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Carter McNamara

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Checklist to Terminate a Consulting Project

If you and your client decide to terminate the project because it was satisfactorily completed,…

Consulting & Freelancing

Welcome to the Free Management Library’s blogs!

The list of the blogs is on the right side of each page. You are…

Single-Project and Multi-Project Formats of Action Learning

In the early 1980s, I started facilitating Action Learning where all set members were working…

Leadership Skills

Checklists – A Valuable Tool for the Nonprofit – Part III

In my previous two posts, I’ve suggested that checklists can be very valuable in helping…

Financing & Loans

Checklists – A Valuable Tool for the Nonprofit – Part II

In January 2009, a US Airways jet taking off from LaGuardia airport jet hit a…

Financing & Loans

Checklists – A Valuable Tool for the Nonprofit – Part I

Are you feeling overwhelmed? I think for many of us, that answer is, “Yes” –…

Financing & Loans

Effective Planning: Mission Statement and Goal Brainstorming

It still seems common that many facilitators start strategic planning by having planners attend first…

Business Planning

The Applications of Group Coaching – Part 2

In Part 1, we described group coaching, starting with a description of coaching and then…

Leadership Skills

Empowering Action Learners and Coaches: Free Online Resources

(The aim of this blog has always been to provide highly practical guidelines, tools and…

Leadership Skills

Group Coaching: How It Works and What It Can Do

(In this Part 1 of 2, we will describe group coaching. In Part 2, we…

Leadership Skills

Action Learning Certification: Exploring Independent Standards

The field of personal and professional coaching has a widely respected and accepted, independent certifying…

Leadership Skills

My Concern About the Use of Strategic Planning “Templates”

It seems that the use of “templates” in strategic planning is on the rise. People…

Business Planning

CFC Campaign Extended to January 15, 2014

Due to the government shutdown in October, which occurred just as many of the CFC…

Financing & Loans

The Combined Federal Campaign — The Rule of 7 is now The Rule of 21

In marketing and media awareness terms, the “Rule of 7” states that before a customer…

Financing & Loans

CFC Fundraising: Thoughts at Mid-Campaign

Thank you for what you do. If you’re reading this blog, I’m going to make…

Financing & Loans