March, 2009

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Consultant Ninja: A Simple Question about the Credit Markets.

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'skip to main | skip to sidebar. Consultant Ninja. Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. Tuesday, March 31, 2009. A Simple Question about the Credit Markets. Heres my understanding of the current TARP/TARPII/PPIP/etc plans: The major "sick" banks wont lend to businesses, because their balance sheets are tied up with bad assets that they cant sell.

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Good news for fundraisers

The Nonprofit Consultant

Did I say "good news"? In this economy? Yes, I certainly did. 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. The results (as reported in The Chronicle of Philanthropy ) may surprise you: 52% of donors said their gifts would be on par with 2008 Only 17.5% planned to give less than last year Of those who were committed to a multi-year gift, 87% said they would pay on time 42.5% said they wo

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The Crazy Lives of Consultants: The Perils of Printer Toner

The Crazy Lives of Consultants

'skip to main | skip to sidebar. Wednesday, March 4, 2009. The Perils of Printer Toner. I am not making this up. This is an actual email chain that went around the client site today. A little background: Yesterday, there was a small crisis here at the client site. The printer/copy machine, which is quite large and looks rather like a new-age space shuttle, ran out of toner.

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Consultant Ninja: Friedman Billings Ramsey and Tom Peters.

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'skip to main | skip to sidebar. Consultant Ninja. Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. Monday, March 23, 2009. Friedman Billings Ramsey and Tom Peters. Friedman Billings Ramsey was hot back in 2005 - boutique investment bank, middle market, a cool FBR acronym.

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PowerPoint Best Practices for Creating Stellar Presentations

Mastering data visualization in PowerPoint will help accelerate your career because it positions you as someone who can present data that drives business decisions forward. think-cell's PowerPoint Best Practices eBook was created specifically for professionals aiming to master the art and science of data-driven storytelling. What’s inside: Practical Insights: Uncover valuable tips for crafting engaging and persuasive presentations.

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Consultant Ninja: If you come to a fork in the road, take it.

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'skip to main | skip to sidebar. Consultant Ninja. Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. Thursday, March 19, 2009. If you come to a fork in the road, take it. If you want to know why your tax dollars are going to subsidize Amtrak, the Washington DC Union Station rental car return lot provides an insightful anecdote.

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Consultant Ninja: Excel shortcut of the day - Pivot Tables.

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'skip to main | skip to sidebar. Consultant Ninja. Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. Tuesday, March 10, 2009. Excel shortcut of the day - Pivot Tables. How to change a pivot table data field from a "Count Of" to "Sum Of": 1: Alt+P 2: N 3: Tab 4: Up Arrow 5: Enter.

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Consultant Ninja: Future Histories: Management Consulting Blog

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'skip to main | skip to sidebar. Consultant Ninja. Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. Sunday, March 8, 2009. Future Histories. Typical of its down-to-earth management ethos, NetApp early on ditched a travel policy a dozen ­pages long in favor of this maxim: "We are a frugal company.

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Consultant Ninja: When "hedging" is just speculation: Management.

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'skip to main | skip to sidebar. Consultant Ninja. Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. Wednesday, March 4, 2009. When "hedging" is just speculation. Uniteds fuel hedging strategy has all the marks of some smooth-talking consultants or bankers.

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Consultant Ninja: When "hedging" is just speculation (part 2.

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'skip to main | skip to sidebar. Consultant Ninja. Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. Thursday, March 5, 2009. When "hedging" is just speculation (part 2). Chris and JonM rightly chastised my previous post on Uniteds Fuel Hedging strategy.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Washing Away in a Flood of Volunteers

The Nonprofit Consultant

Has your nonprofit been overrun and overwhelmed recently with a flood of new volunteers? The New York Times reports on the influx of the unemployed into volunteer service and its effects, both positive and negative. The two forces feeding this growing volunteerism are, of course, the recession leaving many people with more free time than they'd care to have, coupled with inspiration from President Obama's call to service.

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Resisting the Pressure to Merger

The Nonprofit Consultant

A couple of years ago, I wrote a post here about when it makes sense to take an existing partnership and explore a merger. In that posting, I wrote that the reality is that it is increasingly difficult for small organizations (budgets under $750,000) to operate successfully, and create sustainable funding. As much as I love small, grassroots organizations, sometimes they can better serve their communities as part of a mid-sized agency.

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A Plan to Survive

The Nonprofit Consultant

Today I gave a presentation on Fundraising Planning in the New Economic Environment at the Nonprofit Forum in Redwood City. The Forum brought about 200 nonprofit professionals from throughout San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties to the conference center on the Oracle campus to share strategies for surviving the current economic collapse. I've taught on the topic of fundraising planning many times over the years, and, of course, have my book out on the subject , but the question I had to ask myself

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Consultant Ninja: When "hedging" is just speculation (part 3.

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'skip to main | skip to sidebar. Consultant Ninja. Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. Thursday, March 12, 2009. When "hedging" is just speculation (part 3). Evidence in support for point (1) in my post on Uniteds Fuel Hedging Program : Eisman stuck to his sell rating on Lomas Financial, even after the company announced that investors needn’t worry about its financia

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Savings Consultants Are Needed in Today's Market More Than Ever

Savings Consultants are needed in today’s market more than ever. With an increase in expenses, businesses are looking for opportunities to save. Often unknown to businesses are savings in expense reduction, specialized tax savings, specialized savings including medical underpayments, health benefits cost reduction, zero cost processing, and more. Blue Coast Savings, with over 20 years in business, assists Savings Consultants in helping these companies move toward more profitable businesses.

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The Crazy Lives of Consultants: Resource Management

The Crazy Lives of Consultants

'skip to main | skip to sidebar. Monday, March 23, 2009. Resource Management. Yeah yeah, I know. A consultant takes your watch and tells you what time it is. So there I was today, handing my client a pre-proposal for some new work. I realized that I prepared and printed it on their equipment, using their supplies, and then handed it to them. Where else does this happen?

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When Incentives Turn into Disincentives

The Nonprofit Consultant

All of us in the nonprofit sector are aware (or, should be aware) that the Foundations who support us have a minimum 5% payout requirement to maintain their nonprofit status. That is, they have promised the IRS that their grants and related expenditures will equal at least 5% of the total value of their assets each tax year. There are those of us (and if you read this blog regularly, you know I'm one) who consistently call on the foundations to grant out more than the minimum, particularly in ye