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Selecting a Consultant
The decision to engage professional counsel as a partner in your development initiative is a critical component of your strategy. Making sure you find the right partner that is a good fit for your organizational culture is a key part of that decision. Along with good chemistry, we encourage you to consider the following when evaluating your potential consulting partners:1. Integrity: General reputation of the firm
2. Proven Performance: References and related experience
3. Leadership: Qualifications and experience of Managing Partners
4. Team: Background of the staff that will work on your project
5. Innovation: Experience designing unique solutions for complex initiatives
6. Fit: Compatibility with your unique needs
7. ROI: Accountability mechanisms / Method for measuring direct return on investment on directed projects
8. Sustainability: Likelihood of the consultant transferring skills and experience to your staff and volunteers to ensure longer-term benefits
9. Community: Demonstrated support of the philanthropic community through affiliations and relationships with the profession's leading organizations and institutes
10. Relationships: Partnerships or special relationships with industry vendors to help implement turnkey solutions
