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About this book
Fundraising Consultants
Lowering net costs, realizing more money, and securing larger donations are just a few of the advantages to hiring a professional fundraising consultant. But how can you know you're picking the right consultant for your organization?
Filled with invaluable information to help you identify, select, retain, and work with development/fundraising consultants, Fundraising Consultants includes practical advice, tips, guidelines, possible outcomes of consulting, exemplary stories, and other useful information for nonprofit organizations of any size considering the use of development/fundraising consultants.
Author Eugene Scanlanâa leading fundraising consultantâoffers step-by-step guidance and resources to help you in your decision to use consultants, and then shows you how to go about getting the right one for the job. Its numerous case studies and practical toolsâincluding sample invitation letters to consultants, sample requests for proposal, sample consulting budgets, samples of reports, and recommendationsâequip you to implement the concepts introduced in the book.
Part of the AFP/Wiley Fund Development Series, this guide covers everything you need to know to make critical decisions for selecting and working with fundraising consultants and explores:
- The request for proposal
- Where to find the best consultant
- Using the Internet and other sources in your search
- The proposal for services
- Pre- and post-proposal interviews
- Selecting the right consultant
- Drawing up a contract
- Working with your consultant
Brimming with ideas, concepts, and information that will help you and your organization through the consultant selection and working process, Fund-raising Consultants reveals what your nonprofit should look for when considering hiring a consultant or firm.
Intended as a guide for any nonprofit organization considering hiring a consultantâto help the organization see if it is ready to raise money, to assist it in raising money, and/or accomplish the goals a good fundraising consultant can help the organization achieveâ Fundraising Consultants is your insider guide to using fundraising consultants effectively.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- The AFP Fund Development Series
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- Introduction
- CHAPTER 1 - No, We Donât Need a Consultant!
- CHAPTER 2 - Yes, We Really Need a Consultant!
- CHAPTER 3 - What Should We Do First?
- CHAPTER 4 - The Request for ProposalâA Short Introduction
- CHAPTER 5 - Finding ConsultantsâWhere Are They?
- CHAPTER 6 - Information, Please!
- CHAPTER 7 - The Proposal for Services
- CHAPTER 8 - The Interview
- CHAPTER 9 - Selection and the Contract
- CHAPTER 10 - Working with Your Consultant
- CHAPTER 11 - Wrap-up and After
- CHAPTER 12 - Conclusions
- Additional Selected Readings
- Index