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AIDS Council NE NY, Albany, NY. Retreats to develop board goals in service to the organization's strategic plan.
Alice Peck Day Hospital, see Women's Wellness.
Antioch New England Nonprofit Management Seminars, Keene, NH. Development and Philanthropy section of curriculum.
American Red Cross, Vermont Chapters, Burlington VT. 2-Day Fundraising Seminar, facilitated with Christine Graham.
Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), formerly National Society of Fund Raising Executives (NSFRE), Alexandria VA. Faculty, First Course. Northern New England chapter conferences: Moderator for Ethics Panel, Workshops on Asking for Money, Major Gifts Sight Raising, Through the Looking Glass: Public Scrutiny of Nonprofits, Policy Governance for Board Leadership. Massachusetts chapter conference: Strategic Planning.
Bennington-Rutland Opportunity Council (BROC), Rutland VT. Facilitate 2-day board retreat to initiate strategic planning process. Facilitate 2-day staff retreat to revise strategic plan. Board training. Facilitate 1-day staff, 1-day board planning retreats to integrate existing strategic plan into new federal Office of Economic Opportunity goals and outcomes measurements.
Burlington VT Community and Economic Development Office. Design and facilitate staff retreat on mission and goals, self-directed teams, and reorganization action planning.
Camp Thorpe, Goshen, VT. Development and Governance Assessment in preparation for a campaign.
Capitol Center for the Arts, Concord, NH. Complete major donor fundraising for $2.5 million campaign.
Capital District Community Loan Fund, Albany, NY. Board training in fundraising.
Cedarcrest, Keene, NH. Development audit, strategic planning, board development.
Central Vermont Community Action Council (CVCAC), Barre, VT. Strategic staff planning process integrating Appreciative Inquiry and Balanced Scorecard planning models.
Chamber of Commerce Central Vermont, Barre, VT. Board and staff workshop on roles and responsibilities.
Chamber of Commerce, Quechee, VT. Planning retreat.
Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph, VT. Facilitate planning process and board Annual Retreat. Pre-campaign Planning Study. Counsel for planning a capital campaign.
Charlotte Children's Center, Charlotte, VT. Advise on implementation of Carver's Policy Governance.
Child Care Resource, Williston, VT. Board workshop on roles, responsibilities, structure, committees.
Clarina Howard Nichols Center, Morrisville, VT. Board/staff retreat on roles/responsibilities, decision-making and communication, and long-range planning.
Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) Child Development Center, managed by Cradle & Crayon, Hanover NH. Board training in leadership issues, organizational growth, and board roles and responsibilities.
Connections (early child care/education services), Burlington, VT. Board/staff planning retreat.
Copper Cannon Camp, Franconia NH. Board overview of strategic and development planning.
Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), San Antonio, TX, Presentation on Computers in Alumni and Development Operations: Tickler Systems; Communication, Users and Technical Staff.
Dartmouth College Rassias Foundation, Hanover, NH. Long-range planning. Institute for Professional and Applied Ethics, counsel on $3.5 million endowment.
Dartmouth College Tuck School of Business, Hanover, NH Team development with freshmen classes, with TeamWorks.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Boyle Community Pediatrics Program, Lebanon, NH. Revise fundraising brochure, help develop Advisory Committee, identify community needs.
Dorset Nursing Association, Dorset, VT. Recommend improvements in fundraising programs, including major donor and planned giving strategies. Future project: facilitate strategic planning process based on Drucker's Self-Assessment and Appreciative Inquiry.
EarthRight Institute, White River Junction, Vt. Board workshop on organization development and development planning; counsel for specific fund raising projects.
8 Rivers Roundtable, Atlantic Salmon Federation, Brunswick, ME. 3-Day Planning Conference based on Appreciative Inquiry, with capacity-building and fundraising sustainability study as follow-up. With Demont and Associates, Portland, ME.
Essex Children's Choir, Williston, Vt. Board retreat on strategic planning.
Federal Women's Conference, Randolph, Vt. Lions, Foxes, St. Bernards (Directors, Planners, Nurturers), based on Porter's Relationship Theory.
Federated Women's Program Council of Vermont Annual Meeting, Burlington VT, Team building.
Foodworks, Montpelier, VT. Staff introduction to total quality management techniques for strategic planning.
Gilman Housing Trust, Newport, VT. Facilitate board/staff retreat on governance and planning.
Giving Monadnock, Keene, NH. Workshop on Sustainable Board Development.
Good Neighbor Health Clinic, White River Junction, VT. Board retreat, organizational issues.
Governor's Institutes of Vermont, Montpelier, VT. Facilitate board retreat: board training in leadership issues, organizational growth/board roles, fund raising and development. Second retreat: board self-assessment, board goals, prioritize goals toward 25th anniversary.
Grafton County Senior Citizens, Lebanon NH. Board seminar on fund raising and development planning.
Green Mountain Club, Waterbury, VT. Pre-campaign Planning Study, with Demont and Associates.
Green Mountain Horse Association, Woodstock, VT. Campaign Counsel for $2.5 million capital campaign. Pre-campaign study for $4.75 million. Counsel for $200,000 scholarship campaign and $300,000 renovation campaign. Counsel for $2.5 million capital and endowment campaign.
High Horses Therapeutic Riding Program, Hanover, NH. Board training in leadership issues, organizational growth/board roles, fund raising and development.
Hildene, Manchester VT. Board seminar on fund raising and development planning.
Institute of Range and the American Mustang, Fargo, ND. Feasibility study and counsel for $30 million capital campaign, including business planning; one of five-person team.
The International Ecotourism Society (TIES), Burlington, VT. Conflict resolution and mediation, review of board roles and responsibilities, policies, and planning.
Killington Mountain School, Killington, VT. Feasibility study for $1.1 million capital campaign.
Lake Champlain Housing Development Corporation, Burlington, VT. Staff training: systems thinking, problem-solving skills.
Lake Champlain Housing Development Corporation, Mississquoi Health Clinic, and Northwest Medical Center, Swanton, VT. Facilitate the planning and collaboration between three agencies for a health clinic and elderly housing in the Swanton Central School, an historic building.
Landmark Bank, Lebanon, NH. Counsel for $2 million capitalization program.
LISTEN (Lebanon In Service to Each Neighbor), Lebanon, NH. Strategic planning process with staff and board; facilitate staff and board retreats in preparation for planning process.
Long Trail School, Dorset, VT. Board development and counsel for $l.4 million capital campaign.
Lund Family Center, Burlington, VT. Planning study for $3 million campaign.
Lyme Academy, Lyme, NH. Counsel on $310,000 capital campaign for renovations.
Marathon of Brattleboro, VT. Facilitate collaborative planning process among regional human services agencies in preparation for grant proposal.
Merck Forest and Farmland Center, Rupert, VT. Counsel on $1.8 million remaining balance of $6 million endowment campaign.
Middlebury College Library, Middlebury, VT. Facilitate a day and a half initial retreat for a strategic planning process for a new library and new services.
r.k. Miles, Manchester, VT. Staff training in problem-solving skills and customer service.
Millennium Institute, Washington DC. Facilitate board/staff discussions in planning for transition from founder president to sustainability; mediate conflict and founder/new president transition.
Milton (VT) School District. Future Search Conference: Strong Schools, Stronger Communities, Successful Youth, lead facilitator.
Mississquoi (VT) Health Clinic, See listing for Lake
Champlain Housing Development Corporation.
Mount Ascutney Hospital and Health Center, Windsor, VT. Pre-campaign planning study, $11 million.
Mount Ascutney Hospital and Health Center, see Women's Wellness listing.
National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies (NACCRRA), New England Technical Assistance Conference, Mt Ascutney, VT. Systems approach to stakeholders and fund raising.
National Community Capital Association (NCCA), formerly National Association of Community Development Loan Funds (NACDLF), Philadelphia PA. Annual training conferences: Building Relationships for Long-Term Support, Evaluating the Executive Director and Organizational Outcomes, Defining Board and Staff Roles, Strategic Planning, Succession Planning. Board Role in Organizational Development. Board Role in Strategic Planning.
National Recreation and Park Association, New England Regional Conference, Burlington, VT. Workshop on development planning, fund raising, and solicitation skills.
New England Association of State Veterinary Boards, Nashua, NH. Facilitate strategic planning retreat for professional license reciprocity in New England.
New Hampshire Philharmonic Orchestra, Manchester, NH. Board retreat design and facilitation.
New Hampshire Rivers and Watershed Council Annual Training Conference, Concord, NH. Fundraising workshop aimed at rivers, watershed, and environmental organizations.
New Hampshire State Advisory Council on Children with Chronic Illness and Disability, Concord, NH. Facilitate planning retreat.
New Hampshire Council on Fund Raising (CONFR), Manchester NH, Presentations on Strategic Planning and Sight-raising for Major Donors.
New Hampshire Organization of Nurse Executives, North Conway, NH. Design and facilitate Planning Retreat based on Future Search model.
New Jersey Community Loan Fund, Trenton NJ. Board self-assessment in preparation for a retreat on board effectiveness, organizational development, and fund raising.
North American Riding for the Handicapped Association, Vermont Network, Burlington, VT. Seminars on board leadership and fund raising.
North Country Aquatic Center (NCAC), Hanover, NH. Pre-campaign planning study for $18 million campaign to build an aquatic center in the Upper Valley.
North Universalist Chapel Society, Woodstock, VT. Feasibility study, campaign counsel for $650,000 campaign.
Northshire Civic Center, Manchester, VT. Design, facilitate board retreats on transition from capital campaign to operating to governance board, roles and responsibilities.
Northwest (VT) Medical Center, See listing for Lake Champlain Housing Development Corporation.
Opera North, Hanover, NH. Board training in fundraising and solicitation skills.
Orton Family Foundation, Rutland, VT. Evaluation process for 4 projects of Rutland County community video project.
Outward Bound USA, Greenwich, CT. Counsel on alumni associations.
Parent to Parent of Vermont, Winooski, VT. Assessment, board development, facilitate strategic planning process based on Balanced Scorecard and Appreciative Inquiry.
Parish Players, Thetford, VT. Feasibility study for $178,000 campaign for renovations.
Pentangle Council on the Arts, Woodstock, VT. Facilitate board/staff planning retreat, board structure in support of the strategic plan goals.
Pine Ridge School, Williston, VT. Train management team on organization development, change management, systems problem-solving skills.
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, Williston, VT, Customer-focused Quality Initiative project with staff; annual board and staff retreats, with Susan Edsall.
Pyralisk Arts Center, Montpelier, VT. Counsel on Annual Fund, major donor and pre-campaign.
Race for the Cure, Central New York, Syracuse, NY. Board retreat on planning and fund raising.
Race for the Cure, Maine. Board retreat on organizational planning, Komen Foundation model.
Race for the Cure, Vermont, Manchester, VT. Board retreats on Komen Foundation planning model, fund raising, Race debrief.
Rockingham Meeting House, Rockingham, VT. Pre-campaign counsel for $175,000 for renovations.
Safer Society, Brandon, VT. Consult on organizational growth/board roles, fund raising, and development.
Safeline, Chelsea, VT. Board retreats on board roles and responsibilities and fundraising planning.
Shaker Museum, Enfield, NH. Pre-campaign counsel.
Sharon Academy, Sharon, VT. Fundraising counsel, board workshop on fundraising, solicitation skills.
Society for the Protection of NH Forests, Concord, NH. Feasibility study for $10 million campaign, with Alan Popp.
SouthEast Vermont Community Action (SEVCA), Westminster, VT. Training with Management Team on leadership, team building, communications, conflict management. Facilitate Strategic Planning Process and train department managers in planning process.
Spectrum Youth and Family Services, Burlington, Vt. Board Workshop, fundraising and solicitation Skills.
Spirit of Health, Royalton, VT. Planning retreat.
Springfield (MA) Public Schools Future Search Conferences on Creating Safe Schools, one of six facilitators, with Denise Cormier.
Stratton Foundation, Stratton Mountain VT. Train Board and staff in fundraising and solicitation skills. Facilitate Board Retreat. Second board retreat: self-assessment and board goals, factors that contribute to success, vision for 25th anniversary.
SUNY Cobleskill, Cobleskill, NY. Study Director, Pre-campaign Planning Study, with Demont and Associates.
Turtle Island Day Care, Montpelier, VT. Workshops on board/staff roles, responsibilities.
Twin Pines Housing Trust, Lebanon, NH. Board workshop on fundraising solicitation skills.
University of Massachusetts/Amherst, College of Food and Natural Resources, Department of Pre-Veterinary and Animal Science, Hadley Farm, Amherst, MA. Feasibility study for $2.5 million capital campaign.
University of Rochester, Simon School of Business, Rochester NY. Team development with freshmen classes, with TeamWorks, Hulbert Outdoor Center, Fairlee, VT.
University of Vermont, Affirmative Action and Human Resources, Burlington, VT. Planning and mission statement development.
University of Vermont Career Services, Burlington, VT. Problem-solving skills, strategic planning.
University of Vermont, Schools of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences, Burlington, VT. Planning retreat.
University of Vermont, Friends of the Horticulture Farm, Burlington, VT. Board planning retreat.
Upper Valley Land Trust, Hanover NH. Board workshop on development planning, solicitation skills.
Upper Valley Teacher Institute, (formerly the Upper Valley Teacher Training Institute), Lebanon, NH. Board strategic planning and development planning.
Vermont Achievement Center (VAC), Rutland, VT. Facilitate strategic planning process based on Drucker's Self-Assessment Tool and Appreciative Inquiry.
Vermont Agency of Administration, Department of Buildings and General Services, Montpelier, VT. Initial planning process: Future Search, incorporating Appreciative Inquiry and Balanced Scorecard; facilitation with Oversight Team and Initiatives Teams. Second planning process: 3-day Planning Summit based on Appreciative Inquiry.
Vermont Agency of Administration, Department of Libraries, see Vermont Library Association.
Vermont Alliance for Arts Education, Montpelier, VT. Board retreats for strategic planning.
Vermont Agency of Human Services, Assistive Technology Project, Waterbury, VT. Board development with new 501(c)3 to assess assistive technology needs state-wide and develop delivery system. Facilitate planning retreat.
Vermont Agency of Human Services, Child Care Division, Vermont School-age Care Network, Randolph, VT. Planning retreat.
Vermont Agency of Human Services, Community
Action Agencies See BROC, CVCAC, SEVCA, VACCRRA, Vermont Community Action Programs Directors, Vermont Weatherization listings.
Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, Parks Division, Waterbury, VT. 2-Day Planning Summit based on Appreciative Inquiry.
Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, Forestry Division, Waterbury, VT. 3-day Planning Summit based on Appreciative Inquiry.
Vermont Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations (VANPO), Montpelier, VT. Public workshops on Strategic Planning, Introduction to Fundraising, Annual Fund and Major Donor Cultivation and Stewardship, 2-day Fundraising Institute with Christine Graham.
Vermont Arts Council, Montpelier, VT. Board retreat on Dodge Foundation's Essential Feedback model and board organization in support of the strategic plan.
Vermont Association of Child Care Referral and Resources Agencies (VACCRRA). Planning retreats and facilitate follow-up meetings.
Vermont Association of Snow Travelers (VAST). Workshop on board/staff roles and responsibilities; board retreat on strategic planning, training with individual board committees.
Vermont Board of Libraries. Design and facilitate retreat: board roles and responsibilities, goals, actions, and implementation plan.
Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility (VBSR), Burlington, VT. Workshop on board/staff roles, overview of Carver and Chait board models
Vermont Community Action Programs Directors, Randolph, VT. CAP Directors' planning retreat in support of a grant application.
Vermont Community Foundation, Technical Assistance Program (VCF TAP), Middlebury, VT. Public workshops: Fundraising Institute. Fundraising Skills Lab. Group and Organization Development, Team Building, Asking for Money, Direct Mail Solicitation. (see also VANPO listing)
Vermont Community Loan Fund (VCLF), Montpelier, VT. Manage $750,000 permanent capital campaign. Board training in leadership issues, organizational growth/board roles.
Vermont Cultural Heritage and Tourism Council, Montpelier, VT. Strategic planning retreat and follow up.
Vermont Law School, So. Royalton, VT. Complete $5.2 million capital campaign, including final $1 million for $3.25 million building project.
Vermont Library Association and Vermont Department of Libraries, Rutland and Killington, VT. Annual Conferences, workshops on team building, recruiting and motivating trustees. Design and facilitate annual board retreat: self-assessment, visioning the future, establishing priorities among goals.
Vermont Marketing Partners, Montpelier, Vt. Facilitate a planning retreat among marketing interests of the Departments of Agriculture, Economic Development, Fish and Wildlife, forest Parks and Recreation, Historic Preservation, Tourism and Marketing, Information Centers, Employment and Training, and the Vermont Arts Council and Film Commission.
Vermont Museum and Gallery Alliance, Woodstock, VT. Board and staff retreat on strategic planning and implementation.
Vermont Natural Resources Council (VNRC), Montpelier, Vt. Board and staff training in development planning and fundraising, solicitation skills.
Vermont Network Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. Facilitate meeting, teach decision making and conflict management skills.
Vermont Nonprofit Management Education Project (needs assessment for individual professional development), with CPG Associates.
Vermont Public Educational Government (PEG) TV Access Retreat design and facilitation, contract with cable company, long range planning.
Vermont Public Interest Research Group (VPIRG), Montpelier, VT. Counsel on major gift program, strategic advice on organizational, board issues.
Vermont Public Television, Colchester, VT. Facilitate board retreat on future board activities. Facilitate three Community Listening sessions.
Vermont State Veterinary Board, Montpelier, VT. Board workshop on strategic planning toward professional license reciprocity in New England.
Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC), Winooski, VT. Team building, systems thinking, and quality management problem-solving skills for Educational Loan Fund Management Team.
Vermont Weatherization Program, Community Action Programs, Waterbury, VT. Design and faciliation for state-wide weatherization staff retreat on Best Practices and Service Improvement.
Vermont Youth Conservation Corps, Waterbury, VT. Campaign counsel, $3.5 million campaign. Board development. Recommend improvements in fundraising programs.
Visiting Nurse Alliance of Vermont and New Hampshire, White River Junction, Vt. Counsel on annual giving and development in general. Pre-campaign planning. Board workshop on philanthropy and solicitation skills.
Waldorf School, Norwich, VT. Board fundraising planning.
Washington County Youth Services Bureau, Monteplier, VT. Strategic planning process using Appreciative Inquiry.
Windsor County Partners, Windsor, VT. Fundraising, board development, and long-range planning.
Women's Wellness Program, Mt. Ascutney/Alice Peck Day Hospitals, Windsor, VT. Board workshops on program goals, organization development, and strategic planning.
Yestermorrow Design/Build School, Warren, VT. Board and staff retreats on planning. Pre-campaign counsel, overview of feasibility/planning study for capital campaign.
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