Managing a consultancy can be a complex and daunting task. To help with that challenge this area provides some resources including but not limited to scoping work, developing contracts, hiring staff and evaluating your success. This is a broad area with lots of opportunities for contributing!
Check out these free tools
Free web 2.0 tools for nonprofits
- Simple Online Project Management
- Easy-to-use Membership/Association/Event Management
- Simple Online To Do List
- Online collaborative writing
- Online photo hosting
- Online photo hosting
- Online wordprocessor
Planning a Nonprofit Technology Roundtable
This document will help you host your own nonprofit technology roundtable. Please post your questions, comments and experiences here!
Statement of Work
This is a formal Consulting Services Statement of Work (SOW) template. Simply replace highlighted text with the specifics of your SOW and make any other changes as necessary.
NTRS 1: Optimizing the Nonprofit-Consultant Relationship - Resources
Selecting a Consultant or Vendor
Choosing the Right Consultant
http://www.techsoup.org/howto/articles/consultants/page1412.cfm?cg=searchterms&sg=consultant
Focuses on what to ask in the interview process
Do You Really Need A Consultant?
http://www.techsoup.org/howto/articles/consultants/page1418.cfm?cg=searchterms&sg=consultant
Questions to explore when deciding among consultants, in-house staff or volunteers
Navigating Technology Costs - a Bay Area Nonprofit Technology Roundtable
The next Nonprofit Technology Roundtable is Thursday, March 9.
It'll be held here at the CompuMentor office (435 Brannan Street) from 2:00 to 4:00.
In this second event of the series, Eric Leland, TechCommons’ new Director, will facilitate an exchange of ideas about “Navigating Technology Costs: Affording Technology Projects as Nonprofits and Service Providers.”
Space is running out, so register soon !
NTRS 2 Resources
Nonprofit Technology Roundtable Resources
"Navigating Technology Costs: Affording Technology Projects as Nonprofits and Service Providers"
Let’s continue the conversation!
Contribute your thoughts, resources, and learnings on this topic going forward:
http://www.consultantcommons.org/node/380
"Translate this page" code and test
I'm categorizing this fairly widely because I think it could be a failry valuable tool for consultants who run their own websites (for marketing and biz dev) and/ or who consult for websites that are trying to reach a broader (read non-English-speakng) audience. I'm also posting this here because I think this (or something like it) could be a very handy tool for Consultant Commons it self, as we try to reach out to a broader audience, and really distribute all of our "knowledge" far and wide.
Please comment if you have found a better implementation of this code (see my notes at the end)
Consulting Philosophies
Always listen to the client.
Provide all services in a meaningful, mission-driven manner.
Deal respectfully with every client, and person that asks questions or seeks advice.
Nonprofit Technology Roundtable Series
(Full Project Plan is attached below)
Recent Roundtables
Optimizing the Consultant / Nonprofit Relationship: November 2005
Bay Area Examples of Partnership in Action
Bay Area Examples of Partnership in Action [document also attached]
TransAccess
TransAccess is a nonprofit agency working in partnership with Silicon Valley businesses and the community to prepare people with disabilities for competitive employment. Through adaptive computer access technology and career transition services, TransAccess creates opportunities for significant advances in universal access, social integration and employment for people with disabilities.
