Successful Independent Consulting

MAY 30, 2017

Research from Cornell University shows that a first impression from an online photo usually persists. Just make sure you tag your photos for Business and not Dating. Clients hire people who are smart, proficient, affable, and trustworthy. You probably perceive yourself this way, but do others? Q: Who votes on the photos?

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Seth Godin Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2019

Better, the research suggests that you’ll do better to overpay for something in a cheaper category, where it’s obviously the best in the world. If you want to please someone with a gift, it’s unlikely that you’ll succeed by buying them a pretty good version of the item in question, even if it’s a great value.

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Rick Conlow

DECEMBER 10, 2020

You cannot put a price tag on these parts of the body. Contrary to Alzheimer’s research, scientists also say we only lose 1% of our potential throughout our life. Or if I were to give you $500,000 for your heart, would you make a trade? How about $1 million for your brain? Therefore, what is your greatest resource? Your heart?

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 4, 2018

The question is, what is the best way to develop skills and grow professionally without the big price tags that come with graduate and postgraduate courses. In order to succeed and stay relevant in such a competitive field, consultants have to keep their knowledge up to date and continuously hone their skills. Read Resources.

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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. Tags: Nonprofit interview consulting. The interview, conducted by Alex Tuttle, can be found by clicking Career Paths: Nonprofit Consultant.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 27, 2017

For example: If the phrase contains the word “mad,” code it as being negative or If the object in the picture has four wheels, tag it as a car. Should it be tagged as a toy? But what happens when the four-wheeled object comes in a box of Cracker-Jacks or a Happy Meal? As a swallowing hazard?

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Tom Spencer

JULY 14, 2018

Frequently, drug manufacturers cite research and development costs when defending high prescription prices. However, research that leads to drug discovery is usually funded by the National Institutes of Health , by venture capital, or other wealthy benefactors. R&D Costs.

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Harvard Business

MAY 28, 2018

That year, according to our proprietary research, non-tech companies scooped up 707 computer and electronics firms, often at highly inflated prices. For example, when Facebook bought Instagram for $1 billion in 2012 and then WhatsApp for $19 billion two years later, many analysts and investors were astonished by the high price tags.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

APRIL 2, 2008

IssueLab "is an online publishing forum for nonprofit research. Each month we do an editorial CloseUp on a different issue that nonprofits are addressing in their own research work. This month we are focusing on research related to the issue of Volunteerism. Tags: issuelab research Nonprofit.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Our research for the book The Power of People showed that HR professionals can be broadly categorized into one of three groups with respect to their current analytical capability: Analytically Savvy — These are HR professionals who are formally trained in analytics techniques and are adept at working with data and interpreting analyses.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

Bernd Raffelhüschen, director of the Research Center for Generational Contracts totals the cost of all government spending on refugees, including social insurance, over the life of a refugee. Of course politicians never want to put a realistic price tag on their pet projects. Via translation.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Well, I'm sure Gail has her own well-researched reasons why, but the answer that popped right into my head was, "Boredom & burnout; not being shown how their $$ led to progress." Tags: donors Nonprofit twitter mistakes appeals. Think of it, year after year, you've been giving a particular nonprofit.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Many researchers are exploring other forms of AI, some of which have proved useful in limited contexts; there may well be a breakthrough that makes higher levels of intelligence possible, but there is still no clear path yet to this goal. But these systems still fall far short of science fiction. So what can A→B do?

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The Nonprofit Consultant

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Throughout September the organizations with the most positive reviews will be featured on GreatNonprofits and Guidestar, the premier site for philanthropic research on the Web. Tags: blogs awards carnival of nonprofit consultants honors.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Foundation Source is a company that has, for about a decade, worked with these private foundations, providing management and back-office services, advisory services, and online research and application services. Tags: access Nonprofit grants foundations funders.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Fed researchers have been studying how many and what type of bonds should be stay on the Fed's books in a "post-normalization world" - an effort one source familiar with the work called a "once in a decade" research opportunity. The Fed will do whatever the hell it wants while labeling the result a new "tool".

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Research by myself and others has shown that purposeful organizations outperform their competitors; in his letter Zuckerberg is clearly attempting to outline a sense of purpose for Facebook. But research also suggests that people have a large degree of cynicism toward business leaders who speak about purpose.

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Granite Leadership Strategies

MARCH 22, 2023

This information is vital in the pre-RFP stage for timely information to your leadership team on the pricing direction, the technical team for feedback on their solutioning price tag, and to your subcontractors, as you shape the top-down target prices.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 18, 2016

They have expanded far beyond the “Information Technology” tag attached to them by GICS. To help begin this transformation, our research discovered four simple ways that companies create growth and value: Asset Builders make and sell physical things. It’s not an industry in itself.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

DECEMBER 6, 2007

You can help Nancy with her research project on nonprofit taglines by taking this short online survey (click here). Tags: taglines Nonprofit marketing. Unfortunately, there’s little available guidance for organizations striving to strengthen their taglines.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

MARCH 19, 2009

This last January Cygnus Applied Research polled 17,365 people with a history of charitable donations to ask them about their philanthropic plans for 2009. Tags: donors Nonprofit fundraising economy. Did I say "good news"? In this economy? Yes, I certainly did. felt the economy would rebound in less than two years.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 3, 2016

Unfortunately, the history of IT investments in most organizations is far from stellar: Research over the years suggests that the overall failure rate of IT projects is around 70%. To address this problem, this retailer planned to tag products at the item level.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

OCTOBER 25, 2006

Researchers, writing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , have scientifically proven that charitable giving activates the brain's reward center. Tags: nonprofit , fundraising , charity Here's a real benefit that you can sell your donors when explaining what they get for supporting your organization: A good feeling!

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The Nonprofit Consultant

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Tags: Urban Institute sector research Nonprofit report economy. Human service organizations, 34.5 percent of reporting public charities, had only 13.6 percent of the sector's revenues, 11.5 percent of its assets, and 14.0 percent of its expenses. Get more information from the Urban Institute's web site.

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Asamby Consulting

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Here are some other project pricing examples: Strategy formulation with market research: 10,000 - 20,000 USD Org-structure development and implementation 5,000 - 20,000 USD Project management software 5,000 - 15,000 Please note that these are examples. Your individual situation might lower or increase these numbers.

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Harvard Business

MAY 24, 2016

Between 65% and 75% miss their revenue or profit goals, depending on whose research you look at. After that, you could buy them on eBay – but for 33% more than the original price tag. The mini-notebook device carried a price tag of €299. The odds are stacked against new products or services.

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Confessions of a Consultant

DECEMBER 2, 2018

research highlighted that more than 70% of survey participants had a similar experience (to the best of my knowledge, no similar survey data exists in Ireland; we can only guess the numbers). She was in her early 20’s (while I normally do some research for this Blog, in this specific case I didn’t actually check their Birth Certificates).

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The Nonprofit Consultant

AUGUST 6, 2010

Of course, even without the prodding from Buffett and Gates, research has borne out that regular folks have always been more generous than the wealthy when it comes to charitable giving. Tags: giving donors the pledge Nonprofit money planning fundraising.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 28, 2018

To link an entry on the blockchain to an actual, real-life baby, we need to give the baby a physical identifier through a physical tag, or in a more futuristic world, a small chip or digital genome record that links the baby to its digital record. And this is where blockchain falls down. There are other parallel examples.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Our research identifies an underlying cause: what we call a “masculinity contest culture.” Our research documents numerous negative consequences that harm the bottom line and put the organization’s effectiveness and reputation at risk. Organizations rely on cooperative teamwork to succeed.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

The city that lands this historic deal will see its economic and physical landscape transformed, albeit for a hefty price tag in the form of tax breaks. As our research has shown, the vibrant metros of the future will be those that are home to high-tech advanced industries.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Do some research on the person you’re meeting with, whether it’s through a mutual connection or online. You can likely tag along to an event or two, and meet more people who have similar interests. I was happy to answer, and the asker’s writing was later picked up by the publication she pitched.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

The Research We’ve Ignored About Happiness at Work. The height of the price tag that workers place on meaning surprised us all. Research shows that all work becomes knowledge work, when workers are given the chance to make it so. And second: How can organizations actually go about fostering meaning? Dan Pontefract.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 20, 2018

Research has found that several biases come up again and again when managers are evaluating a team member. 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. Here are three of them, what they’re all about, and how to address each one.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 31, 2017

Even if you’re heads down and have sworn off email for days or weeks to accomplish a priority mission, spend at least 15 minutes a day tagging the most important, time-sensitive messages that have come in, so that you can respond appropriately. ” Monitor your own tendencies, instead.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

DECEMBER 27, 2006

MediaNews researched and analyzed 100 large Bay Area nonprofits and found that 85 of them reported spending at least 75 percent of their annual revenue on programs. But, he does point out the sophistication of some the spammers research and techniques and asks, "Are your approaches to fundraising emails this sophisticated?"

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 23, 2016

Wouldn’t it be cool if robots could round up the carts from the parking lot or if everything had an RFID tag and customers didn’t need every item to be scanned at the checkout? As research has shown , customers are less likely to buy anything when there is too much choice and they are less satisfied with what they do choose.

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