Membership Benefits: Why Join?

Visibility

ACN helps you market your consulting services to Chicago's nonprofit community effectively.  When nonprofit managers search the Internet for "consultants to nonprofits," they'll find the ACN website—and information about you.  The online directory is searchable by practice categories and by keywords.  Members write their own profiles describing themselves and their consulting services.

Professional Development

ACN helps you serve your clients better by keeping you abreast of current events, issues, and trends in the nonprofit world.  Our monthly programs address significant topics in nonprofit management and provide practical information about operating a consulting practice. ACN also hosts or facilitates various other networking events each year. You can review previous programs and check out the upcoming Events schedule online.

Collegiality

ACN combats the sense of individual isolation consulting work can cause. You'll join a diverse group of talented colleagues with whom you can exchange ideas and business referrals, peers with whom you can celebrate your successes or even share an occasional complaint.

Every ACN program designates time for informal contact and networking among members. These casual conversations produce business opportunities: referrals, collaborations, and strategic partnerships to serve clients.

Our members only newsletter keeps members up to date on ACN and in touch with one another.  Recent issues have recapped program presentations, introduced new ACN consultants, and enabled members to publish articles on nonprofit-related topics within their own fields of expertise.

Serving on an ACN committee, task force, or on the ACN Board lets you deepen your network of colleagues and gain hands-on nonprofit management experience, while you and your expertise help ACN to remain a vibrant, purposeful organization.Ready to begin enjoying ACN's many benefits? 

Membership Benefits by Membership Category

Full Membership - Individual

• Access to RFP's
• Online consultant profile on ACN website 
• Subscription to Consultants Interactive newsletter for members
• Ability to submit articles for ACN's e-newsletter for nonprofits
• Access to "member only" listserv and area of the website
• Discounted or free admission to ACN events

Full Membership - Organization

• Multiple staff members at your organization can have access to RFPs
• Online profile for your organization on ACN website which designates one primary contact but may list multiple staff members within your organization
• Subscription to Consultants Interactive newsletter for members - may be sent to multiple staff members at your organization
• Ability to submit articles for ACN's e-newsletter for nonprofits
• Access to "members only" listserv and the members only area of the ACN website for multiple designated staff members at your organization
• Discounted or free admission to ACN's events for multiple consultants from your organization

Programmatic Membership

• Subscription to Consultants Interactive newsletter for members
• Discounted or free admission to ACN events

ACN Partner

• Website listing as an ACN Partner including your logo on the ACN website
• Subscription to Consultants Interactive Newsletter for members
• Ability to submit articles for ACN's e-newsletter for nonprofits
• Discounted or free admission to ACN events

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Association of Consultants to Nonprofits
c/o  Gidley Management Group
216 W. Jackson Blvd., Suite 625
Chicago, IL  60606

Any questions?  Call (312) 580-1875, e-mail membership@acnconsult.org or come to our next event

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"I joined ACN to increase my network of colleagues, to gain more business referrals, and to learn how to be a better consultant. ACN has helped me fulfill all of these goals."
-Bill Brooks, Principal
Bill Brooks & Associates, Ltd.

  "ACN has been invaluable in helping me build my business.  Four of my five current clients came to me as a direct result of my ACN involvement.  The website profile, RFPs, and opportunities for networking and collaboration with other consultants are a tremendous resource."
Joyce G. Poll, Principal
J.G. Poll & Assoc.