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Working With Vendors & Consultants: Do You Get What You Pay For?

Working With Vendors & Consultants: Do You Get What You Pay For?. Ruby Sinreich ··· lotusmedia.org & PPFA Donna Bell ··· ncyt. Top Three Takeaways:. Understand the vendor’s perspective Prioritize your needs Demand competitive proposals. Introductions. Introduce speakers

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Working With Vendors & Consultants: Do You Get What You Pay For?

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  1. Working With Vendors & Consultants:Do You Get What You Pay For? Ruby Sinreich ··· lotusmedia.org & PPFA Donna Bell ··· ncyt

  2. Top Three Takeaways: • Understand the vendor’s perspective • Prioritize your needs • Demand competitive proposals

  3. Introductions • Introduce speakers • Introduce yourselves • share past experience with vendors or goals for this session

  4. Do You Need a Vendor? • Volunteers • Free-ish • Variable skills • Little accountability • Staff • Cost • Dependable • May require investment • Builds capacity • Vendors • Even more cost (usually) • High skills • Legal accountability

  5. Care and feeding of your vendor Common pitfalls: • Missed deadlines • Different expectations • Poor communication How can we avoid these?

  6. The RFP • Determine your needs first • Write a request for proposals • Spread the word • Get more than one proposal/offer

  7. Proposals: Apples & Oranges • Prioritize your needs • Analyze costs and benefits • Ask follow-up questions if needed • Evaluate and compare

  8. How to Speak Geekor “it’s all geek to me” • Understand the geek mindset • Beware the jargon • Get it in writing • ‘Google’ terms you don’t know

  9. Q & A • Resources: • TechSoup.org • ManagementHelp.org • Each other • This outline & handouts are at:lotusmedia.org/vendor

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