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How to Hire a Consultant

How to Hire a Consultant

By Brad Ball Vice President Big Buzz Idea Group As an association management company and nonprofit consultant, we’ve written extensively about the benefits of outsourcing for your organization. Outsourcing can help you navigate a tight job market or hiring market, ensuring that tasks are performed by competent professionals and the office is running efficiently throughout the hiring process. It can cost less than hiring new staff, is more reliable than counting on volunteers, and can even allow you to bring in an expert with a specific skillset you need for a limited time. With more and more complex tasks and responsibilities...

4 Ways Outsourcing Your Development Work Can Provide Value

4 Ways Outsourcing Your Development Work Can Provide Value

Three Nonprofit Leaders Share the Benefits of Enlisting Outside Support for Development Assistance By: Melissa Lagowski CEO/Founder/Queen Bee Big Buzz Idea Group For nonprofits with a small development department—or perhaps none at all—outsourcing is a valuable option. In our work at Big Buzz, we provide support with fundraising, events, communications, database management, marketing and more, offering a deeply impactful value to nonprofit organizations. But you don’t have to take our word for it. This month, we talked to three client partners to hear (directly from them) about the value they saw in outsourcing development work. Here are the main benefits...

Re-Imagine the Possibilities to Better Serve Your Mission

Re-Imagine the Possibilities to Better Serve Your Mission

You might feel like you will never break free from Zoom calls and virtual meetings right now, but we will reach the other side of this “shelter in place” soon. However, the world as we knew it will never be the same. Have you started thinking about what this means for you and your nonprofit?

Many organizations have been extremely busy as a result of COVID-19, trying to keep up with an increased demand from core constituencies and working to pivot their in-person services to virtual programming. Nonprofit leaders have been struggling to stay abreast of financial assistance programs, additional giving campaigns and managing remote workforces. We get that you are busier than ever right now, but times like this are for preparation and innovation. If you actively invest the time now to plan out what you want to achieve on the other side of COVID-19, you are far more likely to succeed. You must make the time to begin planning for a future that has already been altered.

The Benefits of Outsourcing

The Benefits of Outsourcing

Save time, money and effort By: Melissa Lagowski CEO, Founder and Queen Bee, Big Buzz Idea Group When your plate is full—perhaps too full—it’s hard to do anything well as you’re pulled in different directions and constantly hurtling from one task to the next. Meanwhile, your team is also working hard, but they likely don’t have the time or all the necessary skills to propel your nonprofit’s growth. The result? Burnout, stagnation and missed opportunities. Rather than focus internally, the solution may lie outside of your organization. Partnering with an external business to delegate key tasks or areas of expertise...

Organizational Operations Versus Organizational Strategy

It is an all-too-familiar scenario when a nonprofit comes to the harsh realization that it has limited resources and manpower to effectively administer its daily operations while trying to carry out the mission and vision in an impactful way. Some organizations are blessed to have a strategic plan and staff, but there is almost always more work to be done than the staff can execute. Other organizations have a limited staff, so the Executive Director often gets distracted by the operational fires that arise, which prevents leadership from focusing on the higher impact items such as fundraising and programming. And...

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Insights Blog Archive

  • Defining Your Value: Reclaiming Relevance to the Community You Serve
  • Budgeting for Your Nonprofit in Uncertain Times
  • Making a Case for Strategic Planning
  • Conference Call Hero – 6 Tips to Master the Art of Video and Audio Conferencing
  • How to Secure Mega Sponsorships For Your Fundraising Event!
  • How to Rewire Your Brain with Positive Thinking
  • The Need to Go Beyond Surveys
  • DIY Event Photos
  • 4 Ways Outsourcing Your Development Work Can Provide Value
  • Why You Need to Establish Gratitude as a Pillar at Your Nonprofit
  • Life After COVID-19: Next Steps for Your Nonprofit
  • Seven Tips to a More Productive Year for Your Organization
  • Team Culture Exists Beyond the Office Walls
  • How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media to Meet Goals
  • 2020: A Lesson in Gratitude
  • 50 Content Promotion Tactics: How to Drive Traffic to Your Next Article
  • The Birth of a New Vision
  • Something Good: Building Your Team’s Connection
  • Organizational Operations Versus Organizational Strategy
  • Securing Help from Your Board: Are You Ready?
  • Implementing Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Your Nonprofit
  • Tips For Meaningful #GivingTuesday Follow-Up
  • Communication Tips to Advance Your Organization
  • Tips for Virtual Event Success
  • SPONSORSHIP 101: To Package or Not to Package
  • Boost Your Daily Productivity
  • Put Some Zing in Your Zoom (Or Any Other Virtual Meeting)
  • Take Time to Evaluate Your Events
  • Are You Leaving Money On The Table?
  • Does Your Mission Have a Compelling Voice?
  • 6 Tips for Cultivating Gratitude in the Workplace
  • Why Identifying and Communicating Your Core Values Is Important
  • Why Your Nonprofit Needs Brand Guidelines
  • Re-Imagine the Possibilities to Better Serve Your Mission
  • Want To Retain Your Employees? Wellness in the Workplace Matters!
  • SPONSORSHIP 101: Growing Nonprofit Revenues
  • 6 Tips for Recruiting Ideal Board Members
  • Transparency and Nonprofit Organizations
  • Keep Your Mission in Mind to Maximize Results
  • Organic Methods to Cultivate Sponsorship Leads
  • Fostering Board Engagement in Virtual Times
  • Interim Directors Provide Strength in Times of Transition
  • Please Send a Hi-res Copy of Your Logo
  • Crisis Management: Are You Ready?
  • Self-Care: A Necessity for Successful Leadership
  • Leadership Starts with You
  • 5 Secrets to Streamlining Your Administrative Tasks
  • Networking for Personal and Professional Growth
  • To Be Successful, Nonprofits and Associations Must Be Forward-Thinking
  • Goal-Setting For Successful Events
  • The 3 Mistakes I Made Managing a Nonprofit
  • Cross-Train Your Team for Better Outcomes
  • Four Step Process to Building Better Buy-In
  • Tips to Ensure Event Safety
  • Post-Pandemic Event Lessons
  • Chart a Path for Nonprofit Success
  • A Job Gone Wrong
  • Promotion Ideas to Benefit Your Nonprofit – Part II
  • Four Pillars to Attracting and Retaining Ideal Employees
  • Fresh Funding Ideas Are Blooming
  • Is Your Marketing Missing the Mark?
  • Promotion Ideas to Benefit Your Nonprofit – Part I
  • Our Top Five Free Online Tools for Nonprofit Management Teams
  • Virtual Fundraising: 18 Ideas for Nonprofit Revenue
  • The Hidden Costs Behind Your Fundraiser
  • Cyber Security: How To Protect Yourself In Today’s “Connected” World
  • Celebrate You and Avoid Nonprofit Burnout
  • Holding On When You Feel Like Throwing In the Towel
  • Board or Bored Leadership – Enter the Magnificent Seven
  • How to Hire a Consultant
  • 3 Reasons Why Your Organization Should Use Canva
  • 5 Tips for Prioritizing Your Mental Health in the Workplace
  • 10 Tips to Cultivate Sponsor Relationships
  • How to Keep Your Visuals On-Brand
  • Make Your Nonprofit Stand Out: Creating Impressions for Impact
  • 7 Tips for Managing Hybrid Events
  • Client Spotlight: Illinois Theatre Association
  • Silver Linings Discovered Amidst a Pandemic
  • Grateful for Nonprofit Leaders
  • Financial Planning for Uncertain Times
  • Fundraising: Creating a Straighter Path to Revenue Growth
  • Why Nonprofits Need to Evaluate Their Budgets Every Year
  • If You’re Feeling Hopeless of Late, Remember That Your Work Matters and You Do, Too
  • Real Progress Requires Intention: What Do You Want to Achieve in 2020 for Your Nonprofit?
  • The Board’s Hot (Summer) Topics
  • Client Spotlight: Hope For The Day
  • Time to Assess Your Year-End Campaigns
  • The Benefits of Outsourcing
  • Why Is My Organization Not Growing?
  • New Year’s Resolutions for Board Members
  • Employee Retention Tax Credit Yields Powerful Opportunity
  • Nonprofit Event Venues 101
  • How to Manage Your Organization During an Election Year Without Violating Your Nonprofit Status
  • Optimize Your Contact List for Nonprofit Growth
  • 4 Productivity Tips to Elevate Your Nonprofit
  • Meet Big Buzz, the Creators of Ribfest Chicago
  • Cancelling or Postponing Your Events in Light of COVID-19
  • How To Secure More Donor Dollars
  • Clearer Communication Is the Secret to Better Outcomes
  • 6 Tips for Healthy Collaboration with Your Board Chair
  • The Taxman Cometh (Yes, Even For Your Exempt Organization)
  • Never Overlook the Value of Gratitude
  • 9 Lessons Learned from Our First Virtual Conference
  • Big Buzz Has COVID-19 Resources For You!
  • Outsourcing: The Only Solution To Staffing Shortages
  • 5 Ways to Generate Sponsor Leads
  • Should Sponsorships Include Membership Dues?
  • 5 Reasons to Outsource Instead of Rely on Volunteers
  • Leveraging E-Newsletters For Nonprofit Growth
  • The Compelling Case to Renew
  • 3 Questions to Ask If You Hope to Grow Your Membership
  • Talk to Me! Prioritizing Internal Communications During Times of Transition
  • What’s Your Nonprofit’s Story
  • Should You Ever Cover Board Member Expenses?
  • Client Spotlight: Cyberjutsu
  • Innovative Approach to Volunteer Recruitment
  • Board Nominating: A Better Way
  • How to Develop Your Nonprofit’s Audience Persona
  • 11 Tips to Make Your Newsletter More Readable
  • Becoming a Virtual Event Planner in an Instant
  • Lessons Learned in Nonprofit Management
  • Engage Your Board – Start with Recruiting and End with A High-Performance Culture
  • 3 Tips For Maintaining Your NPO’s Digital Assets
  • Spend Less. Do More. Your Guide to Effective Outsourcing
  • Word of the Year: Manifestation
  • Big Buzz Idea Group Launches Additional Services
  • Nonprofit Form 990: Friend or Foe?
  • Four Tactics to Resolve Nonprofit Staffing Shortages

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