Managing Information Technology
Communications and Public Relations
STRATEGIC PLANNING: Envisioning the Future and Anticipating Change
Do you need to:
React effectively to funding changes?
Change direction to meet new needs?
Set goals for the years ahead?
Effectively redeploy staff resources?
Re-examine the organization's mission?
Set priorities in addressing agency's problems?
Understand environmental factors affecting the future?
Plan for new programs and services?
Explore new leadership resources?
We offer solutions by helping to:
Determine stakeholders' views and commitment
Explore potential collaborative opportunities
Create strategies for new ventures
Enlist new resources
Identify and resolve strategic issues
Develop consensus on goals, objectives and indicators of success
Facilitate open communication about directions
Develop tools for measuring effectiveness
Establish evaluation procedures
Establish an action timeline for implementing plans
Establish evaluation procedures
Typical Consultant: A senior vice president in charge of North American management consulting for an internationally known management consulting firm.
FUNDRAISING and DEVELOPMENT: Responding to a Changing Landscape
Do you need to:
Respond to a change in funding dollars?
Define your fundraising goals and objectives?
Improve your donations mix?
Determine what "works" and what doesn't?
Figure out which market forces are affecting you right now?
Learn how to develop a fundraising plan?
Understand where the money comes from?
Improve your donations base?
Explore new funding resources?
We offer solutions by helping to:
Plan for the long term success of your organization
Explore innovative methods of revenue generation
Maximize your agency's capacity
Set clear objectives for your development efforts
Create a vision for your funding plans
Establish a time line for implementation
Determine areas for improvements
Target your fundraising efforts
Help you see the "big picture" in the development world
Evaluate your current fundraising activities
Set realistic goals for fundraising campaigns
Develop recommendations for new fundraising efforts
Market your agency to funders
Typical Consultant: A director of development for one of New England's premier museums and tourist destinations or the director of public relations for an international philanthropic organization.
MANAGING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Tomorrow's systems today
Do you need to:
Evaluate your business needs?
Anticipate growing needs?
Plan for the future?
Examine your current computer systems?
Figure out exactly what you have right now?
Justify the expense of improving your information systems?
Determine who can do what?
Understand how your office systems could work better?
Explore new leadership resources?
We offer solutions by helping to:
Plan strategically about technology investments
Identify opportunities for improved operations
Maximize your agency's capacity
Set clear objectives for your technology plan
Create a vision for your technology use
Establish a time line for implementation
Determine costs for improvements
Help you see the "big picture" in technology use
Establish evaluation procedures
Leverage technology for maximum advantage
Set realistic goals for plan implementation
Typical Consultant: The director of international systems technology for a major corporation or a senior product manager with extensive engineering product development experience for a major computer company.
BOARD DEVELOPMENT: Providing the Critical Resources for Success
Do you need to:
Attract quality Board members?
Get Board members involved in fundraising?
Focus the Board on the big picture and not on management?
Create the right structure for busy people?
Conduct effective Board/committee meeting?
Develop Bylaws/Board manual?
Help the Board understand Board and staff roles?
Develop effective orientation/education programs?
Help the Board understand the financial operation?
We offer solutions by helping to:
Assess Board needs for new members
Attract quality Board members
Utilize Board access to funders
Establish systems for financial control
Develop a Board manual
Clarify staff/Board roles and responsibilities
Write an effective mission statement
Develop a strategic plan for internal development and marketing
Create a Board member orientation or training program
Make Board meetings more productive
Establish evaluation procedures
Typical Consultant: the medical director and CEO of an internationally known hospital and mental health service provider.
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT: Maximizing the potential of Staff and Volunteers
Do you need to:
Meet the demand for more services with the same or fewer
staff?
Attract and effectively utilize volunteers?
Motivate overworked staff?
Develop compensation packages with shrinking resources?
Create effective job descriptions and staff manual?
Help staff with management skills?
Develop effective management tools?
Define the roles/responsibilities for staff and Board?
Update your personnel policies manual?
We offer solutions by helping to:
Create tools for higher productivity
Develop plans for aggressive recruitment and use of volunteers
Define job descriptions and manuals for staff and Board
Establish an effective office management program
Guide in staff recruitment, screening and hiring
Review compensation and benefits packages
Develop team methods to help further collaborative efforts
Assess your needs and make personnel recommendations
Serve as an honest broker to resolve issues
Produce an up-to-date personnel manual
Respond to change and challenges
Evaluate current office systems
Typical Consultant: The directors of human resources for a prestigious private university in Cambridge and for several major Massachusetts nonprofit organizations with operating budgets over $5,000,000.
COMMUNICATIONS and PUBLIC RELATIONS: Getting the Message Out for More Effective Communications, PR, Marketing and Promotion
Do you need to:
Expose foundations/corporations to your mission?
Establish media contacts for events and feature articles?
Compete more successfully for resources?
Overcome the feeling that you are "the best kept secret in town"?
Develop new clients?
Attract volunteers who are committed to the cause?
Determine what new services and programs can increase your clientele?
Project a coherent message to clients and communities?
Enhance your agency publications?
We offer solutions by helping to:
Develop marketing strategies
Enhance your agency's image
Expand your client base
Stretch your resources
Strategize for more effective fundraising
Conduct research to evaluate future programs and markets
Cultivate media contacts
Mobilize your Board for better public relations efforts
Network for community resources
Improve community awareness
Promote new projects
Create more effective newsletters and brochures
Maximize the impact of special events
Typical Consultant: The editor-in-chief of a major national newspaper or the dean of the college of communications for a major Boston university.