Consultation Services

HandsOn Jacksonville’s consulting services build capacity for nonprofit agencies. We specialize in volunteer management and board leadership and are available to conduct board retreats and orientations. Below are examples of some of our most popular board modules.  Please contact us to tailor a class, workshop or one on one consultation that meets your needs.

Roles and Responsibilities of Nonprofit Boards

Objectives

  • To increase understanding of the role of the nonprofit board of directors To identify qualities that make a board effective and barriers that limit board effectiveness To identify and explore the board's fiduciary, financial and programmatic responsibilities To identify and explore the corporate and individual duties of board members
  • To clarify the relationship between the board, the staff, and the executive

 

The Nonprofit Board Development Cycle

Objectives

  • To increase understanding of various board processes, including recruiting, orientation, and
  • education
  • To explore strategies for developing and strengthening a board of directors

Nonprofit Policy Standards and Controls

 

Objectives

  • To define common terms related to policy controls
  • To explore standards for nonprofit organizations to use as a basis for policy creation and development
  • To identify specific areas that should be governed by organizational policy
  • To describe the steps in a recommended control development process

Conducting Effective Board Meetings

Objectives

  • To increase understanding of meeting management principles for the nonprofit board of directors
  • To explore strategies for conducting effective board meetings

 

Consulting Rates

Weekday Rates:
Sessions begin no later than 6:30 pm

  • Member Rates: $150 @ hour (2 hour minimum)
    $150 each additional hour
  • Non-Member Rates: $225 @ hour (2 hour minimum)
    $225 for each additional hour

Saturday Rates:

  • Member Rates: $200 @ hour (2 hour minimum)
    $200 for each additional hour
  • Non-member Rates: $375 @ hour (2 hour minimum)
    $375 for each additional hour

All consulting services include printed resource materials, supplemental materials where needed and workshop/trainer evaluations.

If you are interested in receiving more information or in scheduling a consultation, please call Krista Winfield at 332-6767 ext 104 or complete and submit the following form.


Consultation Services Request Form

= required information

• Agency Name:
• Is the agency a member of Volunteer Jacksonville?: yes     no
• Contact Name:
• E-mail Address:
• Phone:
• Fax:
• Address 1:
• Address 2:
• City:
• Zip Code:
• Preferred Contact Method:
• I would like to discuss having a consultation on the following
(check all that apply)

Board Governance-Roles and Responsibilities
Strategic Planning
Basic Board Fundraising
Creation of Mission Statements
Organizational Assessment
Communication Styles
Board Retreats and Orientations
Effective Management of Volunteer Staff
Developing Social Consciousness-Youth
Other:

Tentative Training  
• Date:
• Number of Hours:
• Time Frame
(i.e. 9am -noon):

• Audio/Video Equipment available:
Flip Chart
Easel Tablet
Chart Markers
Overhead Projectors
Projector Screen
Wall for Projector