The Value Blueprint

Nail This Practical Thing for Your Next Funding Application!

I promised a practical example of how exactly you'd put the approach from last week's edition to work, and you got it in the form of this case study! In this example, I drag you into a pretend scenario where we are a business applying for funding from the Rural, Township and Community Development Fund from the National Empowerment Fund (NEF) in South Africa. Pretend along with me and see how we'd go about sharpening our application, using our understanding of the NEF's funding mandate and Value needs!

How YOU'LL Get That Funding: with VALUE!

If you've applied to any funding calls, you'll know the competition is stiff and the funders' criteria are stiffer! But what if there was a way to drastically improve your application success rate? Crack open this edition of The Value Blueprint and learn more about how your can leverage the Value needs of the funders you're applying to to put YOUR business or non-profit at the top of every funding selection list!

Value in Practice: Threads of Value

This week's edition's got something exciting in store: I'll be taking you through a case study! It's one thing to read about or hear about Value creation and how it can help enterprises solve their most pressing issues. In order to really get it, we need to see it at work. This edition's case study actually comes courtesy of a situation someone saw and later relayed to me, as a challenge!

The 'Is' and 'Is Not' of Value Creation

When navigating a playing field where everyone pretty much does their own thing, it's normal to have varying opinions on what the deal is on that field. It's no different with Value creation! So the objective becomes clear: we have to have a unified understanding of what Value creation is at the fundamental level. The easiest way to do this is to set what Value creation is, and what it is not!

BUMBLE-ing Up Value Creation?

In this week's Blueprint we're covering an case that's been very topical in recent weeks, and serves an excellent example of what happens when your Business Strategy and operational execution completely undercuts the Value you're creating!