Research
A.L. Chandler Consulting provides a wide array of research services and support projects in whatever phases of their development from initial concept to publishable quality report drafting.
- Research project design, planning and management
- Evaluation
- Literature reviews and landscape scans
- Grant writing
- Data gathering, validation and analysis using publicly available and organizational data sets
- Best practices research
- Stakeholder and key informant interviews, focus groups, surveys, and roundtables
- Preparation of publishable quality research reports
E-Advocacy and Online Communications Consulting and Coaching
A.L. Chandler consulting offers a full suite of online communications and consulting services ranging from general nonprofit online communications to eAdvocacy comprised of online organizing and stakeholder mobilization. Specific services include:
- Online strategy planning and development
- eAdvocacy campaign planning
- Website Design
- Online Content Design and web writing
- Blog design
- Email marketing
- Database audit and management
- Social Media Strategy
- Web, email and social media analytics
- Search Engine Marketing
Data Analysis
The data analysis services offered by A.L. Chandler consulting include data-gathering, validation, analysis, reporting and presentation. Types of data analyzed or data systems developed, include:
- Website and Email Analytics
- Survey Data
- Census
- Economic and Housing Databases
- Local Governments Budgets and Expenditures
- Educational Data
- Geographic Data
- Program Data and Evaluation
- California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
- Data from the California Department of Finance, Demographic Unit
Training
The following are trainings offered by A.L. Chandler Consulting:
Introduction to Electronic Advocacy Strategy and Tools
This introductory training is delivered in 1-hour, 3-hour and 6-hour formats and features a thorough introduction to eAdvoacy strategy, including: websites, email, social media (e.g.Facebook/MySpace, YouTube, Twitter) and activist tools. Several resource handouts along with the training PowerPoint handout are provided to attendees. Standard and custom options are available with varied pricing. Contact Arnold at (510) 545-6367 for more details.
More in-depth two-hour trainings on specific topics include:
- Email marketing for nonprofits
- Online Audience Assessment and strategy: Who are you talking to now and how can you track that over time? (covers website, email and social media audience assessment and tracking)
- Introduction to Social Media
- Advanced Social Media Tactics and Techniques
- eAdvocacy from Scratch: What to do when you have passion, but no money
Census and Administrative Data Analysis for Advocacy
This introductory training provides an in-depth guide to publicly available data sources for conducting research and public policy analysis. The training is delivered in 2-hour and 3-hour formats with handouts and walk-throughs of data tools. Over 20 data sets and tools are discussed including: U.S. Census, CA Department of Finance, Education Data, California Health Interview Survey, Local Government Budgets and Expenditures, Economic development and employment data.
Online Research: Tools and Techniques
This training is a 2-hour in-depth guide to cutting-edge tools and techniques in online research. It has been offered to hundreds of professional nonprofit researchers to universally rave reviews. The training covers: search strategy, keyword and query development, an overview of online research tools, an explanation of how search engines work and why you should always use multiple ones, a guide to web directories, specialized search engines, current-awareness tools and real-time search. A resource handout along with a PowerPoint handout is provided with the training.
