Nonprofit specialist, enterprise generalist

Are you a nonprofit CEO or manager who needs a second pair of hands?

Do you have a project or issue you feel would benefit from a fresh perspective?

Or are you a nonprofit with a new board that needs help getting up to speed, or an employment service provider looking for new ways to improve your services?

As a consultant I work closely with nonprofits and small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) in Brisbane, Ipswich and Logan in Queensland, Australia and beyond to:

• investigate, consider and report on internal and strategic issues
• facilitate strategic planning sessions 
• help evolve business systems and processes
• identify, build and leverage networks for successful partnerships
• develop and deliver or manage innovative programs and projects, and
• undertake writing tasks including tender edit and review, conceptualisation and production of marketing materials (including website development), creation of policy and procedure documents, and more.

       

Support for your organisation

Last year, I also established Nonprofit Assist, an enterprise dedicated to helping nonprofits access the information and support they need to help them grow. Under the Nonprofit Assist umbrella I am currently providing a range of peer support, governance and strategic planning services. Currently, these include:                                              

• CEO Circle, a peer support group for nonprofit CEOs and managers                                                  
• The Philosopher in the Boardroom, a workshop designed to give nonprofit board members an understanding of good governance principles and processes, and build the board as a group, and         
• Singing Away the Stress, a fun, easy-to-access workshop designed to reduce stress and restore harmony.    

These programs will continue to run in 2011 and others will evolve, including Board Talk, a peer support group for management committee and board members, and In the Chair, a similar group for nonprofit Presidents and Chairs. CEO Circle will be expanded beyond the Ipswich region and, as a number of nonprofit people in the Logan and Brisbane metropolitan areas have also expressed interest in these services, they will also be offered there in 2011.

Click on the links above to read more about current services; see the box below for more about strategic planning for small-to-medium nonprofits.