The Nonprofit Consultant

APRIL 3, 2014

William Dietel, a philanthropy adviser and former president of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, decried it as an "instant-gratification strategy driven by young, tech-savvy philanthropists." culture donors evaluation giving Nonprofit philanthropy' Not that this focus on charitable ROI (return on investment) didn''t have its critics.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

. “We found the perfect strategy” ranks with “And they lived happily ever after” as a perpetual myth. A strategy is never excellent in and of itself; it is shaped, enhanced, or limited by implementation. When a strategy looks brilliant, it’s because of the quality of execution. Insight Center.

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Emerson Consulting Group

JUNE 10, 2021

What a company does (mission), why they do it (purpose), and how they fulfill the mission (strategy) are informed by the vision. Strategy defines the organization’s path from the current environment to a future state, from today’s reality to aspirations for tomorrow, with vision as the target.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

hospitals and health systems experienced an average 39% reduction in their operating margins from 2015 to 2017. Cost reduction requires an honest and thorough reassessment of everything the health system does and ultimately, a change in the organization’s operating culture. In some larger nonprofit hospitals, there may be six.

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

It's a consequence of an intentional positioning strategy, which I will explain to you in this video. I am so excited to share with you my secret strategies around how you position yourself as a strategic partner. I was super excited, and I had this opportunity to be an internal consultant for a nonprofit organization.

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

It's a consequence of an intentional positioning strategy, which I will explain to you in this video. I am so excited to share with you my secret strategies around how you position yourself as a strategic partner. I was super excited, and I had this opportunity to be an internal consultant for a nonprofit organization.

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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Before starting Real Board Solutions, Terry was both an accountant and an operations/sales manager. On this special long episode of the Strategy & Leadership Podcast, Terry joins us to talk all things related to board governance, Executive Directors and more, including: SME Strategy ·.

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Management Consulted

MARCH 26, 2017

Although historically not known for consulting services (unless you were consulting – ahem, lobbying – government officials), strategy, operations, and even tech consulting have exploded inside and outside the Beltway in the last 10 years. – Washington, DC.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 18, 2019

Khan Academy is an online global education nonprofit launched by Sal Khan with the audacious mission to “provide a free world-class education for anyone, anywhere.”

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Tom Spencer

MAY 16, 2020

Having a clear direction and strategy for your career early on can grant you amazing advantages, but so can keeping your options open and exploring the opportunities offered by consulting. Management consultants get the opportunity to work on challenging real world problems for companies, governments and nonprofits.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

Although this is my third time going through merger negotiations as an IED, I'm not one who is a default cheerleader for mergers, or who would ever say anything like, "There's too many nonprofits." On the contrary, I love having a vital marketplace of nonprofits, large and small, competing to make our communities better places to live.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 2, 2014

The nonprofit Blue Cross and Blue Shield affiliate blames higher health costs that are a result of attracting older adults this year who previously lacked coverage and are using more services than expected. Florida does not operate its own exchange. percent for its Affordable Care Act exchange plans next year, company officials say.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 29, 2014

The system is dysfunctional and arbitrary due to these outdated laws that handcuff school administrators from operating in a fashion that protects children and their right to quality education," attorney Theodore Boutrous of the education advocacy group Students Matter said in a media call. Molesters pay dues, kids don''t.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

APRIL 13, 2010

The most relevant, realistic and flexible strategies to address those priorities are developed and implemented from the active participation of members. Read my weekly blogs: Boards, Consulting and OD, Nonprofits and Strategic Planning. Facilitation is the most powerful role from which to cultivate that participation.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JULY 26, 2010

The systems vantage point is the whole operation within its environment operating within a steady state, which keeps it viable. Fundraising for Nonprofits. Nonprofit Capacity Building. Input, transformation and output: this is basic process-task in the architecture of systems. Consulting and Organizational Development.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

understands both hiring math and competitive strategy when it comes to filling entry-level jobs in its 3,000-plus Gap, Banana Republic, and Old Navy stores. The strategy offers them a rare trifecta: It’s good for the company, youth, and society. Across the U.S., With low unemployment, the competition for talent remains fierce.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 5, 2018

These, in turn, led to further support from Breakout Labs, a nonprofit fund by supported the Thiel Foundation, and later on to an SBIR grant from the National Science Foundation. All of our early funding came from either nonprofit or government sources.” ” Finding a “Hair On Fire” Use Case.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

MARCH 19, 2012

What are our operating assumptions and where did they come from? Thanks to several comments from readers of that segment, let’s say it was ‘Marg’, one of the women around the fire in the cave who stepped forward and made the suggestions regarding longer spears and a better strategy, the first ‘socio-tech’ intervention. Facilitation.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 20, 2016

Borrowing many of the HBR article’s key ideas and filling in specific operational practices, Sutherland created a new way of developing software; honoring the rugby imagery, he dubbed his approach “scrum.” Although they disagreed on much, the group eventually settled on a new name for the movement: agile.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 15, 2018

The size and layout of a room, whether a bed sits in the middle or against a wall (even which wall), how much space is maintained for patients to walk versus how many beds or operating equipment can be accommodated, have not been considered predictors of health outcomes in the past. Insight Center. The Future of Health Care.

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Emerson Consulting Group

APRIL 4, 2019

But by writing and publishing smaller “chunks” of what might eventually become a full book is one strategy for making things a whole lot easier. No one under him has served as the top officer of an operation as large as his, and no one outside the company comes to mind as someone he can turn to and confide in.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 19, 2017

We propose a four-pronged strategy to help retailers reduce food waste as it occurs in food farming and food production, in the stores themselves, and during consumption. Trader Joe’s uses a similar strategy by displaying their produce in narrow rows to indicate abundance. #4. Team up with consumers. For example, in the U.S.,

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Harvard Business

APRIL 27, 2018

For years, companies, universities and nonprofits have researched the reasons why women are less likely to enter STEM field s — and why, once they enter, they face challenges that frequently push them out. PM Images/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 17, 2016

Organizations, whether businesses or nonprofits, almost universally pursue growth. In fact, 94% of the senior executives who responded to a recent global survey conducted by our firm, Strategy&, said that growth was a priority for their companies. Thirty percent said that growth was more important than anything else.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

After many years as Executive Director for a regional non-profit, Christina created Sage Strategies, a management consulting firm (www.SageStrategies.org). As Principal, Christina takes the lead in Sage Strategies’ projects for small to mid-sized non-profits. Operating from a perspective of poverty, tragedy and crisis.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

JULY 21, 2010

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. Are there any times when you advise against a merger or alliance? Tom McLaughlin: Oh, sure, absolutely.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Senior executives tend to be shielded from organizational problems and data; they are given limited and filtered information about their operations, employees, and customers. So it’s natural for employees, even at the highest levels, to occasionally hold back opinions and feelings that they fear might contradict or irritate the boss.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 4, 2017

The discussion with Michael Toffel and Rebecca Henderson of Harvard Business School, Tensie Whelan of NYU’s Stern School of Business, and Andrew Winston of Winston Eco-Strategies has been condensed and edited for clarity. HBR: Of the interviews, what jumped out at you? And some are more effective than others. It’s a start.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

I once served on the board of a nonprofit with a group of men and women I deeply admired. “Do you prefer Lynda’s debt strategy or Cal’s equity fund?” You can’t expect an organization to operate at a higher moral level than the one you hold yourself to. Juan Díaz-Faes for HBR. It was Camelot.

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Consulting Success

JANUARY 3, 2018

We do that with taking a hard look at their operations, helping them streamline, optimize and choose the right technology to support those operations. How were they taking advantage of this concept of building relationships using information to strengthen your relationships with your constituents in the nonprofit sector?

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Here are some strategies to employ. “You have a golden moment in your job search where you’re operating at peak confidence and energy. He suggests researching workplaces that partner with nonprofits that help “convicts reinsert themselves” in the workforce. Understand what happened. I processed it.

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MishTalk

JULY 26, 2014

The Vergara lawsuit was backed by Students Matter, a nonprofit educational policy advocacy group funded by Silicon Valley entrepreneur David Welch. Then there were the so-called “rubber rooms” of New York City, which operated until 2010.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

MARCH 5, 2012

What are our operating assumptions and where did they come from? There is no reason to believe that a cave woman would have had to be “brave” to speak her mind in the scenario where the men are considering their hunting strategy. Fundraising for Nonprofits. Nonprofit Capacity Building. Crisis Management.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 9, 2021

Sixty percent of maternal deaths in the United States are preventable.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

The use of a consultant as interim brings additional industry experience to the table in guiding the board through the strategy setting and transition process. In only one situation was I asked to investigate, and then implement, a plan for bankruptcy and an orderly shut down of operations.

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CaseInterview.com

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

While it sometimes seems that everyone wants to get into the top 3 strategy consulting firms McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), and Bain & Company (Bain), also known as MBB , it's worth noting that there are several other top consulting firms that can give a career a real boost. PricewaterhouseCoopers (Strategy&).

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Harvard Business

MAY 17, 2017

Lee is accused of donating $36 million to nonprofit foundations operated by a friend of the former president in return for political favors. Following the arrest of Lee Jae-yong, Samsung decided to disband its Future Strategy Office , considered the family’s most loyal body — and that’s a good start.

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