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'skip to main | skip to sidebar. Consultant Ninja. Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. Monday, September 27, 2010. How Consultants Manage Frequent Flyer Miles. When you are in consulting, you rack up a lot of frequent flyer miles and hotel points, but you dont have a lot of time to manage them.
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A new posting on the Blue Sky Collective blog claims that "Facebook Causes Continue to Show Little Promise as Fundraising Tool." In the post, they examine the Nature Conservancy's Cause page and finds this: "Today, they have 286,000 members and have raised nearly $388,000! Sounds great, right? That's about a $1.36 per member. That's pretty awful. If I were a nonprofit manager, I would think twice before investing more time and money into Causes.
'[This post first appeared as a guest post on Consulting Network here ]. Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—. I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. (Robert Frost, “T he Road Not Taken “). Business travel arguably is an art of its own. Some love it, some hate it. As a consultant, you normally at least accept it as your way of life during the week.
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'Home. About Linda. Client List. Newsletter. Executive blog Contact Us. Executives Need the Write Stuff. by Linda Henman on September 27, 2010. Exec Sense just approached me about broadcasting yet another webinar on writing. Apparently, I’m the only consultant with an English background who is willing to do this. Although I left the life of an English teacher long ago, I find myself committed to helping my clients find the road never traveled—that of the writer.
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Way back when I was barely a teenager, National Lampoon magazine was the utmost in risque humor. One famous and classic example of their pushing the limits of the acceptable was their January 1973 cover featuring a dog with a gun pointed at his head and the text, "If you don't buy this magazine, We'll Kill This Dog." It was distasteful, it was outrageous, it was offensive, it was shocking, and it was, ultimately, just plain funny.
If you've done any sort of prospecting for new foundation grants, either using one of the resources from the Foundation Center or any other publisher, you've certainly come across those listings that describe the perfect prospect - interested in your mission, located nearby, lots of money to give - but then you come across those fatal phrases: "Applications not accepted," or it's partner, "Contributes only to pre-selected organizations.
Alternate title for this post, "What you got to say for myself?" What am I talking about? I'm offering you a chance to write the Nonprofit Consultant Blog for a day. I am interested in occasionally having guest bloggers come in and take over. The topics should be of interest and benefit to those working in the nonprofit sector. They can be new tools and tips for fundraising, using social media, advocacy, industry news and happenings, or just plain old boring good management.
Here's an interesting item for those of us obsessed with social media. On the Jerry Brown for CA Governor YouTube channel , along with posting various interviews, campaign ads, biographical bits, and so on, the campaign has now posted a "Social Media Webisode" -- a short training video on how Jerry's supporters can help get the word out. The first webisode is on promoting the Brown campaign via Facebook: This is a great example of using social media, and a brilliant strategy.
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'Home. About Linda. Client List. Newsletter. Executive blog Contact Us. Leadership Lessons from Medal of Honor Recipients. by Linda Henman on September 17, 2010. Recently Army Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta earned the Medal of Honor, the first living U.S. soldier since the Vietnam War to do so. The Medal of Honor, the highest military decoration presented by the United States government to a member of its armed forces, was created during the American Civil War.
'Home. About Linda. Client List. Newsletter. Executive blog Contact Us. Beware the Weak Argument. by Linda Henman on September 12, 2010. In the recent firestorm over the mosque at Ground Zero, an interesting argument has surfaced and been given voice by elected officials. As they point out, there are more mosques in the US than there are Christian churches in some Muslim countries.
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