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Introducing Online Training in Grant Proposal Writing

The Nonprofit Consultant

From 2003-2018 I presented the class Basic Grant Proposal Writing Skills for Nonprofits at the Community Foundation Santa Cruz County about three times each year. During that same period, I also did custom versions of the class for several individual organizations and smaller coalitions of nonprofits.

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5 Steps to Strategically Positioning Your Consulting

Consulting Matters

I was super excited, and I had this opportunity to be an internal consultant for a nonprofit organization. We had career development, organizational development, training, and development. The purpose of this particular training is I want to expand your vision around your role. Positioning Pitfalls (5:58). And when them over.

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The Consultant's Role: How to Position Yourself for Maximum Influence

Consulting Matters

I was super excited, and I had this opportunity to be an internal consultant for a nonprofit organization. We had career development, organizational development, training, and development. The purpose of this particular training is I want to expand your vision around your role. Positioning Pitfalls (5:58). And when them over.

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The Secret History of Agile Innovation

Harvard Business

Some trace agile methodologies all the way back to Francis Bacon’s articulation of the scientific method in 1620. Shewhart taught this iterative and incremental-development methodology to his mentee, W. Meanwhile, agile methodologies continued to evolve. Ironically, that’s where it began — outside of IT.

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Challenging Our Own Mental Models Our Growth as Consultants.

Consulting and Organizational Management

Venturing into developing nations or any form of the unknown is a robust methodology for developing servant leadership, understanding the formation of groups, the nature of intact community, the power of reflection, dialogue and journaling and how it reveals core values about our work and purpose. Thanks. Fundraising for Nonprofits.

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Systems View: A Social-Technical Perspective | Consulting and.

Consulting and Organizational Management

Think of technology in the broadest sense: Technology=Methodology. Accounting methodology, and its structure of rules, is no less a technology than an integrated production line. Accounting methodology, and its structure of rules, is no less a technology than an integrated production line. Fundraising for Nonprofits.

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