The Nonprofit Consultant

JULY 23, 2010

Since my posting here a couple of weeks ago, taking a nonprofit to task for "over-tweeting," it has come to my attention that I am not "practicing what I preach" or modeling proper twitter behavior or, frankly, even tweeting at all from an account associated with my consulting practice. Tags: taglines Nonprofit marketing twitter.

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Harvard Business

MAY 10, 2018

Fake merchandise accounted for 12.5% In order to improve product safety, China’s pharmaceutical, alcohol, and food industries already use QR codes and RFID tags to track products as they move from factory to consumer. Chamber of Commerce estimates is worth about $397 billion.

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Granite Leadership Strategies

MARCH 22, 2023

It is time to break open the accounting system and harvest past performance cost and pricing data. The more the pricing staff understands the composition of the pipeline, the more they can save time, and money and prepare quicker responsive bids by utilizing familiar elements across many bids. Harvest cost/pricing data.

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The Management Centre

JUNE 8, 2020

They may even fear you as their manager and the person holding them to account. Don’t forget to tag us @mgmtcentre. Learning is hard work. And can be very daunting. People fear making mistakes, fear the unknown and fear being judged. There can be setbacks – remember the old adage if at first you don’t succeed etc.

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Buzzsprout

JULY 2, 2023

Here's Apple's advice on how to name your podcast: Podcast names should have the following characteristics: specific and succinct available memorable similar to your business name or brand Once you have a title in mind, run it through a podcast name checker to ensure the social media accounts and domains are available.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

AUGUST 28, 2010

It's in long-term bank accounts, giving banks the capital to loan to small businesses. Tags: economics the pledge Nonprofit endowments foundations economy. With that 5% barely being the earnings on the endowment, where's the principal of that endowment going? It's being invested. It's purchasing stocks and shares of mutual funds.

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The Management Centre

JUNE 8, 2020

They may even fear you as their manager and the person holding them to account. Don’t forget to tag us @mgmtcentre. Learning is hard work. And can be very daunting. People fear making mistakes, fear the unknown and fear being judged. There can be setbacks – remember the old adage if at first you don’t succeed etc.

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The Management Centre

JUNE 8, 2020

They may even fear you as their manager and the person holding them to account. Don’t forget to tag us @mgmtcentre. Learning is hard work. And can be very daunting. People fear making mistakes, fear the unknown and fear being judged. There can be setbacks – remember the old adage if at first you don’t succeed etc.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 3, 2016

Assigning ownership increases accountability for both achieving the desired outcome and carrying out the activities needed to get there. To address this problem, this retailer planned to tag products at the item level. In a major U.K. Markdowns also increase as a store may be carrying surplus stock as items reach end of life.

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Harvard Business

MAY 5, 2016

Yes, you can add tags to your connections, but you can only use those tags to filter and view your existing connections.) All we need is a search option that allows us to limit searches not only to “second-degree connections” but also to “second-degree connections of [tag].”

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The Nonprofit Consultant

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

I just read a wonderful account of a nonprofit merger in the Guardian (UK) called Braving the new world of a merged charity , the article begins: For the past year, I have been going through what I imagine a divorce feels like: uncertainty, sleepless nights, and the occasional desire to bawl. End of that rant.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

JANUARY 17, 2008

Wyland of Sumption & Wyland consulting has written an op-ed piece on Argus Leader (dot-com) under the unassuming title of " Accountability changes philanthropic landscape " that perfectly expresses what I'm sure so many of us have been thinking for years. Tags: receiving giving philanthropy charity Nonprofit foundations.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

APRIL 9, 2009

But, according to FASB (the Financial Accounting Standards Board), only include the figure in official reporting if "the organization would have purchased the services if they had not been donated." Tags: volunteers value accounting. Tout that figure in newsletters and annual reports. So, what do you think of the $20.25/hour

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Successful Independent Consulting

APRIL 14, 2017

The first article in this series about how to optimize LinkedIn profiles explains how to create an excellent first impression with a photo, background image, and a succinct “tag line” to summarize your brand and expertise. For example, Certified Public Accountant (inactive).

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The Nonprofit Consultant

APRIL 23, 2010

It frequently requires the assistance of professional accountants to complete correctly. Tags: charity Nonprofit 990 taxes accounting. The 990 is not an easy form to complete. To compare it to personal taxes, it's more like the 1040 long form with extra schedules than the 1040 EZ.

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Harvard Business

JULY 19, 2016

For many companies, the price tag and the commitment of resources are too high a hurdle. In AI speak, that meant all of the company’s numbers, charts, words, and phrases had to be chopped, chunked, tagged, and HR-optimized to give ABIe the ingredients for those answers. It must have a formal (and nuanced) governance structure.

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Asamby Consulting

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Examples for retainer pricing The price-tags on a retainer vary immensely, based on scope of work the nature of the retainer (hours or access) and how sought after the consultant is. This way, you can account for different phases in the collaboration. How much will spend for a specific outcome is not 100% predictable.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

JUNE 12, 2006

In the first group of postings I see resources for starting up a new nonprofit, accounting and finance tips, communications, and fundraising advice. Tags: nonprofit , blogs , blog carnivals , resources Be sure to check them out and add them to your bookmarks.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

New legislation, recently introduced in the Senate, would create tax-free "personal philanthropy accounts" to encourage pre-tax charitable giving. Tags: nonprofit , giving , taxes , deductions , legislation , Senate I learned about S. 3881 from the 501 strategies Nonprofit Blog. We are each members of the Nonprofit Blog Exchange.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

APRIL 15, 2008

Check out Blue Avocado at blueavocado.org and sign up for the e-newsletter, register an account (it's free, and allows you to leave comments), and join in the conversation. Tags: boards of directors blue avocado Nonprofit committees.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

JULY 25, 2008

Have your accountant create a pdf file of your 990s and post them annually as soon as you have filed. Tags: web 2.0 Post Your 990s - Your IRS form 990 tax returns are already public information to those who know where to find them (on guidestar.org, for example). But why make people look for them elsewhere?

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The Nonprofit Consultant

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

percent of all reporting public charities, accounted for 58.7 Tags: Urban Institute sector research Nonprofit report economy. Probably because all that growth and resources is concentrated in hospitals and universities. Some of the data from the report: Hospitals and other health care organizations, 12.9 percent of its assets, and 60.0

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Other laws that don’t target employee monitoring, but do restrict the monitoring of electronic communications more broadly, such as the federal Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), must also be taken into account. social media, blogs, email), or provide log-on information to personal accounts.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

His treatise does several things well, including making purpose specific to the organization, articulating the how, identifying market voids, accounting for competitive positioning, measuring what matters, committing to mastery and progress, and acknowledging challenges. We saw this in the most recent U.S. Provide a way to measure success.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

JULY 5, 2006

I've talked about it here, and you've heard it a million times elsewhere, but it bears repeating: "Foundations and corporations account for a combined 17 percent of donations. Individuals account for 83 percent." Gallagher's advice to fundraisers: Go where the money is Tags: nonprofit , fundraising , fundraisers , grants

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The Nonprofit Consultant

MAY 5, 2009

An ask that takes ability to give into account, while still recognizing and honoring their commitment to your organization, allows the client representative to give $2 while sitting next to the Doctor who gave $5,000, each knowing they were respected and that they did all they could.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

JUNE 29, 2006

The only catch is that they need to have a (free) Google account too. If you'd like to test this out, but don't have a Google account yet, let me know (email link under "About Me" to the top left) and I'll send you an invitation to join gMail and to play with one of my test spreadsheets.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

JUNE 19, 2006

Be sure to note that the figure for Individuals still accounts for over 76.5% Tags: nonprofits , giving , charities , donations , fundraising , foundations , corporations of total giving. And that does not include Bequests (figure not given in the preliminary release I saw) which are counted separately.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

JULY 23, 2007

Marisa likewise is looking for "transparency" where she can see the direct result of her giving, "not just pay into some anonymous account and other people's admin overheads." Tags: donors causes charity Nonprofit motivation results. Is your nonprofit making any of the mistakes that has turned these donors off?

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The Nonprofit Consultant

AUGUST 29, 2006

Basically, the calculation takes into account the potential for the donor to support your nonprofit over the life of the relationship (not just the first ask) as well as the cost of cultivating and maintaining the relationship. Tags: nonprofit , fundraising , net present value , NPV , donors What do you think? I'd like to know.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

MAY 16, 2007

There may be many more ways to do this than I am aware of (I'm a grantwriter and management consultant, not an accountant), but the three basic ways I went over with them were Dollars, Time, and Space. Tags: overhead allocations Nonprofit budgeting administrative costs. What other ways do you use to allocate your overhead costs?

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The Nonprofit Consultant

SEPTEMBER 27, 2007

To sign up for your YouTube Nonprofit account, go to youtube.com/nonprofits and follow the proper links. Tags: video YouTube Nonprofit marketing communications. Your organization doesn't even have a video camera? Well, as a special bonus, the first 300 nonprofits to sign up will receive a free video camera.

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Consultant Ninja

JUNE 13, 2009

The travel, the uncertainty about work, the lack of control over your career, the sacrifice of your personal life, the eating out 4 days a week on an expense account, the distance from actually seeing something done, the relentless pressure to get promoted or be fired. Filed under the tag Consulting, not Bitterness. at 11:38 AM.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

MAY 26, 2006

Tags: nonprofit , charities , accountability , fundraising A well-informed donor is one we can have a long-term conversation with and cultivate for more future donations. The point here is simply to welcome their questions, and to be prepared with serious and honest answers.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 6, 2024

Use rolling wave planning to account for new information as the project proceeds. If you want to read more about rolling wave planning, this is the rolling wave planning tag on my site. They are: Understand the various risks: project, product, and organization, and how to manage those risks with feedback loops. Every effort has risks.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

JUNE 26, 2006

Tags: nonprofits , small organizations , leadership , collaboration Other possible facilitators in this could be statewide or regional nonprofit associations, such as CAN (California Association of Nonprofits) or SVCN (Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits).

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 23, 2017

However, measuring patient-reported outcomes (PROs) — patients’ own accounting of their symptoms, functional status, and quality of life — can and should be a clinical tool. For them, outcomes measurement may seem like just another reimbursement requirement or process compliance task.

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