# Nonprofit Consulting Essentials

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/books/nonprofit-consulting-essentials/
- Published: 2010-09-08T18:49:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**What Nonprofits and Consultants Need to Know**.

**Consultants are playing an increasingly important role in the challenging world
of nonprofits. Yet despite the demand for consulting services, nonprofit professionals
often lack the necessary insight into how best to choose and work with a consultant.**

_Nonprofit Consulting Essentials_ is a vital resource both for nonprofit leaders
selecting and working with a consultant to guarantee the best use of their agency’s
resources, as well as consultants seeking a clear understanding of the more subtle
dynamics that define a successful consulting practice working with social sector
organizations.

Drawing on Penelope Cagney’s years of experience as a top-level nonprofit consultant,
_Nonprofit Consulting Essentials_ is filled with keen insights and in-depth interviews
with the founders and leaders of influential consulting firms. Throughout the book,
Cagney outlines a number of concrete consulting strategies that can serve as additional
tools for managers seeking to resolve complex organizational development issues.

_Nonprofit Consulting Essentials_ also offers recommendations to nonprofit leaders
and consultants to make their relationship the best it can be. Once a solid alliance
is formed, they can tackle complex organizational challenges together, such as fundraising
and marketing, governance and management, and organizational development.

Cagney explores what it takes to make the consulting experience a success and covers
vital topics such as: the key differences between consulting with nonprofits versus
for-profit organizations, the primary areas of nonprofit consultation, making the
consulting relationship work, the special ethical considerations of consulting in
the sector, and understanding emerging trends in consulting.

_Nonprofit Consulting Essentials_ reviews the best practices and thinking in the
nonprofit consulting practice, providing leaders and consultants a way to ensure
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