Management Consulting Services (MCS) is dedicated to enhancing the impact of the nonprofit sector. We do this in collaboration with nonprofit organizations, funders and major donors. Our work occurs at the organizational level with practical approaches to management challenges as well as at the community level through collaborative learning projects and knowledge dissemination to the sector.
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MCS provides consulting services to nonprofit organizations. We deliver consulting services through ongoing consulting engagements or sector based initiatives:
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TBF Report - Profitability as a Measure of Financial Health for NonProfits
Posted August 25th, 2008 by janbeaven in
What is the financial health of your organization? Recently, the Boston Foundation (TBF) report “Passion & Purpose” raised concerns about the nonprofit sector. According to TBF, nonprofits rightfully focus on mission – but they need to manage financially to deliver on their mission.
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Brown Bag Networking Lunch: Nonprofit Financial Health
Please join us! Nonprofit Financial Health Brown Bag Lunch
MCS Board Chair Alan Wichlei Announces Appointment of New Executive Director
Management Consulting Services (MCS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Stephen Rockwell as its new Executive Director. Steve joined MCS in 2006 and currently serves as its Practice Leader, Technology. He succeeds the current Executive Director, Maureen Pompeo, who is leaving to open a private psychiatric hospital in Haverhill. In the short-term, Maureen has agreed to stay on as a senior advisor and to continue selected work with clients.
How much focus on outcomes is enough?
I’m traveling to Bangalore, India right now. I’ve been meeting some foundations involved in funding programs in the area of children’s education. Recently, I
was talking to a program officer at a mid-sized foundation in Bangalore. We were exchanging ideas about how foundations should measure the outcomes of programs they fund. How much outcomes measurements is enough from a foundation’s perspective? When non-profits are so tightly squeezed for resources, what is fair to ask from them?
Networked Nonprofit Seminar Series Starts September 4, 2008
The Networked Nonprofit Initiative has launched with a series of seminars that aim to increase the overall awareness and use of emerging new Internet technologies to advance nonprofit missions and effectiveness. These seminars are inexpensive and geared towards decision makers.
For the latest announcement for seminar series.
Upcoming Seminars:
6 part "Networked Non-profit" Seminars Series:
Every third Wednesday, noon to 2 pm, $35 includes lunch. Every event will be held at 6 Beacon Street, Suite 415, Boston, MA 02108
To register for the entire series: Networked Non-profit Series: Social Technology 2.0 Six Part Series
Click on the link for more information and to register.
