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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. Product: Build on openness, goodwill, and the wisdom of crowds.

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Consultant, Contractor, Freelancer - Labels Matter!

Successful Independent Consulting

Freelancers use artistic or technical skill to generate work products. During a given month, a freelance writer might tackle a newsletter for a nonprofit, content for a small business web site, and a procedure manual for a global corporation, working on each for a few hours or a few days at a time.

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Bridgespan Non-Profit Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Bridgespan was birthed out of Bain’s desire to expand its support of nonprofits. In 2003, Bridgespan created the “Bridgestar” initiative to focus on leadership development and to help professionals transition into nonprofit careers. Nonprofit Job Board. BRIDGESPAN HISTORY .

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Charting your consulting career direction

Tom Spencer

Management consultants get the opportunity to work on challenging real world problems for companies, governments and nonprofits. It can be hard to assess work culture from the outside looking in, but finding a firm that is a good cultural fit for your personality can make your work life more enjoyable and productive.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms in Washington, DC

Management Consulted

Close to the Capitol, its office serves dynamic clients in a mix of industries including healthcare, aerospace, defense, and consumer products. The Washington, DC office’s recruitment team hires highly intelligent people who start as great communicators but are trainable.

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Even Life-Saving Innovations Don’t Sell Themselves

Harvard Business

Most businesses wouldn’t survive without driving demand for their products or services, either through marketing and advertising or through involving users so deeply in the design of the product that word of mouth spurs adoption. The same is true for social innovators. But even the most needed innovation does not sell itself.

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From STEM PhD to Federal Consulting: An Interview with Josh

Management Consulted

A few years later I was recruited for a position by one of the government consulting companies who had previously made me a contingent offer. Thus, the recruitment-to-hiring phase can often be quite fast. What are 3 key insights you wish every STEM professional could know about government consulting?