When Should I Work with Hope Primas & Associates?
How to to ensure a positive return on your investment
10 Good Reasons to Hire Hope Primas & Associates
1. You want someone with skill and knowledge who cares about your mission, but is far enough removed to be objective about how your organization can improve its overall fundraising or some details of it.
2. You need help developing a vision or mission statement
3. You need help developing a strategic plan
4. You need help developing a marketing and communications plan
5. You need help developing a fundraising plan.
6. You need someone to accomplish a time-limited fundraising task or other project.
7. You need someone one day each week or month to help design a work plan, provide direction and help keep your team accountable to the work plan.
8. You need someone to help train board members, volunteers and new development staff and be available to answer questions.
9. You are between staff and need interim help to run your development office.
10: You want to accomplish tasks and projects efficiently and cost-effectively.
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When Shouldn't I Work with Hope Primas & Associates? - To reinforce a decision already made. A consultant hired for this reason will only tell you what you already know!
- To impress your board, staff and funders. Hiring a consultant for show is a waste of time and money.
- The project is not a priority. If your organization has low energy for the project, the first choice is to consider just not doing it. If you feel pressure to move ahead anyway, call us. We can explore your options so that it feels more comfortable.
Consider These Questions BEFORE You Call:
- Do you have an idea about what you want to achieve?
The best way to start working with Hope Primas & Associates is to have a basic idea of what you need to accomplish and then use our expertise to help shape the focus and outcomes of your project.
2. Have you involved the right people in deciding to take on the project?
Think about key staff, board members and/or volunteers who will be affected by the outcome. Bringing in these key decision makers early on ensures that everyone will have a stake in the
project and that you will get the most from our services.
3. Do the key board, staff and volunteers have time to commit to make the project successful?
If you are thinking of starting a capital campaign for a new office building and most of your staff, volunteers and board are working to pull off a major special event, now would not be the time to engage in this type of time-intensive campaign. Keep in mind that Hope Primas & Associates cannot work in a vacuum. We need appropriate access to key decision makers to make our engagement effective. You, your staff and volunteers have to be accessible in person, or by telephone or email, when we need information or help.
4. Have you set aside money to pay a consultant or independent contractor?
Professional services cost money. You need to budget beforehand for a possible consultation. For example, if you and your board have decided that you will undertake a comprehensive strategic planning process, you should start now and discuss with us about possible costs so that you can work this into your budget .
An Important Note:
It’s good to allow at least three to four weeks before you'd expect the project to begin. This timeframe will ensure that we will be able to prepare for your project and give you the attention you need.
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