Nonprofit consulting essentials : what nonprofits and consultants need to know / Penelope Cagney; foreword by Robert F. Ashcraft.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cagney, Penelope, 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nonprofit organizations--Management.

Nonprofit organizations.

Business consultants.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Jossey-Bass, 2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Praise for Nonprofit Consulting Essentials ""The relationship between consulting and nonprofits has never been more important. Both theoretically sophisticated and practically useful, Cagney's research will be of great use to anyone interested in improving nonprofit institutions, deriving the greatest benefit from consultants, and understanding what really goes on inside large organizations.""-Christopher McKenna, MBA program director and reader in business history and strategy, Said Business School, University of Oxford; and fellow, Brasenose College, Oxford, United

Contents:

Nonprofit Consulting Essentials: What Nonprofits and Consultants Need to Know; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABOUT THE ALLIANCE FOR NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT; Chapter 1: What Nonprofits Need from Consultants; Chapter 2: The Importance of Process in Nonprofit Consulting; Chapter 3: The Stages of the Consulting Process; Chapter 4: Fundraising and Marketing; Chapter 5: Governance Consulting; Chapter 6: Management and Organizational Development Consulting; Chapter 7: International Consulting; Chapter 8: What Works: Building a Strong Relationship Between Consultant and Nonprofit

Chapter 9: What's Next: A Look at the Future of Nonprofits and ConsultingRESOURCE A: Development of Nonprofit Consulting in the United States; RESOURCE B: Advice for Consulting Firms; RESOURCE C: Ethics, Standards, and Consultant Certification; RESOURCE D: Finding Consultants; RESOURCE E: Further Reading; THE AUTHOR; NOTES; INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

9786612773303

9780470872314

0470872314

9781282773301

1282773305

9780470872307

0470872306

OCLC:

676697008