INSTITUTIONALIZING THE LEARNING:
Working with a Consultant

Even after attending our workshops, we expect some organizations would welcome a
consultant to come work with the whole Board and focus on their specific challenges and goals.  If an organization attends the Bootcamp and at least four of the eight other Board workshops in the series, they will be eligible to apply for up to a $5,000 matching grant to hire a consultant to work with the entire Board on an issue that has been identified during the workshop series.  

Raising the money for the match will be one of the first activities of the newly-trained and hopefully newly-inspired Board!

In early February 2009, every eligible organization participating in the requisite number of workshops will receive a Matching Grant Consultancy application via e-mail.  Applications for the matching grant will be due in March 2009 with notification of funding in April. The consultancy must occur by May 2010.  A report on the results of the work with the consultant will be due upon completion of the consultancy. We expect that the application selection process will be competitive.

The scope of the work and the actual consultant selected to work with the Board will be entirely up to the organization.  The Dodge Foundation will have a short list of possible consultants listed on our website as a starting point for your search; however we are by no means encouraging the use of any particular consultant.  We recognize that finding a consultant is a very personal and critical process (the right personality match is essential), and the selection is entirely up to the applicant.

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