plans. Here we are sharing some higher level guidance on strategic planning dos and don'ts.
Read MoreIf you know Maliasili, you know we love strategic plans. But it’s more than just the plan itself that we love, it’s the entire process. We asked some of our partners and our team members to reflect on their strategic planning processes and experiences and to share some insights on what it was like and its value.
Read MoreThis week the world celebrated the International Day of Women. Maliasili took this opportunity to connect with Dr. Leela Hazzah, a founder and member of the leadership council of WE Africa (Women for the Environment) to get her views on how organizations can support the growth and development of female leaders - and why that matters.
Read MoreWork planning, especially at the organizational level, often falls low on a team’s priority list. But an organization-wide work plan can be transformational for teams, helping ensure their work is aligned to their strategic goals and helping everyone see how their efforts contribute to something greater (i.e. their impact!).
Read MoreAnnual reports are your opportunity to reflect on the past year, share your accomplishments, and give a glimpse into the great plans you have set for the year ahead. To put it simply, they’re a place where it’s okay - encouraged even - to brag a bit. And ultimately, "impact drives income", so make sure to show off the amazing work that you do.
Read MoreWe asked the Maliasili team to take a moment, reflect on our work, and answer this question: If you had one piece of advice to share with our partners that will help them do their work even better, what would it be?
Read MoreConsider stress management as another part of your job description, since it’s an essential piece to realizing your full potential and performing your best. Identify the things that help you reduce your stress and incorporate them into your daily routine (i.e. make time for them during your day, even put them in your calendar).
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