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Working with Consultants
A fact sheet on working with consultants. Includes considerations before hiring, tips for working with a consultant, and evaluation.
Tech Soup & Microsoft Digital Skills Center
TechSoup is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit offering many free resources to other nonprofits for guidance on how to leverage information technology.
Use Linkedin to Power Your Nonprofit Organization
LinkedIn for Nonprofits: Find the talent and connections you need to change the world.
Overview of RFP Process for Nonprofits, Charities, and Libraries
TechSoup offers some basic considerations for each phase of the Request for Proposal process.
The M Word: A Board Member's Guide to Mergers
The M Word: A Board Member's Guide to Mergers from CompassPoint is a practical guide to help nonprofit board members, executives, and funders think through a merger.
Social Enterprise and Entrepreneurship
Social enterprise is about using a market-driven business model to address key social and environmental issues. Often, nonprofits apply ideas and practices from social entrepreneurship to advance their missions.
Small Business Center Network
The Small Business Center Network (SBCN) offers programs, services, and resources to start and grow a business or nonprofit organization - including guiding you through the steps of considering, planning, developing, opening, and operating the organization.
How to Choose and Work with Technology Consultants
TechSoup guide on how to establish and navigate your relationship with a technology consultant.
A Nonprofit Guide to Quantifying the Value of Pro Bono
Companies are beginning to track the correlation between associates’ pro bono participation and their skill development, and leveraging employee engagement surveys
Sample Request for Proposal
Sample request for proposal for property and liability risk management and insurance consulting services
N.C. General Statutes Chapter 55A. Nonprofit Corporation Act - Mergers
This section of Chapter 55A outlines information regarding mergers.
Creating Fertile Soil for the Merger Option
This article shows research from several organizations that experienced mergers. It reports their reasons for merging and what happened after they merged.
Development and Accounting: The Yin and Yang of Nonprofit Finances
Development and accounting are two critical functions of every nonprofit, and successful collaboration between them is essential. Mig Murphy Sistrom, CPA, defines how they relate, intersect, and support each other.
Government Contracts with Nonprofits
Solutions Emerging for a Broken System - New Results and Recommendations
Expert Help: Find It and Use It
Nonprofits attract bright, dedicated, and capable staff and volunteers. And many have the "Midas touch" for recruiting dynamic, well-respected, and effective board members. Despite all that resident talent, every organization needs outside help sometimes. What experts do you need and how do you find them?