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Community Consulting
Projects What is the
Community Consulting Project?
The
Community Consulting Project (CCP) is a program
that matches Honors in Business Administration (HBA)
student-teams with community-based organizations
to undertake pro-bono consulting projects. You
are invited to submit an application for CCP
outlining your organization’s project and how a
team of Ivey consultants can help complete it.
These projects are completed over a six week
period beginning in September and ending in
early November. At the end of the project the
student-teams will present their finding in a
report or presentation that will outline
specific solutions and recommendations to your
business issues. Throughout this period the
student-teams are guided in their research,
analysis, and presentation by consultants from
Accenture (www.accenture.com).
Interested organizations can apply by filling
out the application available
here and sending it to the External CCP
Director, Prashob Menon at
pmenon.hba2010@ivey.ca, by July 31st 2009 at
midnight. Projects can span any business
function within the organization and can cover
multiple issues. All applications will be
thoroughly reviewed and project decisions will
be sent out by August 31st 2009. If you have any
further questions or want more information
contact Prashob Menon
pmenon.hba2010@ivey.ca.
Benefits to
your organization:
- Four bright
and energetic HBA students supported by two
experienced and professional Accenture
consultants will be assigned to your project
- Students
have access to the world-class faculty at
the Richard Ivey School of Business and
their second year peers for advice and
support
- Students
come from a diverse set of backgrounds and
will be able to offer objective analysis and
creative solutions to your business issues
CCP
Selection Criteria:
Applications will be reviewed and selected
according to their complexity, strategic
nature, and the level of business expertise
needed. Other criteria include the
availability of your organization’s contact
person to meet with their CCP student-team
on a weekly basis.
Your
organization’s role within CCP:
Your organization’s role will include
providing the student-teams access to the
resources necessary to analyze information
and synthesize their findings into a
presentation and/or report. Throughout the
six weeks a contact person within your
organization is expected to be available to
meet with their CCP team on a weekly basis.
This will ensure that your needs are met in
a timely and effective manner.
Example of
Previous Community Consulting Projects:
Projects may span any business function
and may encompass marketing /
fundraising campaigns, financial /
accounting systems, organizational
structure, operations, or human resource
management.
Some of the issues that students have
addressed in the past include: |
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Marketing: |
Developed a
tactical marketing plan to target new
market segments using new advertising
strategies. |
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Communication: |
Presented a
plan to leverage synergies between other
community partners with similar
objectives, to increase the
organization’s working efficiency. |
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Sustainability: |
Created a
three year sustainability plan, covering
public interest and branding,
streamlined operations, and donor
support.
Proposed a sustainability plan covering
funding, services, and internal
operations. |
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Internal
Assessment: |
Delivered a
programming and organizational capacity
plan to help ensure the organization’s
relevancy to its clients |
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Decision-Making Tools: |
Built an
excel tool to enable real estate
decision making, including buy vs. lease
options. |
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Fundraising: |
Developed a
fundraising strategy that would increase
their chances of securing funds from
both the government and the private
sector. |
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above challenges are just some of the
many issues that Ivey students have
helped to address. Students at the
Richard Ivey School of Business are
trained in all aspects of management and
are ready to assist your organization in
any strategic business challenge that
you face. |
For the
Non-Profit Organization
Application click
here
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Important
Dates: |
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We are now accepting Organization's applications |
June 15,
2009 |
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Project decisions will be sent out by: |
Aug. 31,
2009 |
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HBA student
Applications due |
Midnight
Sept. 13, 2009 |
Start of
6 week CCP
Opening ceremonies and first meeting
between student-teams and organizations: |
Sept.
25, 2009 |
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End of 6
week CCP |
Nov.
6, 2009 |
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HBA
Student Consultants
If you are interested in being on a CCP
team please fill out the application
found in the link above and submit it by
midnight on Sept 26th, 2009 to both
Anaita,
abharucha.hba2010@ivey.ca, and
Prashob,
pmenon.hba2010@ivey.ca" |
Other Consulting Projects
There are several
other programs similar to CCP that may interest
your organization:
The Ivey Consulting Project (ICP) is part of the
HBA and MBA curricula and involves larger-scale
projects. Whereas CCP involves approximately
80 – 100 hours of work the ICP involves
approximately 300 hours. This reflects the
increased complexity involved in tackling an ICP
case over a CCP case. Click here (insert link)
for more information regarding the ICP.
Ivey Connects also offers the Community Impact
Challenge (CIC). Similar in nature to the CCP,
the CIC requires a project proposal that can be
completed over a specific time line. There are
two main differences between the two programs:
- CCP is
more strategic whereas CIC is more
tactical
- CCP is
completed over six weeks whereas CIC is
completed over the eight month school
year with help from about 75 students
Click here for more
information regarding the Impact
Challenge.
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