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
Managing relationships between Vendors and Clients
Supporting your Consultant: Things to do to save you time and money
http://www.consultantcommons.org/node/117
Some quick tips on how to effectively prepare for and work with your consultant
Best Practices in Managing Vendor/Consultant Relationships
http://www.consultantcommons.org/node/151
A discussion stemming from a workshop on this topic that lead to the group formulating a list of best practices
Review and Evaluation
Peer Review Process for Project Deliverables
http://www.consultantcommons.org/node/109
Provides a process and roles for reviewing project deliverables before a client receives them
Project Evaluation Questions
http://www.consultantcommons.org/node/139
An example set of evaluation questions to assess the success of a project. This example follows a database project
Worksheets & Downloads
The Consulting Agreement
http://www.techsoup.org/howto/worksheets/consultants/page4037.cfm
Discusses the basic rationale for contracting with clients, and provides a sample contract
Working with Technical Volunteers: A Manual for NPOs
http://www.techsoup.org/howto/worksheets/volunteers/page1899.cfm
This doc can help with assessing how a technical volunteer can help, writing up a job description for a technical volunteer and managing the project and documenting the work that they do
Documenting a Consultants Work: Work Record Template
http://www.consultantcommons.org/node/110
An example form consultants can use to leave with clients to clearly explain what was done on site
Scoping the Project: Statement of Work Template
http://www.consultantcommons.org/node/44
An example template for documenting a project, to be used together with a contract to clearly explain the goals and deliverables for a project
Support Communities
Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network
http://www.nten.org
A network of nonprofits and technology assistance providers, sponsoring valuable regional and national conferences on this and many other nonprofit technology topics. Also home to the Riders email lists and local “501 Tech Clubs,” a community of folks discussing nonprofit technology issues
TechCommons Nonprofit Technology Roundtable Series
http://www.compumentor.org/ntrs
The home for this conversation, a meeting every two months on technology issues of interest to nonprofits and their technology support providers.
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TechSoup
http://www.techsoup.org/
Articles, products and services, and an online community available to help with your nonprofit technology needs.
Consultant Commons
http://www.consultantcommons.org
ConsultantCommons.org provides an online collaboration space and community for non-profit technical assistance providers to collaboratively build and share knowledge
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