Specifications include, but are not limited to: provide professional coaching and training services for staff and leadership on an as needed basis. The outcome of this procurement would be to have a pool of vendors on retainer to provide services upon request. 2.1. Coaches Experience/Background Knowledge: • Higher Education • Public Sector or Nonprofit • Operations • Alumni Relations • Development o Fundraising o Campaigning • Stewardship • Advancement • Annual Giving • Gift Planning 2.1.1.1. 2.2. Professional Coaching – A series of guided conversations that enable the coachee to discover and implement professional and personal solutions to move towards the coachee’s goals. Coaching is 1:1 and at all levels of the organization. 2.2.1. Topics may include: § Fundraising § Prospect management and strategy § Donor identification, cultivation, solicitation, stewardship (donor management) § Navigating academic and campus leaders § Leadership/management/career development § Organizational or program development and strategy § Strategy and strategic thinking § DEI – leading a diverse staff § Emerging Leaders/Young professionals/early career § Leading and managing change § Leading new initiatives § General skill development such as: • Project Management • Public speaking • Presentation • Written communication • Verbal communication • Upskilling • Managing up and across • Navigating difficult conversations • Effective feedback • Conflict resolution • Delegating • Goal setting • Vision setting • Time and energy management
