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What do we mean by ‘capacity building’?

July 7, 2016 5:56 am / michaele rachlin

Remember that adage “give a man a fish and he eats for a day; teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime“? Simplistic maybe – but here’s the point: MDR is here to reinforce your team + your skills. Of course, we will write grants and build project plans and jump in … Read More →

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Posted in: business, mentor, non-profit, not-for-profit, team building, Uncategorized / Tagged: donor management, ecommerce & digital business, grant writing, grants, mentor, non-profit, not-for-profit, online giving & donor management

It took a very long time to win this first grant…

July 5, 2016 6:49 am / michaele rachlin

…but it was SO worth it! For a small, grassroots non-profit it can be very difficult to ‘break through’ to established local funders. Those funders often have commitments to other organizations and are facing shrinking contributions themselves. That was the case for a local non-profit. After 15 successful years, we wanted to target a major … Read More →

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Posted in: non-profit, not-for-profit, online giving & donor management / Tagged: donor management, grant writing, grants, mentor, non-profit, not-for-profit, online giving & donor management

we are a ‘Power Player’!

July 3, 2016 9:10 pm / michaele rachlin

Thanks to our fabulous friend and colleague, Simone Kelly, we have become part of the Own Your Power network Power Players! Watch for our weekly radio podcasts. I’ll be sharing some of my favorite famous advice + lessons learned. I’ll introduce to you some of my wonderful clients, who themselves are doing some amazing things to change … Read More →

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Posted in: mentor, non-profit, not-for-profit, online giving & donor management / Tagged: donor management, grant writing, grants, mentor

now offering grant proposal writing + sustainability services to non-profits!

September 24, 2015 4:16 pm / michaele rachlin

Now offering grant proposal writing + editing and organizational sustainability consulting services to non-profits! Contact us for full-service grant proposal writing | for editing and support to your internal grant writing efforts | or for organizational sustainability & advisory services. With a certificate from TGCI (The Grantsmanship Center | Get Funding. Create Change) for successful … Read More →

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Posted in: non-profit, not-for-profit, online giving & donor management, Uncategorized / Tagged: grant writing, grants, mentor, non-profit, not-for-profit

a local non-profit was behind its fundraising target…

December 26, 2014 6:00 am / michaele rachlin

Early in the recent recession, a large local non-profit was falling behind its annual fundraising target.  This organization had never done any successful online fundraising, but wanted to immediately launch an online giving campaign to help make up the projected deficit. The organization did not have the technology capability to accept donations online.  The responsibilities … Read More →

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Posted in: affinity & loyalty, clients & crm, mentor, non-profit, not-for-profit, online & digital business, online giving & donor management, online presence / Tagged: clients & crm, donor management, grant writing, grants, mentor, non-profit, not-for-profit, online giving & donor management, project management, team leadership

a start-up with a great idea…

February 1, 2014 6:00 am / michaele rachlin

A start-up online payments business with a very profitable concept and working prototype software had recently partnered in a joint venture with a very large US payment processor. The start-up team needed to quickly enhance and extend the software to meet client needs, but there were no priority management or design processes in place to … Read More →

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Posted in: applications, BPI business improvement, online & digital business, online payments & e-commerce, PMO & project management, products, quality, team building / Tagged: business transformation, IT resiliency, mentor, outsourcing, product design, project management, quality, team leadership, vendor management

practical experts…

December 17, 2013 9:47 pm / michaele rachlin

Welcome to our website. As we re-introduce ourselves, these are the important things for you to know. We are here to share our knowledge and experience. We love delivering results and we bring a successful track record to your project.  We know technology and project management.  We develop and mentor your talent. We are both business … Read More →

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Posted in: mentor, non-profit, not-for-profit, online presence, PMO & project management, team building / Tagged: agile, grant writing, grants, metrics & KPI, non-profit, not-for-profit, online giving & donor management

your website is you…

June 1, 2013 12:01 am / michaele rachlin

A client with a limited budget for advertising and online marketing tried to build his website with just a programmer. The project cost more than he had planned & took 3 times longer than scheduled.  All of the web copy was written by the client, even though writing is not the client’s primary business.  The graphics … Read More →

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Posted in: non-profit, not-for-profit, online & digital business, online presence / Tagged: ecommerce & digital business, non-profit, not-for-profit, website

a start-up needed a sales process and crm solution…

February 14, 2013 6:00 am / michaele rachlin

A start-up with deep industry knowledge and a talented young business development leader needed to build a pipeline and client base for its commercial real estate financial services business.  The team wanted to create a repeatable and scaleable sales process and rapidly grow the development team and pipeline. The work needed to be accomplished very … Read More →

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Posted in: BPI business improvement, business, clients & crm, knowledge management, mentor, operations management, real estate & asset management, team building / Tagged: business transformation, clients & crm, customer, operations management, performance improvement

building an effective global team….

February 12, 2013 6:00 am / michaele rachlin

Building an effective global team is challenging under most circumstances.  When the team is formed after outsourcing and US layoffs, it can become even more challenging for the remaining (US) team members to work well with the new (offshore) members. A major global media research organization had recently outsourced about 30% of the work processes … Read More →

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Posted in: knowledge management, mentor, metrics & KPI, online & digital business, operations management, PMO & project management, quality, team building / Tagged: knowledge management, KPI, operations management, outsourcing, quality, team building, team leadership, vendor management

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