Not-for-Profit Consulting
With more competition from an increasing number of non-profits, tighter budgets, a major shift in the source of large financial gifts, as well as a recent increase of global disasters, and changing trends in fundraising and volunteerism — times are challenging for non-profit organizations.
At the same time, among for-profit organizations leaders are continually at odds with their corporate investment interests, creating social agendas that are more cosmetic than strategic.
What does the future hold for both the non-profit and for-profit sectors? What are the larger challenges, as well as opportunities?
A Time for Change
Smart Charity/Savvy Business believes that in order to make a meaningful contribution to social issues the business of charity needs to change. We promote an approach for non-profit organizations to take a balanced perspective to sustainability, which includes an infrastructure that supports internal efficiencies, as well as a healthy external focus on the mega-trends and the impact on its community, stakeholders, supporters and clients.
And for the for-profit organizations, we promote a more long-term, strategic perspective of corporate responsibility that balances the company’s long-term sustainability and its short-term business focus, as well as the needs of its employees and the community.
In collaboration with my colleague, Kathy Bardins, of Bardins Communications, we are offering the following portfolio of services through
Smart Charity/Savvy Business:
• User-friendly, actionable and implementable how-to strategies involving
• training, coaching, program leadership, project management support
• Assessments, Audits and Feasibility Studies
• Fundraising campaign strategies integrating for-profit sponsorships, special
• events, promotional strategies – media, for-profit partnerships, traditional
• marketing and communications, word-of-mouth marketing, increased use of
• the Internet and related technologies and audience development
• Organizational development related to phases of change
• Leadership development on courageous communications
• Team facilitation
• Special event planning and implementation
• Media training
• Crisis management and plan development
• Internal and external communication strategies
• Database management
