Philanthropy Journal, an American on-line newsletter, has recently released a series of tip sheets on working effectively with consultants, with papers on smart use of consultants, ups and downs of non-profit consulting, the steps needed in hiring a consultant, and – our favourite – “when do you need a fundraising consultant”? (That might be…now.)  You can find all of these under “Nonprofit Consulting 2009″ here.

Does your orchestra or organization have a policy on social media use?  With an ever-expanding group of Canadian orchestras getting into social media (via Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and others), they might be in order.  If you’re absent a policy or two, you might consider visiting here where you’ll find a large list of links to sample social media policy documents created by various organizations. Thanks to this week’s Charity Village newsletter, where we found this link.