The Crazy Lives of Consultants

SEPTEMBER 27, 2007

If you are easily offended, please do not read on. Sent by an alert consultant in Florida: ARE YOU A CONSULTANT OR A HOOKER? 1. You work very odd hours. 2. You are paid a lot of money to keep your client happy. 3. You are paid well but your pimp gets most of the money. 4. You spend a majority of your time in a hotel room. 5. You charge by the hour but your time can be extended for the right price. 6.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

OCTOBER 23, 2007

For a nonprofit board of directors to succeed, the number one key ingredient is: Involvement. Boards fail (and, in turn, organizations fail) when board members become disengaged from either the mission of the organization or their role in the governance of the organization. An engaged board does more than simply show up for scheduled meetings and vote to approve minutes and budgets.

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Chad Barr

DECEMBER 15, 2007

After a relaxing Friday with my family in Jerusalem, I drove today to Haifa to see one of my closest and best friends that I grew up with in Israel. I spent the day with Eitan, his amazing family and several friends he invited. We greatly enjoyed our time together and the great authentic food that his wife Ronit prepared. We all got to share some old stories and even some new ones.

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Chad Barr

DECEMBER 13, 2007

As I noted in my previous post, here is the video I shot with my new Flip Video gadget of the singer / seller I met at the Jerusalem open market. What a great guy, great soul and great voice: And just some additional sounds and smells from around the market: The post Reporting from Israel: December 13 (Videos) appeared first on The Chad Barr Group.

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Chad Barr

DECEMBER 3, 2007

This video reminds me of some of the training sessions we conduct for our clients and even some of the few I personally attended. The post The Benefit of Using a Coach appeared first on The Chad Barr Group.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

JUNE 13, 2007

I came across this quote today that I think should be hung in every nonprofit workplace across the country. It's a great reminded of why we do what we do. "You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.

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The Crazy Lives of Consultants

OCTOBER 3, 2007

No - I am not making this up. This entry appeared on Craig's list last week in the greater NYC Metropolitan area. The best part is the response. Honestly - if I could figure out who this guy is I'd want to recruit him. He'd make a GREAT consultant! Subject: What am I doing wrong? Okay, I'm tired of beating around the bush. I'm a beautiful (spectacularly beautiful) 25 year old girl.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

MAY 16, 2007

One of the clients I'm working with has always only had one budget for the entire organization. This is fine for small nonprofits that only really have one or maybe two programs, but this client has grown out of that stage, and has at least five or six distinct programs and program areas that should be broken out of that budget. While we were working on that, the question from staff came up of, "How do we allocate the overhead costs to each program?

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The Crazy Lives of Consultants

DECEMBER 19, 2007

'skip to main | skip to sidebar. Thursday, December 20, 2007. Fun with Frequent Flying.and there they were. The two well dressed business dudes, standing in the aisle. Right next to my coveted aisle seat. What did they proceed to do for an hour? Talk about work. Loudly. Woke up the baby sleeping in the row next to them (see previous post for dangers of waking sleeping babies on airplanes).

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The Crazy Lives of Consultants

DECEMBER 19, 2007

'skip to main | skip to sidebar. Wednesday, December 19, 2007. Who Here Travels? And just how knowledgeable are you about this TRAVEL??? Hmmmm? Check this out: [link] and then leave us your score and your firm in the comment section. This is officially a contest, people. Posted by. Crazy Consultant. at. 11:10 AM. Labels: Randomness. No comments: Post a Comment.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

DECEMBER 19, 2007

Just other day I posted an email exchange I had in which my correspondent argued that, contrary to what AFP (Association of Professional Fundraisers) and others may say, there are times when when contingency or percentage-based fundraising fees may actually be more ethical than flat fee or hourly rates. The argument was essentially that small organizations (indeed, most any nonprofit) can ill afford to pay up front for grant writing or other fundraising services that may or may not result in don

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Chad Barr

DECEMBER 17, 2007

We said goodbye to the kids and are looking forward to their safe return home in June. Our driver is waiting to take us to the airport and luckily we do not need to mount the suitcase on the roof of the car again. On the way to the airport, I chat with him about life in Israel. He tells me that two of his kids serve in the Israeli army and he knows that there will not be peace in his lifetime.

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The Crazy Lives of Consultants

DECEMBER 18, 2007

'skip to main | skip to sidebar. Tuesday, December 18, 2007. Posted by. Crazy Consultant. at. 9:41 AM. 2 comments: Consultant Ninja. said. Reminds me of a recent project dealing with some CSC guys. Us: "Tell us what its going to cost to extend our clients IT contract for the next 5 years." CSC: "Well it depends on what you need." Us: "Were not the IT guys, you tell us what we need and what it will cost.

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Chad Barr

DECEMBER 16, 2007

Today is our last day in Israel and we started by visiting the gorgeous Yemin Moshe neighborhood overlooking the old city of Jerusalem. It is one of my favorite places to visit in Jerusalem. Located next to an artists colony hosting some of Israel’s best and most creative artists I find there is something serene almost magical about this place.

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Chad Barr

DECEMBER 13, 2007

Thursday turned out to be another great day. I first got together for breakfast with my good friend Dov Gordon from The Gordon Group whom I met online several years ago when implementing Alan’s Forums , the great online community we’ve created for International consultant writer and speaker, Alan Weiss. Dov and I discussed business ideas in general and strategy in particular.

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The Crazy Lives of Consultants

DECEMBER 14, 2007

'skip to main | skip to sidebar. Friday, December 14, 2007. The Years Best (Actual) Headlines. Crack Found on Governors Daughter [hmm!] Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says [No, really?] Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers [Now thats taking things a bit far!] Is There a Ring of Debris around Uranus? [Do they ever read what they write?

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Chad Barr

DECEMBER 12, 2007

Just before crossing the streets from the newer parts of Jerusalem towards the old city, we stopped at a toy store where we bought the games Monopoly and Taboo in Hebrew. As I was talking with the store owner, he wanted me to take a look at an error of advertising in one of the magazines he gets. How did he even know that I am interested in such things for my blog?

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The Nonprofit Consultant

DECEMBER 12, 2007

One of the most popular posts on this blog is one the earliest. It is also the one that seems to upset the most people. I'm referring, of course, to my posting on nonprofit grant writing fees versus commissions. In that posting, I explained why I follow the AFP Code of Ethics and refuse to write grants on a contingency basis. Many people have written to me, or commented on the posting, that they don't understand why contingency payment is bad, and I've tried to explain and re-explain the AFP pos

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Chad Barr

DECEMBER 11, 2007

Today we decided to drive to Tel-Aviv where each Tuesday there is an amazing art show at the center of the city in a neighborhood called Nachclat Benyamin. Since you probably already know my love for playing the guitar, I could not resist this great piece of “a guitarist” artwork, made out of forks and spoons, of which I became the proud owner: (Guitar player).

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Chad Barr

DECEMBER 10, 2007

We rose early in the morning to rent our car and began our journey north to Haifa (the city where I grew up in). It is Hanukah this week, and we saw many cars with a Menorah, (candelabra) mounted on their roof, broadcasting the holiday message. (Menorah on a moving car). It only took me several minutes to adjust to the Israeli driving style. It is road rage on steroids here.

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Chad Barr

DECEMBER 9, 2007

I am always amazed with the aviation technology of planes in general and especially the Boeing 777, lifting 283 passengers, the crew and luggage while traveling at an average speed of 550 mph from one side of the world to another. After 9.5 hours in the air, we touched down at the Tel-Aviv airport and were greeted by my daughter and son-in-law who are studying this year in Jerusalem.

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The Crazy Lives of Consultants

DECEMBER 10, 2007

The flight from philly to phoenix on us scare, i mean air, is about 5 hours. It's so long, in fact, that you can actually take a nap, get all your client work done, do some reading for pleasure, and take another nap. I've flown this route for 2 years. When I boarded the flight, I was so exhausted on Thursday I fell asleep the second I buckled my seat belt.

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Chad Barr

DECEMBER 9, 2007

It is 3PM on Saturday, December 8, and my wife and I are getting ready to board the plane from Newark to Tel-Aviv to take us to our vacation. Standing right next to me is Walt Mossberg, the great technology columnist for the Wall Street Journal and his wife. I introduced myself, told him I am a big fan and we started to chat for about 15 minutes. Walt tells me that he is on his way to deliver a speech in Tel-Aviv.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

DECEMBER 7, 2007

Wednesday morning I was at a "study session" for grantees of San Jose's "Healthy Neighborhood Venture Fund" (HNVF) to review their new strategic plan. HNVF money is a result of the tobacco settlements, and San Jose has been using the majority of their funds ($10 million) to make grants to nonprofits. Of course, whenever the city's budget comes up, there are those who suggest that the city could better use the HNVF money by adding it to the General Fund and spend it all within city departments.

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Chad Barr

DECEMBER 6, 2007

After delivering my speech last week, at the Inn at Castle Hill in Newport, Rhode Island, and while walking outside, I noticed the beautiful and serene picture of nature. The geese, somewhat motionless, seemed to ignore me as they were calmly looking at the water. I aimed my camera, one shot taken, and just before I was ready to take the next shot, they decided to take off.

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