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Consulting and Evaluation to Nonprofit and Community-Based Organizations

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Consulting and Evaluation to Nonprofit and Community-Based Organizations

Business
Author
Judah Viola and Susan Dvorak McMahon
Publisher
National Louis University and DePaul University
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY-NC
Language
EN
Category
Business Administration
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Contents· 118 sections
  1. 01: Before You Begin
  2. 1.01: Why Should You Be A Consultant (5 Reasons)
  3. 1.02: Make a Commitment
  4. 1.03: The Many Challenges Ahead
  5. 02: Preparing for Success
  6. 2.01: What Youll Need to Start
  7. 2.02: How to Prepare Yourself
  8. 2.03: Conclusion
  9. 03: When to Start a Consulting Practice
  10. 3.01: Start your Business at the Right Time
  11. 3.02: While in School
  12. 3.03: Just out of School
  13. 3.04: After Working for a Private Firm
  14. 3.05: After Time in a Non-Profit or Public Sector Job
  15. 3.06: After Working with a Seasoned Professional
  16. 3.07: Keeping it All in Perspective
  17. 3.08: Conclusion
  18. 04: What Kind of Business to Build
  19. 4.01: Organizational Structures
  20. 4.02: What Services Will You Provide
  21. 4.03: Part-Time vs. Full-Time
  22. 4.04: Working from a Home Office vs. Office away from Home
  23. 4.05: Strategic Planning Business Planning
  24. 4.06: Conclusion
  25. 05: Getting Official (Actions)
  26. 5.01: Steps to Take
  27. 5.02: Accounting Issues
  28. 5.03: Legal Issues
  29. 5.04: Banking
  30. 5.05: Insurance
  31. 06: Finding Work
  32. 6.01: Marketing and Networking
  33. 6.02: Conclusion
  34. 07: Running Your Business
  35. 7.01: When to Submit a Proposal
  36. 7.02: Whether to Team up or Go it Alone
  37. 7.03: Deciding What to Charge
  38. 7.04: Cost and Length Estimation
  39. 7.05: Setting a Pricing Strategy
  40. 7.06: Timing of Payments
  41. 7.07: Proposals and Contracts
  42. 7.08: Working Through Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)
  43. 7.09: Getting Paid
  44. 7.10: Staying in Business
  45. 7.11: Conclusion
  46. 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)
  47. 8.01: Introduction
  48. 8.02: Client-Centered Consulting
  49. 8.03: The Client-Centered Response to Winning the Project
  50. 8.04: Special Circumstances in Winning Projects
  51. 8.05: The Client-Centered Response to Losing Projects
  52. 8.06: Conclusion
  53. 09: From Start to Finish- A Typical Evaluation Project
  54. 9.01: Introduction
  55. 9.02: The Project
  56. 9.03: Getting the Contract
  57. 9.04: Planning the Evaluation
  58. 9.05: Collecting the Data
  59. 9.06: Reporting the Results
  60. 9.07: Lessons Learned
  61. 9.08: Conclusion
  62. 9.09: About the Authors
  63. 10: Developing and Maintaining Long-Term Consulting Relationships
  64. 10.01: Introduction
  65. 10.02: Benefits of Long-Term Consulting Relationships
  66. 10.03: Developing a Long-Term Consulting Relationship- Clients Perspectives
  67. 10.04: Developing a Long-Term Consulting Relationship- Consultants Perspectives
  68. 10.05: Maintaining a Long-Term Consulting Relationship
  69. 10.06: Conclusions
  70. 10.07: About the Authors
  71. 11: Consulting with Small Community-Based Nonprofit Organizations- Insights and Understandings
  72. 11.01: Overview
  73. 11.02: Finding Our Niche was Key
  74. 11.03: The Effects of Passion are Paradoxical
  75. 11.04: Preparation Builds the Foundation for Entering into a Partnership
  76. 11.05: Nurturing a Partnership is a Balancing Act
  77. 11.06: Funding Sources Influence the Consulting Relationship
  78. 11.07: Boards of Directors are Omnipresent
  79. 11.08: Volunteers are Sovereign
  80. 11.09: Project Scope is Easy to Underestimate and it Expands
  81. 11.10: A Comprehensive Framework Links Consulting Advocacy and Research
  82. 11.11: Reflection and Planning Streamline Future Work
  83. 11.12: About the Authors
  84. 12: Capacity Building with Faith-based and Community Organizations- Lessons learned from the Compassion Kansas initiative
  85. 12.01: Introduction
  86. 12.02: Organizational Capacity Building
  87. 12.03: Working with Small Nonprofit Organizations
  88. 12.04: Steps and Strategies for Consultants Working with Small FBCOs
  89. 12.05: Compassion Kansas- A statewide initiative to build the capacity of FBCOs
  90. 12.06: Lessons Learned
  91. 12.07: Conclusion
  92. 12.08: About the Authors
  93. 13: Organizational Learning Improving Service Delivery and Effectiveness- Taking an Organizational Learning Approach to Consulting
  94. 13.01: Introduction
  95. 13.02: What is Organizational Learning
  96. 13.03: How to Drive Change Using an Organizational Learning Frame
  97. 13.04: Consulting Challenges
  98. 13.05: An Update on the Respite Work Group
  99. 13.06: Conclusion- A Cautionary Tale
  100. 13.07: Conclusion
  101. 13.08: About the Authors
  102. 14: Consulting in Public Policy Settings
  103. 14.01: Introduction
  104. 14.02: Your Research Expertise is Relevant to the Policy World
  105. 14.03: Consultation in Policy Settings
  106. 14.04: Government Settings
  107. 14.05: Non-government Settings
  108. 14.06: Seven Distinctions between Academe and Policy Settings
  109. 14.07: Lessons Learned that May Apply to Other Consulting Settings
  110. 14.08: Conclusion
  111. 14.09: About the Authors
  112. 15: Grant Writing for Consultants 101
  113. 15.01: The Process of Writing a Grant Proposal
  114. 15.02: Important Skills Qualities and Areas of Knowledge for the Grant Writer
  115. 15.03: Concluding Thoughts
  116. 15.04: About the Author
  117. 16: The Path to Independent Consulting
  118. 16.01: Author Biography