ACN Resources

Online Resources

How to Choose the Right Consultant – This PDF document offers guidelines that help you decide when to engage a consultant and how to select the consultant best suited to fulfill your needs. 

Agreement/Contract Guidelines – Content outline for development of a constructive and professional work agreement between an organization and the consultant.

ACN’s Professional Code – Defines the professional standards upheld by ACN consultants.

Member Publications

Letter to the Editor on the topic of testing consultants published in the Chronicle of Philanthropy
by ACN Past-President, Maureen O’Connor, January 2003

"How Political Can We Get? What Nonprofit Organizations Should Know",
by ACN Member Consultant Denise DeBelle, June 2006.

"Reporting Requirements for Vehicle Donations",
by ACN Member Consultant Kathryn M. Vanden Berk, September 2006

"Branding: It's Not A Dirty Word"
by ACN Member Consultant Elizabeth Richter, January 2008

Other Websites of Interest

Alliance for Nonprofit Management

Association of Fundraising Professionals

BoardSource

Chicago Nonprofit

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Donors Forum of Chicago

The Foundation Center

Greater Chicago Nonprofit Gateway 

NPOnet

Young Nonprofit Professionals Network of Chicago

These links are provided for their relevance to the nonprofit community, however, inclusion does not indicate ACN endorsement.  To suggest additional links, or to propose a reciprocal link exchange, contact the ACN webmaster. 

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