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Organisational Resilience Check (ORC)
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What's this tool for?The ORC is intended to support your organisation in identifying strengths and areas to strengthen. It can be used to discuss a broad range of themes. After you complete the ORC, your organisation can use what you learn to create an organisational resilience plan
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Who is this for? Any type of conservation non-profit organisation (NGO) can use and adapt this tool, whether small or large, growing or well-established. 
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Why use this tool?Considering a broad range of areas will help you plan where to focus efforts to strengthen your organisation. If your organisation works well, then there is a greater chance that you will deliver effective conservation for threatened species and ecosystems. ​
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How to use this tool:1. Decide who to involve. We recommend including the people involved in the work related to different themes, to get a variety of perspectives and enrich the discussion
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2. Decide how to answer the statements. You can answer them individually, as a group, or a mix. A facilitated discussion, with some sensitive questions answered anonymously, is often a useful way to give in-depth consideration to these themes. FFI staff can support facilitating these discussions
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3. Answer each statement analytically and from your own experience. Choose a rating from the dropdown menu, but think about why you're rating the organisation in a certain way - what experience or evidence are you considering? The rating options are in the 'Resilience Check' sheet of this Excel. Keep in mind that the goal is not to 'score' a perfect 100% - the goal is to discuss and understand where you are now so you know how to plan for the future.
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4. Adapt the tool to your organisation. Not every statement or theme will work in your context; you can always choose 'Not applicable' or skip sections. You may also want to add themes or statements for your context. If you add a statement to a sub-theme, adding it in the middle of the section will automatically include it in the Excel formulas. Adding it at the end will not automatically include it, but you can unprotect the sheet to change the formulas if needed.
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5. Use the results to make a plan. Once you've rated your organisation against each of the statements, review the discussion and, if helpful, the scores. Based on these results, decide what to prioritise for organisational resilience strengthening and what action you'll take on each priority.
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6. Monitor, evaluate and learn. Do this check regularly to see where your organisation has changed and where continued strengthening can take place.
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