Professional Consulting for Non Profit Organisations
Mentoring, Consulting and Training for your charity, not for profit or community organisation
Support Areas
Mark Goodman has worked for over 25 years in the Charity, Not-For-Profit and Community sector; specialising in Mentoring, Consulting and Training. This experience is now being shared with clients in these three main areas.
Mentoring
One-to-one personal support of Senior Management, Board Members or staff, to develop personal and professional skills and confidence.
Consulting
Whether strategic direction, funding, operation or technical requirements, services will be bespoke to developing and supporting your organisation.
Training
Around a customer-defined brief, delivery of impactful training to large or small groups. Areas include developing options and strategy, operations, funding and organisational capacity.
1. Brief
Mark will work with you to create a clear, personalized, costed brief to help you set out exactly what it is you need.
2. Delivery
Mark will work with you and deliver your requirements on time and on budget. He will work flexibly to fit into your time and convenience.
3. Reporting
Mark will produce clear reporting on the results of the work and clarify recommendations and next steps.
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Who am I?
…. an experienced mentor, trainer, consultant with real life experience of founding, running and developing third sector organisations.
"Friendly" "empathetic" "positive"
"Astute" "skilled" "experienced"
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Success
Proven track of successfully delivering projects
300+ Clients
25+ Years
What are clients saying?
“Mark supported me through a very difficult and turbulent time, and helped secure the continuation of CSIE. He helped me review CSIE’s business plan and offered invaluable advice on fundraising, networking, prioritising and much more. Mark’s support has been invaluable and I have no hesitation in recommending him as a mentor!”
Dr Artemi Sakellariadis – Director, Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education
“Mark has supported The People’s Comedy CIC very much, from organizational assessments, to prioritizing what areas need the most focus first. If we were level 1 before, we have easily levelled up by 1 or 2 points on from Mark’s considered, sector-specific mentoring, coaching, and guidance.”
Henry Palmer, CEO, The People’s Comedy CIC
Work Undertaken
Small Organisations
Mentoring, consulting and training for small organisations and individuals. Helping CEOs / Chairs / Senior Management in developing, growing and making significant step changes or figuring out sticky problems.
Medium Organisations
As well as the services covered with small organisations, examples include developing capacity assessments, organisational strategy consultation, options appraisal and consultations with staff.
Large Organisations
In addition to the services for small and medium sized organisations, examples include options appraisal on making significant decisions in an open and accountable way. Working with Trustees, Directors and Boards.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much do the services cost?
Each contract is discussed with the client as to whether it is best for both parties to undertake on a project or hourly/daily rate. Some projects may take a shorter time than expected and some longer with a large amount of variability. As a rule of thumb, the hourly rate is around £50 and daily rate about £400 (generally including reasonable expenses). However, discussion on pricing will find a best solution for all involved.
How long can I commission services for?
The sky’s the limit! That said, mentoring services tend to be commissioned in a set of one- or two- hourly blocks, with an initial set of, perhaps, 6 and then followed on or picked up later when needed. This can be similar with training, according to the need. On the other hand, longer consulting exercises can be spread over weeks or months. The services are flexible and designed to suit the client’s circumstances.
How do I pay for services?
This varies, depending on the type of work. The object is to be fair to both parties and agreed at the beginning. The most common way of payment for longer contracts would be an initial payment at the beginning (say 25%), then staged payments made at certain points, often relating to certain milestones being met and a final payment at the end, upon completion. Small / short contracts may only require payment at the end.
Is the initial consultation free?
An initial call / exchange of correspondence to set out the situation and the scope and understanding of of the work is free. This then allows a clear brief to be written for everyone to agree to prior to the paid work to begin.
If unsure if you should be asking and whether a question may be part of this, please don’t be afraid to ask, you would never be charged unexpectedly.
Is the work insured?
Yes, the work is insured. This covers elements such as Public Liability and Professional Indemnity Insurance. There are some limits to the range of work that can be undertaken. These may include areas of legal advice or financial advice, where solicitors or accountants may be more appropriate. If unsure, please ask and such requests can be pointed in the appropriate direction.
What if circumstances change mid contract?
One objective of this work is to be as flexible as possible as things can change quickly within organisations. This is perfectly fine. We will have a very clear brief at the beginning of a project and if anything changes, then one party merely has to contact the other as soon as they can and we can work out whether this may change the timing and/or the costs of the support and adjust. Adjustments are not uncommon and provided there is clarity and good communication, then misunderstandings won’t happen.