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Consulting and Evaluation to Nonprofit and Community-Based Organizations

Business

Tác giả: Judah Viola and Susan Dvorak McMahon
Nhà xuất bản: National Louis University and DePaul University
Nguồn: LibreTexts
Giấy phép: CC BY-NC
Ngôn ngữ: EN
Danh mục: Quản trị kinh doanh

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01: Before You Begin
1.01: Why Should You Be A Consultant (5 Reasons)
1.02: Make a Commitment
1.03: The Many Challenges Ahead
02: Preparing for Success
2.01: What Youll Need to Start
2.02: How to Prepare Yourself
2.03: Conclusion
03: When to Start a Consulting Practice
3.01: Start your Business at the Right Time
3.02: While in School
3.03: Just out of School
3.04: After Working for a Private Firm
3.05: After Time in a Non-Profit or Public Sector Job
3.06: After Working with a Seasoned Professional
3.07: Keeping it All in Perspective
3.08: Conclusion
04: What Kind of Business to Build
4.01: Organizational Structures
4.02: What Services Will You Provide
4.03: Part-Time vs. Full-Time
4.04: Working from a Home Office vs. Office away from Home
4.05: Strategic Planning Business Planning
4.06: Conclusion
05: Getting Official (Actions)
5.01: Steps to Take
5.02: Accounting Issues
5.03: Legal Issues
5.04: Banking
5.05: Insurance
06: Finding Work
6.01: Marketing and Networking
6.02: Conclusion
07: Running Your Business
7.01: When to Submit a Proposal
7.02: Whether to Team up or Go it Alone
7.03: Deciding What to Charge
7.04: Cost and Length Estimation
7.05: Setting a Pricing Strategy
7.06: Timing of Payments
7.07: Proposals and Contracts
7.08: Working Through Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)
7.09: Getting Paid
7.10: Staying in Business
7.11: Conclusion
08: A Client-Centered Approach to Winning and Losing New Business- What to Do If You Get the Project (And What to Do If You Dont)
8.01: Introduction
8.02: Client-Centered Consulting
8.03: The Client-Centered Response to Winning the Project
8.04: Special Circumstances in Winning Projects
8.05: The Client-Centered Response to Losing Projects
8.06: Conclusion
09: From Start to Finish- A Typical Evaluation Project
9.01: Introduction
9.02: The Project
9.03: Getting the Contract
9.04: Planning the Evaluation
9.05: Collecting the Data
9.06: Reporting the Results
9.07: Lessons Learned
9.08: Conclusion
9.09: About the Authors
10: Developing and Maintaining Long-Term Consulting Relationships
10.01: Introduction
10.02: Benefits of Long-Term Consulting Relationships
10.03: Developing a Long-Term Consulting Relationship- Clients Perspectives
10.04: Developing a Long-Term Consulting Relationship- Consultants Perspectives
10.05: Maintaining a Long-Term Consulting Relationship
10.06: Conclusions
10.07: About the Authors
11: Consulting with Small Community-Based Nonprofit Organizations- Insights and Understandings
11.01: Overview
11.02: Finding Our Niche was Key
11.03: The Effects of Passion are Paradoxical
11.04: Preparation Builds the Foundation for Entering into a Partnership
11.05: Nurturing a Partnership is a Balancing Act
11.06: Funding Sources Influence the Consulting Relationship
11.07: Boards of Directors are Omnipresent
11.08: Volunteers are Sovereign
11.09: Project Scope is Easy to Underestimate and it Expands
11.10: A Comprehensive Framework Links Consulting Advocacy and Research
11.11: Reflection and Planning Streamline Future Work
11.12: About the Authors
12: Capacity Building with Faith-based and Community Organizations- Lessons learned from the Compassion Kansas initiative
12.01: Introduction
12.02: Organizational Capacity Building
12.03: Working with Small Nonprofit Organizations
12.04: Steps and Strategies for Consultants Working with Small FBCOs
12.05: Compassion Kansas- A statewide initiative to build the capacity of FBCOs
12.06: Lessons Learned
12.07: Conclusion
12.08: About the Authors
13: Organizational Learning Improving Service Delivery and Effectiveness- Taking an Organizational Learning Approach to Consulting
13.01: Introduction
13.02: What is Organizational Learning
13.03: How to Drive Change Using an Organizational Learning Frame
13.04: Consulting Challenges
13.05: An Update on the Respite Work Group
13.06: Conclusion- A Cautionary Tale
13.07: Conclusion
13.08: About the Authors
14: Consulting in Public Policy Settings
14.01: Introduction
14.02: Your Research Expertise is Relevant to the Policy World
14.03: Consultation in Policy Settings
14.04: Government Settings
14.05: Non-government Settings
14.06: Seven Distinctions between Academe and Policy Settings
14.07: Lessons Learned that May Apply to Other Consulting Settings
14.08: Conclusion
14.09: About the Authors
15: Grant Writing for Consultants 101
15.01: The Process of Writing a Grant Proposal
15.02: Important Skills Qualities and Areas of Knowledge for the Grant Writer
15.03: Concluding Thoughts
15.04: About the Author
16: The Path to Independent Consulting
16.01: Author Biography