The Nonprofit Consultant

MAY 21, 2010

I've recently been interviewed by The Vault - an online career information and research site - about how I got into nonprofit consulting. The interview, conducted by Alex Tuttle, can be found by clicking Career Paths: Nonprofit Consultant. Tags: Nonprofit interview consulting.

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Successful Independent Consulting

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

With LinkedIn and personal websites widely used to promote careers, the idea of independent management consultants having a printable résumé may seem old-fashioned. Consider adding a “tag line” below your name in the résumé header. However, in most cases it’s still necessary. Résumé experts recommend no more than three per topic.

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freshminds

MARCH 10, 2015

From articles to help you decide if this career is right for you or to move from a firm into industry to what would definitely be useful for when you've got the job - templates for presentations and Excel models! But watch out - the CV editing and professional advice comes with hefty price tags.

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Women in Consulting

OCTOBER 11, 2016

When I started my corporate career at the Quaker Oats Company, now part of the Pepsico portfolio of global brands, I didn’t really have a plan. It was the perfect time and place to find out if I was good enough to put a price tag on my brain. Yes, I have achieved success in my career and I’ve also experienced failure.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 8, 2018

Working parents sometimes struggle with the feeling that they are either letting down their family or not meeting their career goals. Sit down with your boss and teammates and let them know of your passion for your career and your work-related goals, and then unapologetically share how your family commitments relate to these priorities.

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freshminds

JANUARY 20, 2015

Though beware, the price tags can reach upwards of $400. We also run career workshops for our network from interview or case study preparation, CV sessions and assessment centre advice. W all Street Prep. U demy Online Courses. Looking for more tips and advice about ways to improve your skill set?

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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. These may not be the ones with the highest number of endorsements, especially if you are making a career shift.

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Successful Independent Consulting

MAY 15, 2017

If you’re serious about your career as an independent consultant, you’ll want to distinguish yourself from someone who is simply between “real jobs.” What do I need to do to set up my business for success? Note: I know many established independent consultants who could benefit from this info!

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Consultant Ninja

JULY 8, 2009

But the economic downturn hasn’t shelved expansion plans for career Web site Vault.com, which on Tuesday, June 23, unveiled a multimillion-dollar revamp." - Workforce Mangement.com Vault.com Traffic Popularity, from Alexa.com. By slapping the beta tag on the website they bought themselves another year to clean up this sacrilege.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

MAY 20, 2009

Those of us who've made a career of the nonprofit sector do it as part of our personal mission. Jobs for Change, a part of change.org , is looking to inspire and recruit the next generation of nonprofit leaders - those looking for a mission-driven career. Tags: careers Nonprofit jobs mission.

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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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Harvard Business

JUNE 20, 2018

And there is perhaps no setting that shapes careers, salaries, and lives like annual performance evaluations. The manager can keep a tally of how many meetings the person leads and how many times the person tag-teams with a coworker on a project. How to address the bias.

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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

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

When you've gone to the major, general interest job sites (Monster, Career Builder, etc.) Tags: taglines sector Nonprofit jobs. But this for-profit came to me with a problem that has bugged me for many years, and I'll bet you've had the same frustration. What Makes a Winning Tagline. Winners of the 2009 Nonprofit Tagline Awards.

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Management Consulted

JULY 31, 2016

The week before, I had arrived in Atlanta for a work conference focused on MBA career professionals. What is the price tag on doing the right thing? The conference was well-organized and well-attended – but I had a side story unfolding. Something more or less? Did we have the 8 hours in the car or the $6500 to spend?

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The Nonprofit Consultant

APRIL 8, 2010

Accepting a job you can only fail at is never a good career move. Tags: grant writing Nonprofit success foundations. If your job performance is going to be judged by an unrealistic goal your tenure will be short, stressful, and unhappy.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

OCTOBER 27, 2007

When I talk to people about my career, and my progression from working for county government, to nonprofit agencies, to being an independent consultant, I often describe it as a natural reaction to being allergic to bureaucracy. Tags: Nonprofit funding nightmare government bureaucracy.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

JANUARY 23, 2008

Do donors really think that it is their place to mold nonprofits in their image and that the people who've dedicated their careers and their lives to serving their communities require such direction and babysitting from people who've never done such work? Tags: donors philanthropy charity Nonprofit fundraising. Apparently so.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

They ranked the foundational skills by career area, and used heat-mapping to illustrate the most valued or most commonly requested skill in each area. A tool like this could have an impact far beyond hiring better candidates or getting a clearer picture of an employee’s skills.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 11, 2016

“You’re always moderating yourself,” agrees a Latina executive , who feels Latinas “are always tagged with the emotional thing. Latinos with sponsors — senior-level advocates — are 42% more likely to be satisfied with their career progression than Latinos without sponsors.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

I took advantage of career counseling center at LSE anyone who was interested in just having one-on-one case study, case interviews. A lot of the people actually keep on calling me really, really weird names, even though I have a name tag. What was the difference there? Peter: Remember my name.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 1, 2017

The team discovered that guests often tag the clothes they wear with designer names when they take selfies at our hotels and post them on Facebook and Instagram. The team interviewed the bell men and discovered that some guests’ clothes were hung on the bell carts in special designer bags.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

JUNE 20, 2007

After reading JP's posting yesterday, I began thinking about my own preparation for my career in nonprofit management, and now consulting. Tags: workshops education Bartleby Nonprofit management professional development leadership Billy Budd. Are you investing in their professional development? How about yourself? Are you prepared?

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The Nonprofit Consultant

SEPTEMBER 2, 2007

A leading critic of this change was, of course, the president's ex-husband the ex-president, Bill (or "X2" as he goes by in his rap music career). Tags: Nonprofit future fundraising. The resulting legislation lowered the minimum foundation payout to only 1-1/2% of their endowment and put in a maximum payout of 4% annually.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 24, 2016

End the practice of awarding business on the basis of price tag alone; instead, try a long-term relationship based on established loyalty and trust. Adapt to the new philosophy of the day; industries and economics are always changing. Build quality into a product throughout production. Work to constantly improve quality and productivity.

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Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

A major part of their worldwide marketing campaign was the tag line, “It’s time for clarity.” Career Path: Working as a consultant in the Advisory division of KPMG, your career will have 6 stages: Analyst. If you want to apply, apply through your university career center. Consultant. Senior Consultant.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 27, 2018

noted that early in her career she would work all-nighters at least once a week. In a recent example, Elon Musk (currently serving as the CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and Neuralink, all at the same time) spent the full 24 hours of his 47 th birthday at work. Marissa Mayer (former CEO of Yahoo!) I usually sleep about four hours per night.”

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Harvard Business

JUNE 5, 2017

Expanding computer science at the high school level not only benefits the students, but could help the field of computer science by encouraging more students — and a more diverse group of students — to consider computer science as a career.

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