Alumni Consulting Team (ACT)

Volunteer Resources

Tools for Teams

Conference Line for Phone Meetings

ACT offers your team a conference line to accommodate multiple callers, which can be reserved for team meetings, interviews with stakeholders, and more. Request a conference line reservation by email at least one business day in advance at info@stanfordact.org. Include your team's name, date and time of the call, and number of callers on the line. Since the conference line is shared by multiple programs, advance reservations are required for every call.

Free/Small Fee Team Meeting Places in SF and on the Peninsula
This list primarily includes public libraries in San Francisco and on the Peninsula that have free or small fee team meeting spaces available in the evenings and on weekends. It includes a number of locations on the Stanford campus. If your team would like to meet on campus during regular business hours, you may request that ACT staff reserve a GSB conference room for your team's use by emailing info@stanfordact.org and letting us know the day, time, and length of your meeting. GSB conference rooms are limited in number and often scheduled well in advance, so let ACT staff know as soon as possible that you'd like to secure a meeting room at the GSB if one is available.

Yahoo Groups

Free listserve that you can set up for a specific project. Members of the list receive messages posted by others; all emails are archived. Documents can be uploaded for sharing or editing among team members. Individual users should change their marketing preferences on the Account Info page to avoid receiving large amounts of spam.

Meeting Scheduling and Confirmation: Evite

Evite provides a bulletin-board interface that simplifies meeting planning. It is useful as an RSVP tool for a single event or meeting. Each team member indicates availability, allowing the meeting planner to select a date when all can meet.

Online survey tool: Zoomerang

Use this web-based tool to ask up to 30 questions in multiple choice and/or open-ended formats. Zoomerang offers a limited feature, FREE trial account that should be suitable for most project analysis needs. If you find that you need more robust features than the free trial version provides, please email or call +1-650-736-1956 to discuss your needs.

GSB Jackson Library Reference Desk

The Jackson Library reference staff will help you determine the type of data and information needed, identify sources, and structure an approach to your project-specific research. This consultation can be performed in person, by telephone, or via email. If you visit the library, you can access the databases, including ABI/INFORM for market trends and industry-specific topics from more than 1,500 journals worldwide; a list of leaders from 14 US sectors including nonprofit; census data for social, demographic and economic information; and statistical data on companies, industries and markets. Contact Kathy Long, the Director of Jackson Library at +1-650-725-2002 or by email for an appointment with a reference librarian. Time may be limited to an hour.

Jackson Library Lifelong Learning Alumni Toolbar

Download this toolbar for quick access to the Business School's alumni resources and services. Connect to the alumni directory, business and financial databases, and a nonprofit database. Download the toolbar.

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The Stanford Social Innovation Review, published by the GSB's Center for Social Innovation, is an exciting source of ideas relating to strategy and leadership in nonprofit management, corporate social responsibility, and philanthropy. Select articles are available online.