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I have a special episode lined up for you today with guest, Julia Devine, who co-founded Relatable Nonprofit with her business partner Catalina Parker.
These two trailblazers left their six figure nonprofit jobs in their mid-twenties to start their own consulting agency. And over the past two years, they’ve not only built a successful business but they’ve also launched Relatable Nonprofit to empower other growth-driven women with nonprofit hearts to succeed in consulting.
If you have ever wondered about going into nonprofit consulting, then you are not going to want to miss this episode. Julia is sharing some great tips to help you get started.
In this episode:
- [06:48] The high turnover challenge in nonprofits
- [12:57] The skillsets that nonprofits should be looking for when filling development and marketing roles
- [18:15] How consulting can provide a viable alternative for those experiencing dissatisfaction in traditional nonprofit roles
- [22:50] Finding your niche and promoting your consulting business
- [33:28] Setting clear boundaries as a consultant
- [39:31] The future of nonprofit consulting
NOTEWORTHY QUOTES
“Building a development program, building a marketing program, really is like building a sales funnel for a business. And it should be treated like that.” – Julia Devine
“If 75% of people are unhappy with what they’re doing, I think we’re going to see a lot more people shifting into consulting work.” – Julia Devine
“When we just focused in on something that we were good at and we like doing, which was the CRM setup, we were much more effective at getting clients.” – Julia Devine
RESOURCES
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CONNECT WITH JULIA
LinkedIn: Julia Devine
Instagram: @relatable_nonprofit
Website: relatablenonprofit.com
CONNECT WITH HALEY
Haley is a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE), Certified Stress Management Coach, and Certified EmC train the trainer. She is the Founder of The Savvy Fundraiser, a nonprofit consulting and coaching business. She has worked in both small and large nonprofit teams in the human services, homelessness, and youth sectors; and she specializes in the EmC process, nonprofit leadership, board development, and fundraising. Haley is a passionate, impact-driven, experienced nonprofit professional whose mission is to empower, elevate and engage nonprofit leaders to build healthy, thriving organizations.
Instagram: @thesavvyfundraiser
LinkedIn: Haley Cooper, CFRE
Website: thesavvyfundraiser.com
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