Most nonprofit organizations, in their intense focus and justified determination to help their communities, find they have little time left to deal with their own internal managerial and operational challenges. Inefficiencies may creep in; opportunities may slip away; simmering problems can go unaddressed until they become much larger.
Helping nonprofits deal with just such problems is what NESC does. Its nearly 300 Consultants, all experienced senior executives and professionals, routinely bring the benefits of business planning and management to the nonprofit world. In the past three decades, more than three thousand New York, New Jersey and Connecticut nonprofits have benefited from NESC services.
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Board Development |
Analyzing the existing role, responsibilities and membership of a nonprofit’s Board of Trustees, proposing changes that tap Board Members’ specific skills that could help the nonprofit, proposing Board expansion to bring in new and needed skills and assisting in recruiting new Board members.
Among recent Board Development projects:
- For a Stamford client, after recommending ways its Board could focus better on objectives and future planning, NESC Consultants conducted a Board retreat to help Members understand their key role in executing the recommendations.
- For a Brooklyn-based nonprofit, the NESC Team identified weaknesses in the Board structure and then suggested how these could be addressed by recruiting new Board Members with specific strengths, such as in fundraising or public relations.
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Branding |
Bringing to nonprofits an appreciation of the enormous power of a brand (a rich resource often overlooked by nonprofits) to help an organization raise money, build a demand for its services and expand is operations.
Among recent Branding projects:
- For a major Queens public agency seeking to raise public and donor awareness of its key programs, NESC branding experts designed a comprehensive branding strategy.
- For a Paterson, NJ, nonprofit’s staff retreat, NESC made a comprehensive presentation on branding’s essential, but often overlooked, role in helping nonprofits expand programs and attract more donors.
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Business & Strategic Planning |
Crafting strategic and business plans that hone a nonprofit’s vision, set intermediate and long-range goals, resolve conflicts over priorities, allocate resources, identify new opportunities and establish an Action Plan with a timetable for reaching the goals.
Among recent Business and Strategic Planning projects:
- For a New York arts organization concerned that it was lacking direction, the NESC Team of veteran strategic planners designed a plan that defined vision, set goals and subsequently served as a basis for Board development and fundraising.
- For a Manhattan-based national family services organization seeking help in adjusting to a new operating environment, NESC specialists extensively reviewed the group’s history and operations and then crafted a plan, with a strong marketing component, adapting the group’s classic mission to today’s realities.
- For another Manhattan-based national organization, NESC created a plan designed to make the group’s services the leader in its field.
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Earned Income Strategies |
Identifying new revenue sources for nonprofits to supplement donor contributions and government grants.
Among recent Earned Income Strategies projects:
- For a Long Island service agency, NESC retailing specialists analyzed its thrift shop and proposed new layouts and operational changes to boost sales.
- For a Connecticut museum, the NESC Team identified new sources of earned revenue.
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Executive Coaching |
Working one-on-one as an intimate counselor, over months or longer, with nonprofit CEOs and other very senior executives on a broad range of strategic, organizational and operational matters.
Among recent Coaching projects:
- For a New Jersey professional association, NESC for several years has been advising its executives on how to execute current projects and plan for new ones.
- For a Connecticut religious organization, NESC has been mentoring its Executive Director on the full range of his responsibilities.
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Executive Search & Recruitment |
Conducting industry-standard searches, using proprietary tools and methods, to help nonprofits find, recruit and hire highly qualified, affordable and collegial senior executives.
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Among recent Executive Search projects:
- For a Manhattan-based national trade association, NESC recruited a new president.
- For a Queens public agency, NESC recruited a new marketing and communications director.
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Facilities Management & Space Planning |
Helping nonprofits reduce occupancy costs and boost efficiency by surveying how office and other space is being used and then producing blueprints for a more rational and effective use of existing or new facilities.
Among recent Facilities Management projects:
- For a New Jersey nonprofit serving the elderly, the NESC Team, headed by an architect, planned for and assisted in the group’s move into new headquarters.
- For a Connecticut organization contemplating whether it should relocate, NESC created site selection criteria and an options schema for analyzing possible new locations.
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Feasibility Studies |
Assessing the feasibility of new programs being considered by nonprofits by determining whether a market and demand exist for the programs and then whether they can be launched and supported by the nonprofit’s financial, organizational and staff resources.
Among recent Feasibility Study projects:
- For a Staten Island nonprofit, NESC analysts explored the operational and financial viability of the group’s plans for expanding its programs.
- For a proposed Manhattan childcare facility, NESC determined whether a market existed for its innovative services.
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Financial Management Planning |
Mobilizing the considerable financial management skills of NESC Consultants to help nonprofits craft realistic budgets, prepare for audits and rationalize internal financial operations.
Among recent Financial Management Planning projects:
- For a Connecticut venerable community organization with precarious finances, NESC financial planning experts crafted the plan and budget that stabilized the finances.
- For a New Jersey nonprofit, NESC helped prepare for the annual audit and then suggested ways to improve the organization’s internal financial management.
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Financial Management Services |
Designing a nonprofit’s accounting, bookkeeping and payroll systems and then hands-on supervising of their continued operations.
Among recent Financial Management Services projects:
- For a Westchester County education institution and for a Manhattan-based national association, NESC monthly supervises their budgets and performs essential bookkeeping and accounting operations.
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Fundraising Strategies |
Using well-proven methods to analyze an organization’s existing revenue sources and then creating a strategy and outlining operations for increasing funding from current donors and for expanding into new universes of potential donors – and then helping the group carry-out the plan.
Among recent Fundraising projects:
- For a Manhattan-based organization that trains healthcare professionals and for a Queens-based disease-related organization, NESC created multi-stage fundraising plans and then helped the groups execute them
- For a New Jersey community organization, NESC helped plan and market the major annual fundraising luncheon.
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Human Resources |
Helping with the full range of staff personnel issues, including analyzing how a nonprofit deploys its staff and then identifying ways for boosting output, efficiency and effectiveness.
Among recent Human Resource Audit projects:
- For a Connecticut women’s group, NESC experts recommended changes in the compensation and benefits structure and updated the employee handbook.
- For a Manhattan-based national association, NESC helped design a succession plan for the group’s president.
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Investing Literacy Workshops |
Offering multi-day courses by experienced investors to teach the basics of saving and investing to mainly immigrant communities.
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Leadership Training & Mentoring |
Conducting workshops for managers or one-on-one sessions with top executives to hone leadership skills and address such leadership challenges as “Managing Change & Transition,” “Building Collaboration” and “Effective Motivation.”
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Among recent Leadership Training & Mentoring projects:
- For a New York City professional education organization, NESC has been training its senior staff to be more effective.
- For a broad selection of nonprofit executive directors and senior managers, NESC has been conducting seminars on ways to boost productivity.
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Marketing & Marketing Research |
Analyzing a nonprofit’s services, clients and the environment in which the nonprofit operates and then designing a strategy and operations for dynamically promoting these services more intensively in existing markets and for entering new markets.
Among recent Marketing projects:
- For a Greenwich community organization, NESC marketing experts conducted a public survey to identify ways to expand membership.
- For a Staten Island museum, NESC specialists proposed a plan to boost its profile and attendance.
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Meeting & Board Retreat Facilitation |
Organizing and provocatively leading productive gatherings of senior staff and Board Members, which address essential issues and opportunities facing the organization.
Among recent Meeting and Board Retreat projects:
- For a Long Island service organization, NESC conducted a day-long key staff and Board Members retreat as the essential first step in designing a new strategic plan.
- For a New Jersey nonprofit, NESC conducted workshops on marketing and public relations, strategic planning and financial management.
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Operations Review & Organizational Analysis |
Plunging deep into how organizations function, how they spend their money, how they manage their staffs and how they deliver their services to find ways to boost efficiency, save money and expand programs.
Among recent Operations Review projects:
- For a Connecticut public school system, NESC reviewed administrative operations to determine whether they were being conducted cost-effectively.
- For a New Jersey community planning organization, NESC audited its activities and then recommended changes to improve effectiveness.
- For the national office of a nationwide network of hospital-based community programs promoting childhood safety, NESC designed a plan to make operations more systematic and effective.
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Public Relations & Communication |
Designing a plan and operations to garner greater media coverage for a nonprofit and its projects and, overall, to raise the nonprofit’s public profile.
Among recent Public Relations and Communications projects:
- For a Long Island community group, NESC media experts helped create a comprehensive marketing and public relations plan.
- For a Connecticut school system, NESC seasoned editors helped launch a new school newsletter.
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