Below you will find links for a range of resources, templates and workbooks to support your organisation to build its business resilience, including a business plan template, a risk register template and more.
Business model resources
Choosing your
business model
Understanding the details of your business model and knowing your strengths and vulnerabilities is vital to your organisation’s resilience.
Business Model
Canvas
Download the Business Model Canvas from Strategyzer to help you visualise and communicate a simple story of your business model, or explore new business models.
The Golden
Circle
Learn from Simon Sinek, creator of The Golden Circle, about the power of WHY.
Value Proposition
Canvas
Download the Value Proposition Canvas from Strategyzer to help you visualise and define your customer profiles.
The Ansoff
Matrix
A strategic planning tool that provides a framework for executives, senior managers and marketers to devise strategies for growth.
PESTEL
Analysis
A framework to help analyse the key external factors or influences that impact an organisation.
Context Map®
Canvas
Map out what you and your team think is important in your context, and track how your perspective changes over time.
Competitor
analysis
Develop an understanding of your competitors, and how your organisation compares.
Balanced Scorecard
The balanced scorecard system allows you to align your organisation’s people, projects, services, finances and more with your business strategy.
Theory of change workbook
Theory of change is a tool that you can use to plan and measure your social impact. It defines the problem you want to address, the social outcomes you hope to achieve and your plan to address them.
Understanding your market
Research resources to help you understand your organisation’s market.
SOAR template
A strategic planning tool that focuses on more positive aspects of an organisation, namely strengths, opportunities, aspirations and results.
SWOT template
A strategic planning tool that focuses on an organisation’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.
Social impact measurement
Working towards positive social impact in Australia and want to know if you are making a difference?
Financial management resources
CPA
Australia
Read CPA Australia’s guide “Financial management of not-for-profit organisations”.
ACNC guidance
on charity reserves
Read the ACNC fact sheet “Charity reserves: financial stability and sustainability”.
Strategies to
improve cash flow
Read Merchant Maverick’s article on improving your organisation’s cash flow.
Chartered Accountants
ANZ
Chartered Accountants ANZ guidelines on how to determine not for profit cash reserves.
National Standard
Chart of Accounts (NSCOA)
A free data entry tool and data dictionary for charities and other not for profit organisations.
NDS
workforce costs report
“Analysing Time: A guide to understanding key elements of workforce costs under the NDIS”
Risk management resources
Risk register
template
Use this simple Excel template to register risks for your organisation.
Risk policy
model
Is your organisation’s risk policy up to date, or is it time for a review. Use our model document to help inform your policy.
Business Continuity
Plan – model template
Does your organisation have a business continuity plan? Download our template to ensure you have a plan in case a critical incident or emergency situation occurs.
Business Continuity
Plan
– review template
This review template can be used to record your organisation’s responses and reflections on disruptive events.
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