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Building Your Consulting Practice for Positive Impact in the Community

Friday, July 15 2:15pm - 5:30pm

Track: Succeeding in Capacity Building

Presenter

Janine Vanderburg, JVA Consulting, LLC

Description

It is good business to align the goals of your nonprofit clients and your growing consulting practice. As nonprofit consultants who are in business to "change the world", this session will cover how to take the additional step of aligning the mission of your nonprofit consulting firm with goals you’d like to accomplish in the community.

However, this is not always simple. A growing firm has demands that can take you away from your core mission. Paperwork, policies, tracking of employees and subcontractors can seem tedious and lacking impact. This session will work with participants to understand the linkages between growing a firm and delivering increased impact to communities. We will cover: reasons to grow your firm; factors to consider; a decision-tree for determining whether growth is right for you; how to avoid the most common pitfalls; how to maintain alignment of goals and core mission at all times; how and why to leverage your unique vantage point across organizations; and how to measure the impact of your work on community and clients.

About the Presenter

Janine Vanderburg, JVA Consulting, LLC

Janine Vanderburg is the founder and President of JVA Consulting, LLC. In the last 17 years, Janine has grown JVA from a solo practice to a firm of 27 associates providing consulting, training, grantwriting, evaluation and planning services to nonprofit organizations, foundations, school districts and government agencies across the country. Throughout her career, Janine has deployed her skills as a lawyer and community activist in the nonprofit sector. Janine has extensive experience in starting nonprofits, developing policy and programs, coaching nonprofit leaders, and assisting government agencies and foundations in their work. Because of her understanding of both large institutions and grassroots groups, Janine is often called upon to serve as a bridge in bringing these groups together on large projects. She has facilitated many large-scale community collaboratives, and has brought her clients together on projects for greater community impact. To increase the impact of her firm’s work in her community of Denver, Janine has: Helped to found the Colorado Nonprofit Development Center, an incubator for social entrepreneurs; Managed and consulted on local candidate and issue campaigns; Trained and mentored young nonprofit leaders; and, Founded Northwest Parents for Excellent Schools, a grassroots parent group advocating for school reform and closing the achievement gap.