training for nonprofit consultants and freelancers

Resources, Skills and Training for Nonprofit Consultants and Freelancers

Why you need Training for Nonprofit Consultants and Freelancers

Training for Nonprofit Consultants and Freelancers can make the difference between making money, or essentially, volunteering with a contract.

Like any business, its not easy. And for some, even what you call yourself can be confusing. As a nonprofit consultant, maybe you…

  • Advise nonprofits in a particular specialty?
  • Juggle freelance grantwriting between family responsibilities?
  • Are masking that you’re in transition between jobs?
  • Sell a specific product, but don’t like to be called a vendor or salesperson?

For our purposes, on this page, it doesn’t matter. If have or are part of a business that serves nonprofits with a product or service, we’re calling you a consultant.

By bringing you resources, skills and training for nonprofit consultants and freelancers we want to get you started, keep you going, and help you make a successful living while serving a sector that needs your help.

Training for nonprofit consultants and freelancers can take a lot of forms. Let’s look at what we have.

The Nonprofit Consultant Zone Blog

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  • Timeless advice from the author of The ThinkNP Guide to Nonprofit Consulting. Find nearly 200 blog posts on a wide variety of nonprofit consulting topics.

Books

  • The ThinkNP Guide to Nonprofit Consulting: A Practical Workbook for Your Success: Your Step-by-Step Guide to a Successful Business Serving the Nonprofit Sector, by Matt Hugg. This comprehensive book is an extended checklist with important information on nearly everything you need to start your consultancy off on the right foot.
  • Banish Your Bookkeeping Nightmares: The Go-To Guide for the Self-Employed to Save Money, Reduce Frustration, and Satisfy the IRS, by The Accountant Beside You, Lisa London. While Lisa is well known for her series of QuickBooks and nonprofit accounting training books for churches and nonprofits, this book is written expressly for you.
  • The Nonprofit Consulting Playbook: Winning Strategies from 25 Leaders in the Field, by Susan Schaefer and Linda Lysakowski. Susan and Linda, themselves successful nonprofit consultants, have pulled together a powerful set of 25 contributors who give their honest insight into nonprofit consulting.

Training for Nonprofit Consultants and Freelancers on Nonprofit.Courses

Your options for training for nonprofit consultants and freelancers covers a lot of areas. Below you’ll find resources for:

 

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WHAT FRAME RATES AND RESOLUTION SHOULD I USE?, by Demelza Marie

WHAT FRAME RATES AND RESOLUTION SHOULD I USE? is FREE courtesy of Demelza Marie 1 Lesson / 3 Minutes / ...
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Fundraising as a Career: What, Are You Crazy?, by Linda Lysakowski

Fundraising as a Career: What, Are You Crazy? is FREE courtesy of Linda Lysakowski GET: Fundraising as a Career: What, ...
Motivational Career Talk for Social Change, by Nonprofit Career Coach

Motivational Career Talk for Social Change, by Nonprofit Career Coach

Motivational Career Talk for Social Change is a FREE course brought to you courtesy of The Nonprofit Career Coach 1 ...
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Careers in Philanthropy-Skill Development-Sports Philanthropy World 2020, by Sports Philanthropy Network

Careers in Philanthropy-Skill Development-Sports Philanthropy World 2020 is FREE brought to you by Sports Philanthropy Network 1 Lesson / 51 ...
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Charging for Grant Consulting, by Funding for Good

Charging for Grant Consulting is FREE courtesy of Funding for Good 1 Lesson / 7 Minutes / FREE Are you ...
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Here’s a Quick & Easy Way to Figure Out What Your Audience Wants : Focus Group Qualitative Research, by Demelza Marie

Here’s a Quick & Easy Way to Figure Out What Your Audience Wants : Focus Group Qualitative Research is FREE ...
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Entrepreneurship Specialization

Entrepreneurship Specialization Turn Your Idea into a Funded Business. Develop, launch, fund and grow your own business Enroll in the ...
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Overcoming Language Barriers to Provide Great Customer Service, by Lorman

Overcoming Language Barriers to Provide Great Customer Service is brought to you by Lorman GET: Overcoming Language Barriers to Provide ...
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Building a Marketing Funnel

Take Building a Marketing Funnel, now! No matter what you sell, getting prospective customers to buy doesn’t happen in an ...
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Academic Success Coaching

This course brought to you by The Auerbach Global-Impact Foundation Fees: $130 per hour for post-doctoral EPPP candidate $90 per ...
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Technology You Need to Run a Business From Home

This FREE Content courtesy of Pivot Ground 1 Lesson / 19 minutes /FREE Many of us have suddenly found ourselves working ...
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Customer Journey Mapping #3

Take Customer Journey Mapping #3, now! Building a Customer Touchpoint Map Learn how to identify the multiple touchpoints within your ...
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5 Tips to Landing Your Dream Work at Home Job, by HireMyMom

5 Tips to Landing Your Dream Work at Home Job is FREE courtesy of HireMyMom 1 Lesson / 5 Minutes ...
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For Consultants: What they say counts, by Nonprofit Consultant Zone

For Consultants: What they say counts is FREE courtesy of Nonprofit Consultant Zone 1 Lesson / 2 Minutes / FREE ...
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Planning for Success, by Hallett Philanthropy

Planning for Success is FREE courtesy of Hallett Philanthropy 1 Lesson / 19 Minutes / FREE Planning for your future ...
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Nonprofits make good freelance clients, by Nonprofit Consultant Zone

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Membership Site Ideas That Won’t Leave You on the Hamster Wheel of Content Creation, by Demelza Marie

Membership Site Ideas That Won’t Leave You on the Hamster Wheel of Content Creation is FREE courtesy of Demelza Marie ...
A Mark McCurdy ImpactClass on Purpose, by Nonprofit Career Coach

A Mark McCurdy ImpactClass on Purpose, by Nonprofit Career Coach

A Mark McCurdy ImpactClass on Purpose is a FREE course brought to you courtesy of The Nonprofit Career Coach 1 ...
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List Building Strategies for the Online Course Creator, by Demelza Marie

List Building Strategies for the Online Course Creator is FREE courtesy of Demelza Marie 1 Lesson / 7 Minutes / ...
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Ancient Threats, by Martin Leifeld

Ancient Threats is FREE courtesy of Martin Leifeld 1 Lesson / 1 Minute / FREE See more content by Martin ...
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Radio Interviews with Career Coach Ford R. Myers of Career Potential, LLC.

Hear 20 Radio interviews featuring award winning career coach and president of Career Potential, LLC, Ford Myers! Find all 20 ...
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A Great Icebreaker to Try Out

This Course is FREE courtesy Guila Muir, who develops trainers, presenters and facilitators to make a difference 1 Lesson/ 2 ...
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How to deliver compelling presentations, by Democracy Labs

How to deliver compelling presentations is free courtesy of Democracy Labs 1 Lesson / 3 Minutes / FREE Use these ...
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Grant Consulting: Are You Ready?

Brought to you FREE courtesy of Funding for Good 1 Lesson / 7 minutes / FREE See Grant Consulting: Are ...