Resources
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Check out the Personal Compass to help guide difficult transitions and support personal vision planning. The poster-sized Graphic Guides are designed to lead a group through a specific process to achieve tangible results. The Graphic History, Context Map, and Graphic Gameplan are some of my favorites.
Links to Other Consultants
Sequoia Consulting Associates, LLC
Supporting organizations to do their best work.
http://sequoiaconsulting.com/
Consultants and Coaches for the Arts
As individual consultants, or in teams, we help small and large arts organizations (non-profits or for profit), individual artists, cultural institutions, funders and philanthropists, government agencies and multi-million dollar institutions, with one-time projects or extended engagements. In each case, we provide creative solutions customized for each client's needs. http://www.consultantsforthearts.com
Sabrina Klein of Creative Education Consulting
Creative Education Consulting is committed to facilitating ongoing conversations within networks of community leaders, artists, educators, administrators, policy makers, funders, and business leaders to articulate the core values of the arts and to inspire action in support of these values.
creativeeducationconsulting.com
Compasspoint
CompassPoint Nonprofit Services is a consulting, research, and training organization providing nonprofits with management tools, strategies, and resources to lead change in their communities. With offices in San Francisco and Silicon Valley, we work with community-based nonprofits in executive transition, planning, boards of directors, finance systems and business planning, fundraising, and technology.
compasspoint.org
James P. Shannon Institute for Leadership Development
The mission of the James P. Shannon Leadership Institute is to nurture the creativity and vitality of proven leaders of philanthropic, civic, and community-serving organizations.
http://www.wilder.org/shannon.0.html
National Community Development Institute
NCDI is a technical assistance and training organization that works to build capacity in communities of color and other low-income communities.
www.ncdinet.org/home.htm
Rita Casey
Specializes in recruiting, hiring and other human resource needs for the smaller organization.
www.ritacasey.com
CodeGeek.Net
A website design and development firm that specializes in elegant design, effective site management, site maintenance, e-commerce and more. They excel in customer experience, education & value. They design and develop websites locally and nationally - And have happy clients from NY to CA. View their portfolio!
www.CodeGeek.Net
Creative Capacity Fund
Provides funding for a wide range of professional development and peer learning opportunities to strengthen the work of artists and arts administrators. http://cciarts.org/ccf/
Shining Star Consulting, Monte Meyers MBA, CMA, Principal:
Helping nonprofit organizations improve their financials systems and processes, pass audits, create effective budgets, develop clear policies, create financial reports and provide financial analyses. http://shiningstarconsulting.com/
Check out some of my favorite Bay Area Retreat Centers for your next Board or Staff retreat:
Ralston L. White Retreat, Mill Valley www.uccr.org/rlw.htm
Marconi Conference Center, Marshall www.MarconiConference.org
Westerbeke Ranch Conference Center www.westranch.com
Westminster Retreat Center www.uccr.org/westmin.htm