Services
Let's get your nonprofit where you want it to go through the development of a strong infrastructure and solid data management practices.
Potential board members, staff and donors can quickly assess your organization’s aptitude to reach its goals by reviewing its infrastructure and data management practices. Is your organization up to this scrutiny by key stakeholders? Does your nonprofit exemplify the highest professional standard so you can attract and maintain the support you need to fulfill your mission? I can build your infrastructure and data management practices so you answer these questions with a “YES!” and put your organization on the path to success.
Organizational Development Services
Your organizational infrastructure is the foundation of your vision and your mission. It offers support during times of rapid growth and reassurance in stormy weather. I'll provide a steady hand on the wheel for both these times, while teaching you how to steer so that your organization can adapt to every type of change for years to come.
Overview
An examination of the current organizational infrastructure will determine whether your organizational infrastructure is in alignment with your mission and vision. Opportunities to maximize productivity with the same or lower budget are also investigated, and leadership and counsel are provided during the transition to a new way of serving your constituents.
SERVICES OFFERED
Review/Preparation of:
- Board, staff and volunteer job descriptions
- Orientation and evaluation processes
- Committee descriptions
- Governance policies that are referenced in IRS 990
- Employment policies and handbooks
- Corporate record book
- Board, staff and volunteer composition matrices and recruitment
- Strategic plan
- Bylaws
Data Management Services
The integrity of your data affects your entire organization, its present and its future, from donors to volunteers and everything in between. Your data management practices will benefit you from a holistic view.
Overview
Starting with a review of existing data management practices, your team’s workflow is analyzed as it relates to data management. In addition, your organization’s technology needs and requirements are evaluated and recommendations made, as needed.
Services Offered
- Implementation of new technologies
- Development of data collection processes and evaluability standards
- Standardization of database management practices
- Creation of reports and document templates to lessen the strain on staff
- Data cleaning
- Data collection and entry
- Training staff and volunteers
Consultancy That Addresses Capacity
I recognize that while a strong infrastructure and effective data management practices can assist with capacity-building, capacity limitations are often an obstacle for addressing these same efforts. Often consultants are perceived as a strain on capacity, instead of a solution. This is why I offer to act as a short-term contractor to do the hands-on work that is so often needed to help your team overcome “growing pains.”