Emory University’s Goizueta Business School is inviting applications from Atlanta-based nonprofit organizations for pro bono consulting services from its top-five rated undergraduate business program.
Through the senior level course on Consulting, small teams of undergraduate students will be assigned consulting projects to complete between September and December 2008. These teams will spend approximately ten weeks during the fall semester working in partnership with their clients and will deliver a recommendation at the end of the process that will address the specific needs and concerns of their clients. The course will be taught by Professor Skip Gunther, a retired Booz Allen partner, and Toby Bloomberg, a practitioner with her own consulting company.
The Consulting course has been conducted for the past six years with a good deal of success. The students learn about consulting and the nonprofit sector at a critical thinking level. And, most importantly, the nonprofit clients have received high quality, pro bono consulting from a talented team of undergraduates.
The Georgia Center for Nonprofits is working with Goizueta Business School on several initiatives. The Center wishes to make you aware of this consulting services opportunity.
To apply to participate in this service, please provide the following information by August 4, 2008 in no more than five pages:
1. Statement of the consulting project - due to the 10-week timeframe, please be thoughtful in identifying a meaningful project that is sufficiently narrow to be accomplished in the time allowed.
Note: Students will create a project plan that addresses a specific organizational challenge. Based on the information needed to develop the plan, students may perform primary and/or secondary research. However, they will not execute any of the tactics (e.g., marketing communication materials) because of time limitations.
2. Brief organizational overview – including historical sketch, current programs and services, and mission. Please include date of inception and 501(c)(3) status of your organization.
3. Brief description of organizational resources – including annual revenues, staffing, Board of Directors list, and organizational chart.
4. Contact information for the staff member who will be the main contact for the project (preferably, Executive Director) – including office address, phone and email address. If you have a website please include the URL.
Requirements
1. Ability to provide up to $200 for out-of-pocket expenses for the students – includes development of final presentation and report.
2. Dedicated liaison - preferably the Executive Director or senior level staff member of the nonprofit.
3. Commitment to attend 2 evening classes at Emory University; the first will be on September 17th to introduce you to your team, and the second will be on either December 3rd or December 10th to receive the presentation of final report.
4. Atlanta-based location with full-time ED.
5. The resource ability to work with the students on this project and to implement the plan - time, people and funding.
Proposal Evaluation Criteria
1. Satisfaction of requirements above
2. Realism of project scope (is it sufficiently challenging, yet realistically doable within the course timeframe)
3. Balance within selected projects to provide maximum diversity of experiences to students (i.e., we would prefer to not have all projects focus on, for example, resource development).
Please email or mail this information to Toby Bloomberg, President, Bloomberg Marketing – by August 4th
toby@bloombergmarketing.com or mail to:
Toby Bloomberg
Bloomberg Marketing
1170 Glenbrook Court
Tucker, GA 30084
We will notify the selected nonprofit organizations by August 31st
If you have questions, please contact Toby Bloomberg, or Dr. Skip Gunther (678-794-8851).
We hope you will take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to strengthen your organizational strategy and educate our business students to the unique challenges in the nonprofit sector.
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