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Nonprofit consulting requires specialized skills and knowledge of how the sector works. This guide gives you the resources and tools to help you provide quality assistance throughout your career:
- Experienced consultants will find it an invaluable reference
- New consultants will get oriented to the sector and find step-by-step guidance through the entire process
- Technical specialists will gain insights into the larger processes that shape nonprofit organizations
- For-profit consultants and business sector volunteers will discover how to shift their expertise to match the unique culture of nonprofit and community work
- Students in public administration, organization development, and nonprofit management will find it a useful guide for fieldwork, service projects, or future career search
With this illustrated guide you get:
- An overview of the nonprofit sector and unique elements of consulting with nonprofits
- The six-stage process of consulting?with concrete steps and challenges in each stage
- The art of consulting, including roles, dynamics, and ethics
- Lessons from the field--stories from thirty skilled consultants offering sage advice on common challenges from setting up contracts to cross-cultural consulting to choosing a consulting role that matches the client`s needs
- When team consulting makes sense
- Key differences between internal and external consulting
- How to run your business
- Marketing your services
- Setting fees, estimating costs, and billing
- Managing your career growth
- Working with funders
- Nine worksheets, sample proposals, professional standards, annotated bibliography
- And much more!
Table Of Contents:
CHAPTER ONE The Environment
Consultation and the Nonprofit Sector
The Need for Consultants in the Nonprofit Sector
Definition of Consultation
Kinds of Consultation
Orientation to Nonprofit Consulting
Chapter One Summary
CHAPTER TWO The Process
Stages of Consulting
Stage 1: Contracting
Stage 2: Gathering and Analyzing Data
Stage 3: Planning the Work
Stage 4: Implementing and Monitoring
Stage 5: Sustaining Change and Evaluating Impact
Stage 6: Terminating the Consulting Project
Chapter Two Summary
CHAPTER THREE Artistry
Consulting Roles, Dynamics, and Ethics
Consulting Roles
The Dynamics of Change in the Consulting Process
Team Consulting
Internal vs. External Consultation
Ethical Issues in Consultation
Chapter Three Summary
CHAPTER FOUR Nuts and Bolts
Managing Your Consulting Practice
Marketing Your Services
Establishing Consulting Rates
Evaluating Consulting Services
Managing Your Development as a Consultant
Funding Consultation and Technical Assistance
Chapter Four Summary
Conclusion
APPENDICES
Appendix A: Resources
Appendix B: Sample Consulting Proposals
Appendix C: Client Worksheets
Appendix D: Consultant Worksheets
Appendix E: The Difference between Employee and Independent Contractor
Appendix F: The Nonprofit Management Association Professional Standards for Management Assistance Providers
Index
Published by Fieldstone Alliance
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