Strategic Planning and Management Insights

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Sarah Olivieri is a nonprofit expert and author, having held several positions as Executive Director, Program Manager and Board member for various nonprofit organizations. She's also had success in the for-profit world, having started her own marketing agency.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

MAY 21, 2010

I've recently been interviewed by The Vault - an online career information and research site - about how I got into nonprofit consulting. The interview, conducted by Alex Tuttle, can be found by clicking Career Paths: Nonprofit Consultant. Tags: Nonprofit interview consulting.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 1, 2017

She went through an intensive interview process with several layers of management during the hiring process. She now understood why they had asked her unusual questions about some of her likes and dislikes during the interview process. This is especially important when you’re introducing a new hire to your team.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 4, 2019

What you see is what you get in consulting, and after spending time interviewing with the people, understanding business case analysis, and researching the firms, I knew what I would be getting into at Bain. The cases really are key – make sure you like doing them, because they aren’t just important during the interview phase.

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Harvard Business

MAY 24, 2016

They might wonder whether a former financier could make it as a nonprofit executive director, for instance. But if your friend forcefully defends your passion for the cause and your people skills, you’re very likely to at least win an interview for the position. Find opportunities where inexperience is a virtue.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

JUNE 21, 2006

Perhaps you have had some experience giving your time and efforts to local nonprofit organizations, but find something lacking in the experience. This article will introduce you to a higher level of community involvement: joining a nonprofit Board of Directors. Use this as an opportunity to ask about the organization.

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Management Consulted

JUNE 26, 2016

Today, we continue Part 2 (see Part 1 here ) of our interview with Charlie, an experienced Harvard grad who took an unusual path into healthcare consulting, yet leveraged his experience and hard prep work into an offer at Putnam. And so when I ask questions during an interview, I can ask “What’s the size of your firm?

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Successful Independent Consulting

JANUARY 20, 2017

My company represents self-employed professionals across the country, and over the last seven years I have interviewed, coached, or worked with more than 200 independent management consultants. Consultant to individuals, nonprofits, and corporations in the areas of strategic philanthropy, partnership development, grant making, and evaluation.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 27, 2018

For years, companies, universities and nonprofits have researched the reasons why women are less likely to enter STEM field s — and why, once they enter, they face challenges that frequently push them out. We hear, in interviews and focus groups, that women are consistently spoken over and even robbed of their ideas.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

We studied the post-CEO careers of 50 Chief Executives in the Fortune 500, and interviewed 13 of them. Over half assume leadership positions at nonprofit organizations and almost all are philanthropic. .” Almost every CEO we interviewed reported great satisfaction in their work lives after being CEO.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 7, 2017

Later, they would partner with VentureWell , a nonprofit that focuses on accelerating innovation. Go out and interview 10 companies in this space before tomorrow and tell us if they really have any interest in buying this software,’” Tilton told me. Now there was a plan in place. Unfortunately, the panel was not impressed.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 24, 2017

In your cover letter and interviews, be sure to cite any germane volunteer experience. I didn’t think my volunteer experience would necessarily convince a random hiring manager that I deserved to get an interview.” “If I was going to land a job,” Press surmised, “it would likely be through networking.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Several weeks ago I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Kirsten Bullock for her Nonprofit Leaders Network podcast. You can listen to our interview, as well as other great podcasts, the Nonprofit Leaders Network website. Kirsten asked great questions, and the time on the phone with her passed quickly.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

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. Tags: Nonprofit social media facebook. as one-way broadcast mediums.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Before proceeding with the shut-down, I held private interviews with all stakeholders, including funders, clients, board members, and others in the community, as well as other nonprofit leaders who had gone through bankruptcies. To discuss the needs of your organization, please contact me at ken at goldstein.net.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 15, 2017

More companies and nonprofits are turning to external experts, on a project or temporary basis, to tap into unique skill sets and experience that they otherwise might not be able to access, afford, or locate in their market. At the same time, more individuals are turning to freelancing as an alternative to full-time company employment.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

DECEMBER 2, 2012

Years ago I was interviewing for a job in a large consulting firm in NYC. They put me through a long, exhaustive interviewing process before they finally offered me the job. Fundraising for Nonprofits. Nonprofit Capacity Building. This can then serve as a compass to guide you through your career. Crisis Management.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

JULY 31, 2006

Data-Scribe provides database, Web site, Internet branding, and software training services for nonprofits, associations, and small businesses.) But a good fit is also essential - particularly for nonprofit organizations. Tags: nonprofit , consulting , freelance , mission , client , interview What do they believe in?

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The Nonprofit Consultant

OCTOBER 3, 2006

If you've been following this blog, you know that I've written about nonprofits using YouTube.com and DoGooder.TV It's quite another to see the interviews with them and experience it in sound and color. BTW, the Camps ASCCA Journal and this blog are each members of the Nonprofit Blog Exchange.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 2, 2019

When you’re interested in working at a consulting firm, there are clear things you can do to prepare: meet associates, prepare for case interviews, and do your homework on what sets the firm apart from its peers. She worked in government and nonprofit consulting in Washington, DC and Chicago. Image: Pexels.

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Consulting Success

OCTOBER 16, 2017

From there, Dorie worked for a nonprofit in Boston for two years, where she learned how to run a business resourcefully. To promote her book Reinventing You, in 2015, Dorie gave 160 podcast interviews and traveled around the country to deliver 74 speeches. That was when her first book, Reinventing Yourself, was born.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Who gets invited to interview? Based on prior research showing that hiring in top professional services firms is highly skewed toward applicants from wealthy families, we expected that an applicant’s social class background would play a decisive role in determining interview invitations.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

DECEMBER 4, 2006

I received an email from a college student asking if he could interview me about ePhilanthropy and the future of online fundraising. Let me know what you think. > * How did Internet change the way nonprofits fundraise? Let me know what you think. > * How did Internet change the way nonprofits fundraise? This is the answer.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

APRIL 8, 2010

An established, larger, or older nonprofit might be only working with the same foundations year after year, and only responding to direct invitations to submit a proposal. If you're preparing for a job interview, you can figure out some of those answers by going to guidestar.org and downloading their 990 tax returns for the last few years.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

JULY 7, 2008

As the merger talks dragged on, more leadership was required as the normal course of things brought about staff changes and all the other crises that come at nonprofit organizations on a regular basis. Tags: interim Nonprofit mergers leadership consulting. The organization is on track for another great year.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 28, 2018

In 2013 we embedded ourselves in a women’s professional development program at a large nonprofit organization in the U.S. Working with the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University, we conducted 86 in-depth interviews with women in the program, observed 36 discussion groups, and sat in on 15 program-wide meetings.

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Harvard Business

JULY 11, 2016

I consulted 20 professionals who have worked with or supervised interns in higher education, business, law, and nonprofits, and compiled the most valuable advice for interns from their stories, my own observations, and management literature. A nonprofit healthcare executive counsels, “ When you see something you can do, do it.”

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

I was super excited, and I had this opportunity to be an internal consultant for a nonprofit organization. This is what enabled me when I got the opportunity to leave that nonprofit and grab my dream job at Walt Disney World as an internal consultant, why I was able to get, again, some of the more strategic projects that were available.

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

I was super excited, and I had this opportunity to be an internal consultant for a nonprofit organization. This is what enabled me when I got the opportunity to leave that nonprofit and grab my dream job at Walt Disney World as an internal consultant, why I was able to get, again, some of the more strategic projects that were available.

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Harvard Business

MAY 11, 2017

Here are a few of these practices, based on my interviews with experienced military service professionals in various branches and roles. While military-related nonprofits like United Through Reading help service members do just this, any professional in a demanding role can use the same techniques.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 8, 2018

nonprofit resident theaters, even though women make up half of all deputies in the field. ” Based on this information, we adapted our interview questions to ask women explicitly about how they managed career and family roles. Once we openly raised the issue, stories flooded in.

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CaseInterview.com

JULY 18, 2019

The hiring process involves a mixture of both behavioral interviews and case interviews. Other Oliver Wyman consultants opt for a six-month nonprofit fellowship with a partner organization, while still enjoying up to 40% of their Oliver Wyman salary to make up for reduced compensation.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 8, 2017

What should you say in an interview? He suggests researching workplaces that partner with nonprofits that help “convicts reinsert themselves” in the workforce. Interviews will definitely require a bit more care and forethought than they did before. What the Experts Say. Prepare your story. Be gracious.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Harvard Business Review interviewed the CEOs and other business leaders who signed up to the Future Economy Project, our initiative spotlighting businesses’ sustainability agendas. HBR: Of the interviews, what jumped out at you? HBR: The idea of partnering with NGOs came up in many of the interviews. It’s a start.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

In decades of teaching executives at Harvard Business School and interviewing CEOs for my research, I’ve observed that savvy leaders whose strategies succeed tend to focus on four implementation imperatives: Question everything.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 16, 2020

This article identifies what lies ahead for graduates considering a future in consulting, and highlights key insights that I gained by interviewing junior and senior consultants. Management consultants get the opportunity to work on challenging real world problems for companies, governments and nonprofits. Brace yourself.

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Martinka Consulting

JANUARY 20, 2021

I was watching some football over the weekend and some post-game interviews. I’ve been on numerous boards, both for for-profit and nonprofit organizations. One question to a quarterback was about why a certain player has made such a big jump this year. The answer, “His intelligence.”.

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