SocialFish

OCTOBER 3, 2014

The post [Cool Infographic Friday] Management Consulting appeared first on SocialFish. OK, this isn’t an infographic, I lied. But hahahahaha. More like this.

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SocialFish

MAY 8, 2017

Are you considering hiring a fundraising consultant? Before beginning your search for the perfect consultant, you’ll want to familiarize yourself with the hiring process. Compare consultants. Communicate with your consultant. Compare consultants.

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BoardAssist

JANUARY 20, 2015

There comes a point in most nonprofit’s lives when they need to go outside their organization and hire a consultant to help with one issue or another. Getting Your Money’s Worth From a Nonprofit Consultant. Decide who will be the consultant’s main contact. consultants

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2013

Note from Beth: I first learned about this project last year, when Shiree Teng, the project leader, interviewed me as part of some research on capacity building consultants that lead to the design of ImpactRising.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

With over 500 minutes (that’s 10 hrs) of free event fundraising consulting you’ll learn everything from how to get started with your first event to running effective multi-channel communications programs that increase fundraising performance.

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Tech Soup Blog

JANUARY 27, 2015

cloudcomputing Cloud open data nonprofits IT Running Your Organization cloud computing Consultants TechSoup knows that organizations often struggle with solving IT problems, and we want to help. We surveyed our members to find out more in 2014.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2012

2) Should funders recommend capacity building consultants or require grantees use certain consultants for projects they fund? Packard Grantees from Pakistan, with In-Country Team.

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Donor Search

DECEMBER 12, 2016

If you’ve decided to go with a fundraising consultant firm to improve your major gift fundraising, that’s great news! Since every consulting firm works differently, finding the right one for your nonprofit will involve a lot…

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

bbcon 2016 , the conference where technology and social good meet, featured a session from Alan Levine, a senior consultant at Barker & Scott Consulting.

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Idealware

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

And both of these publications will include a directory of the consultants who can help organizations define and execute social media strategies. The nonprofits using our resources ask us over and over again for recommendations of consultants - purchase an affordable listing in the directory to make sure you're on their radar! And both will include the Social Media Consultant Directory to allow them to find consultants who can help in the process.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

Nonprofit Fundraising fundraising consulting fundraising ideas nonprofit consulting nonprofit management online information Back in the Jurassic period of fundraising — oh, about the early 1980s — things were different… If we wanted information, we subscribed to a magazine, bought a book, or paid to travel to and attend a seminar.

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3rd Sector Labs

JULY 22, 2014

What few experts, bloggers, and consultants tell us is this: with every new fundraising software that we add, we compound the potential for data quality problems. Technology both simplifies and complicates our lives. Nowhere is this more true than in the nonprofit sector.

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Tech Soup Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

The Salesforce Data Management Assessment is a two-hour consultation service to determine whether an organization can benefit from a consolidated cloud database built on the Salesforce CRM platform.

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Robert Weiner

JUNE 18, 2012

The Chronicle of Philanthropy published a nice list of consulting traits that I want to pass along. They mean that the client's needs come first, but you often need to collaborate with the client as well as other consultants to reach a solution.). ConsultingThe traits they list are below. My comments are in parentheses. Have self-confidence and be as adept at delivering bad news as good. This is hard. I hate delivering bad news, but it often goes with the job.).

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AFP Blog

MARCH 11, 2014

Treasury consults on new technology for cheques : HM Treasury has proposed the introduction of ‘cheque imaging’, whereby cheques can be paid in by the recipient taking a picture of the cheque with their smartphone or tablet. The consultation also suggests the electronic processing of cheques at individual bank branches

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 27, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants July 27, 2008 This week, it is my pleasure to host the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants. I got some interesting answers: Ken, at the Nonprofit Consulting Blog, talks about transparency , and how it’s a big mistake not to be transparent.

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Social Media heller consulting SmallAct Social Influencer Social Media for NonprofitsGuest post by Jay Jones from Heller Con sulting. You may have noticed: Social media seems to be the talk of nonprofits for the past few years.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants April 14, 2008 I like hosting the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants. Mostly, because I get to read blogs by people that aren’t on my list of feeds I read regularly. And I get to highlight the work of some of my favorite bloggers, too.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 27, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Michelle, the consultant March 27, 2008 Someone mentioned to me that from what I write on my blog, she wouldn’t know what it is that I actually do in my consulting work. And, I guess truthfully, the blurb on my consulting site is kinda dry.

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Robert Weiner

JUNE 15, 2009

This post was inspired by my colleague Kris Putnam’s advice for new consultants ( So, You Want To Be A Philanthropy Consultant? and Starting A Consulting Business? I received the following via CharityChannel’s Consultants forum in 2003. I was just completing my first year as a solo consultant after 9 years of working for firms. This advice was provided by John Elbare in response to a question about what to expect as a new consultant.

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Donor Search

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Fundraising consultants are experts in their field who can provide you with a diverse range of tools and skill sets to help you accomplish your goals. Even the most experienced nonprofit organizations can use some help and support in regards to forming their fundraising strategies.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 17, 2009

This is the third in a series of posts aimed at new consultants in the nonprofit sector. Think about whether you want to be a sole practitioner, build a firm and eventually hire other employees, work for someone else, or form an association (tight or loose) with other consultants. networking through professional or social associations (consultants associations, Rotary, and associations that your potential clients participate in). Tags: Consulting

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Idealware

DECEMBER 15, 2016

In 2013, she started Jill Meyer Consulting and set to work helping nonprofits do a better job of collecting, managing, and analyzing their data. “I As a consultant, it’s good to be able to go out and find what you need in one place. Insights Assessments Consulting Data Volunteering

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 19, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants November 19, 2007 Today, it’s my turn to host the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants. Keep track of the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants, no matter which blog is hosting, by subscribing to the Carnival feed. {

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Robert Weiner

JUNE 21, 2009

Last week I posted John Elbare’s advice for new nonprofit consultants. Although Karen’s advice was focused on technology consultants, the business management tips (#4) are pertinent for all independent consultants. Advice to newbies in nptech consulting: (1) don’t try to be a generalist, or at least don’t try to know everything. There’s a lot of overhead to consulting, even if you don’t do a lot of networking or advertising.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 27, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants October 30, 2006 This Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants has given me a chance to read some blogs I don’t usually get to read, since I’m so often focused in the tech field. David Maister asks " What do consultants know?

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Robert Weiner

MAY 2, 2009

I attended three conferences in April and asked a variety of independent consultants and employees of consulting firms about how the economy is affecting them. The consultants I spoke to work on database implementations, capital campaigns, web design, marketing, and strategic planning. Tags: Consulting Is this a trend?

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NTEN

JUNE 11, 2014

Plenty Consulting. Change Management jeff shuck Leadership leadership skills Plenty Consulting tech leadership Jeff Shuck. Want to see leadership in action? Look no farther than the local pre-school, where line leaders show their peers the way forward. If we think about the idea of leadership as being at the front of the line, we find both opportunity and obligation.

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Donor Search

JANUARY 17, 2017

If you’re looking to hire a capital campaign consultant, then you probably know that they can be a valuable asset to your campaign. However, finding the right professional for your nonprofit isn’t always easy.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 29, 2008

Monday (the day before the election) I’m hosting the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants. My focus: is the economy changing the way you work, or the way you think about your work? In what ways? If you’d like to submit a post, do so by Saturday midnight. Go to BlogCarnival.com to submit your post using the form there or send an email to npc.carnival AT yahoo DOT com with your name, your blog's name and the URL of the post (not your blog homepage

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VisionLink

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

VisionLink’s unique Strategic Advantage consulting department is proud to be supporting the Complete College America Strategic Planning Academy (CCA).

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Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

I’m organizing two workshops for NTEN’s upcoming Nonprofit Technology Conference on the topic So You Want To Be A Consultant? ( Tags: Consulting The workshops are described here and here.) Holly Ross, NTEN’s Executive Director interviewed me via Skype a few weeks ago and posted the video at www.ntconnect.org/content.php?&cid=159&uid=13. &cid=159&uid=13. The audio and video aren’t quite in sync, but I think it came out well otherwise.

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 28, 2009

So You Want to Be a Consultant? Important tip: The zip/thumb drive that came in the conference packet has a nice hand-out full of consulting-specific links, so be sure to open that zip! Sarah’s list of necessary skills for consultants: Product management. Recommends a book called “Consultants Calling&# — Geoffrey Bellman (it’s on Amazon). Michael: Becoming a consultant seemed natural - he felt compelled to keep coming back to it.

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3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 28, 2014

The vendor services can be more expensive than, say, an independent consultant. If you are struggling with this, find a data consultant that can help you. D10: Do I need a database consultant to complete my donor data migration project?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 17, 2011

Consulting Nonprofit Tech Nonprofits Web2.0 I have a confession to make. I have social media ennui. I’m tired of reading and hearing about about social media and nonprofits, and I’m annoyed that social media is taking up so much of the air space in the #nptech world. As you know, I’m a bit of a technology curmudgeon, but I’m far from a luddite – I’m an early adopter, for the most part.

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AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

IBM Grants Nonprofits Technology Consulting to Help Better Serve the Community - Xtra xtra

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Tech Soup Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2014

We know that many nonprofits can't afford in-house IT experts, and rely on a combination of consultants and volunteers to keep their technology running smoothly. Did you know you can access IT consulting services and support through TechSoup? nonprofit nonprofits data Consultants

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 23, 2012

Reboot: Ten Tips for Working with IT Consultants : The situation: you want a new website; or you think an app would be useful; or perhaps you want to beef up your organization's e-commerce. It might be time to hire an Information Technology (IT) consultant. Here's the bad news: working well with an IT consultant will mean some extra homework for you and your team, but not doing your homework can lead to delays and expense

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 28, 2009

Today was the second session of my 2-part workshop for consultants and wanna-be consultants. John Kenyon, John Kenyon Technology Consulting. Burning Issues: Getting the word out about my new consulting practice. Employer — human resources management in hardware consulting. Which path should I take, vendor or “soft&# consulting? Managing a transition from being an employee in an organization to being a consultant in the same organization.

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