Allow the fundraising staff to browse through previous proposals and concept notes. Allow him or her sometime to read and understand them.
- Let the person understand the current work of the organization with a new perspective. Since the person is taking a new responsibility, he or she may be needing a fresh perspective to the existing situation. Let the person freely visit the running projects of the organization.
- Share the list of any donor opportunities you have so that the person gets acquainted to it.
- Let the staff read through guidelines and priorities of some donor agencies
- Allow the person to spend some time over the internet and find some general and relevant information relating to fundraising for NGOs in developing countries (remember that general fundraising search on the internet can throw up results which are irrelevant to organizations in developing countries. This difference has to be conveyed to the staff).
- Introduce the person to our website – fundsforngos1.wpengine.com, which has an excellent collection of resources of various funding opportunities for NGOs. Let the person subscribe to our online newsletter.
