A year ago in 2011, I became a “Certified Professional Facilitator” by the International Association of Facilitators. IAF’s mission is to “promote, support and advance the art and practice of professional facilitation” and their “professional facilitator designation offers clients an assurance that those who are certified are qualified to design and provide basic group facilitation services.” Continue reading
The foundation of my work comes from the five years I served as founding Executive Director of the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition. There’s one major theme that has emerged from both my work at the LACBC and my consulting practice: leadership development. Continue reading
I love facilitating retreats. I also enjoy building my own capacity to effectively facilitate retreats. I’m about halfway through reading a comprehensive book on facilitating retreats: Retreats That Work: Everything You Need to Know About Planning and Leading Great Offsites, by Merianne Liteman, Sheila Campbell and Jeff Liteman (yes, it’s possible to write a 500+ page book on retreats!).
Over the last 14 years, I have raised over $3 million for over 30 organizations. My experience with fundraising started with my role as founding Executive Director for the L.A. County Bicycle Coalition and continued with serving on the Board of Directors for both Sustainable South Bronx and the Alliance for Biking and Walking. I also worked as a Development Specialist at Enterprise Community Partners before launching my own consulting practice in 2005. Continue reading
The Board of Directors plays a critical leadership role for any nonprofit organization. General responsibilities of Board members include:
Not only does the Flintridge Center in Pasadena offer other workshops like the Board Development training I’m leading on April 17th, they also recently launched an innovative leadership development program. “The goal of Flintridge Center’s Millennium Leadership program is to support young leaders in developing the skills to successfully lead community-based organizations and social impact projects or to serve the public.”
Strategic planning answers the question where do we want to go and how do we want to get there for your organization. Note I emphasized the “we” because this is a decision-making process that the entire leadership of an organization needs to make together. This process can vary in length and intensity.
