Our management consulting services include the following:

Strategic Planning
A strategic planning process for board and staff to determine where your organization wants to be in the future and how to get there. Consultations to build a strategic plan can be one-day board retreats or spread over the course of several planning sessions. The development of the plan is based on current operations and future goals, the internal and external environment of the organization, and the scope of the organization's mission.

Board Development
A comprehensive look at your current governance structure and how to move your board to the next level. The session will be guided by a board development consultant utilizing many tools to implement best practices in board governance and effectiveness. Your engagement may include a focused Board survey, a comprehensive Bylaws analysis, a customized Board training, and the development of a phased implementation plan for any recommendations or changes.

Organizational Assessment
An organizational assessment of your agency's management and governance practices to build effectiveness, efficiency and capacity. Using tools developed by the Center, a consultant will review and make recommendations in the following areas: Governance, Executive Leadership, Mission & Program Effectiveness, Financial Management, Fund Development, Human Resource Management, Strategic & Operational Planning, Technology & Marketing. Additional information/pricing on Organizational Assessments.

Fund Development
A customized consultation is provided relating to your agency's specific fund development needs. Development consultations vary widely in scope from a 3-hour "sit down" to provide general information-sharing in a particular topic to a more comprehensive consultation including guidance and training for the development committee or board. Specific consultation topics include annual campaigns, donor cultivation, event planning, membership development, preparation of case statements, development committee functions, fund-raising duties of board members, etc.

Volunteer Resources
These customized sessions with a volunteer management consultant might include: volunteer program audit – an on-site look at your existing volunteer program, evaluating recruitment, retention, productivity and volunteer evaluation; new volunteer program development; curriculum and training design; volunteer staff coaching; training for agency staff on working with volunteers; assisting your organization in hiring a top performer in the volunteer management field.

Human Resources
Human resources consultations are available in a variety of levels from a 3-hour "sit down" for general information-sharing on a particular topic to a more comprehensive consultation that may include establishing a performance evaluation program for staff, evaluating human resources policies, or conducting executive development and team-building workshops. Includes online survey focus groups and one-on-one interviews.

Financial Management
Based on your organization's unique needs, consultations may include a general review of your financial health, budget, and budget development process; the function of the finance committee and board oversight of financial matters; relation of operational planning goals to available funding; and financial record-keeping, reporting and compliance.

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