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Finding Your Way to Financial Freedom | Women in Consulting

Women in Consulting

Backed by award-winning services and support teams, Blackbaud’s comprehensive set of Internet solutions, featuring Blackbaud NetCommunity and Blackbaud Sphere eMarketing along with our industry leading peer-to-peer and event fundraising solution, Friends Asking Friends , is designed to meet the evolving needs of nonprofits.

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The Five Stages of Nonprofit Board Fundraising

The Nonprofit Consultant

Imagine my surprise when I realized that nobody had yet applied the Kübler-Ross model to fundraising by nonprofit boards of directors!

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Nonprofits Talking Taxes

The Nonprofit Consultant

Earlier this month I attended a workshop at the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County called " Show Me the Money: Nonprofits Talking Taxes." Nonprofits that have always relied on those sources were suddenly in competition with schools and libraries. These workshops are free, and are available to any nonprofit group in California.

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What the Best Nonprofits Know About Strategy

Harvard Business

After years of working in tech startups, which strive to transform underdog status into competitive advantage, I dove into the nonprofit world. The contrast was striking: Too few nonprofits use the advantages of their nonprofit status. In doing so, they miss out on a huge opportunity. Customers: Segment them differently.

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Unleashing Entrepreneurial Success With Consulting

Business Consulting Agency

Business Startup Consultants assist in developing robust business plans that cover all aspects of the venture, from market analysis to financial projections. Financial Guidance and Investment Strategies Sound financial management is a critical aspect of startup success.

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Using Design Thinking to Help Nonprofits Fundraise

Harvard Business

Far too many great ideas for solving pressing social problems are not being applied at the scale they deserve, because thousands of nonprofit organizations are teetering on the brink of collapse. But while that seems eminently logical, research shows that it’s not the approach of the most successful organizations.

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Nonprofit Mergers & Alliances: An interview with Thomas A. McLaughlin (part one)

The Nonprofit Consultant

Regular readers of this blog know that I've been involved in two successful nonprofit mergers, as well as a third attempt that was never consummated, and I've written several blog posts on my feelings about nonprofit mergers. Here's the starting point. Yes, probably a small handful of those situations. Do you have any comments on this?