How can you become a nonprofit consultant?

Mike Bacon, Principal of Bacon Lee and Associates

Have you been having a hard time finding a nonprofit job?

Do you have years of experience that can translate to helping nonprofits, but no idea how to go about getting a foothold in this field?

Have you thought about becoming a nonprofit consultant?

Yesterday at the last Nonprofit Career Club meeting, we talked with Mike Bacon of Bacon Lee and Associates about becoming a nonprofit consultant. Here’s what he shared with us.

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You’ve shown up at a nonprofit, ready to volunteer. The nonprofit has a phone-a-thon going on. You don’t WANT to do a phone-a-thon, even though the nonprofit stated this was the opportunity. So the nonprofit staff person tries to find something else for you to do. You are asked to organize some file folders. You […]

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