CRISIS MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE - 6th and 7th of April 2020
Video Recordings and Presentations for Day 1 and Day 2
Day 1
Session 1 - The Covid-19 Crisis by Soumitra Pandey and Sudarshan Sampathkumar, The Bridgespan group
Soumitra and Sudarshan from Bridgespan plunged into possible challenges that NGOs will face during the crisis and the aftermath of it. Their presentation emphasized that we need to shift our focus to what is truly critical, articulated the impact the crisis is likely to have on NGOs and provided eight steps we can follow to manage efficiently through uncertainty. Click here to access the presentation
Session 2 - How are NGOs responding to the crisis by Rathish Balakrishnana, Sattva consulting
Rathish from Sattva Consulting guided us through examples of what other NGOs are doing to tackle challenges through three kinds of responses: mitigate, adapt and pivot. We need to focus on the competencies we bring to solving social issues, collaborate with others in the sector to achieve our vision of impact, and share learnings with the ecosystem. The greatest strength for an organisation is going to be agility and ability to learn from each other. Click here to access the presentation
Session 3 - Managing People by Rahul Balakrishnan, Arthan Careers
Rahul from Arthan guided us in understanding how we should be thinking about team management at this time. By keeping our teams close, mapping capability and not headcount, we will be able to respond and stay motivated. Rahul quoted Zig Zelgar, “Some people say motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing – that's why we recommend it daily.” This is an important reminder to how we should be managing our teams at this time. Click here to access the presentation
Day 2
Session 1 - Financial Management for Covid-19 response by Suhel Goel, SGA Advisors & Ravi Bagaria, Founder, Aria Advisory
Suhel and Ravi presented the backdrop of an economic slowdown and its impact on NGOs, primarily in the form of a liquidity crunch. At this time, it is important to bring together different ingredients of financial planning to be weather the storm. The team shared several financial planning tools and guided us to start future proofing for the year ahead.
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Session 2 - How are NGOs responding to the crisis by Abbas Dadla, Acumen
"Everything that we’ve been preparing for, everything that we’ve been doing
has been in preparation for a crisis like this," Abbas shared. He believes, although not all of the NGOs have products or services they can provide, they all have assets that they can leverage during this time of crisis. Several attendees in the session participated in a discussion on how they pivoted their own programme to provide relief and support to their beneficiaries amidst this crisis.Click here to access the presentation
Session 3 - Resilience & Funder Management by Anant Bhagwati & Priyanka Anand Chadha, Dasra.
The message that Anant and Priyanka conveyed was to speak openly to funders about the crisis at hand, and not take your financial runway for granted. Nonprofits need to realize that new funding is going to be hard to come by. Impact optimization and institutional resilience are key for this new reality - especially relief, restore & re-invent. The speakers provided us with an action plan to improve our chances of survival and emerge stronger on the other side.
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Resources
Financial Management webinar by Atma and Aria Advisors
Financial Management tool by Atma and Aria Advisors
Scenario planning tool by Atma
Information on FCRA rules by CAPIndia
Omidyar Covid grant application
Covid-19 Initiatives data portal By Sattva consulting
Communications during crisis by Sahayog Foundation
Social Initiatives Acumen activity sheet - ( This is the collaborative exercise that took place during the crisis management conference)
Guide to redoing programmes by Design Kit
Emerging needs of Children - A series