C06 Session: Making a Difference

Is Your Work Making a Difference?

Thursday, August 3, 9:00am - 10:30pm

Track:  Capacity Building Models and Strategies

Presenters

Terrie Temkin, NonProfit Management Solutions, Inc.; Christine Marquez, JVA Consulting, LLC

Description

Capacity builders seek to strengthen the nonprofit sector.  Do we succeed? How do we know whether we are working on the highest playing field?  This session will challenge all consultants to look at their own practices as a reflection of the field. An interactive discussion will focus on the following questions and others:  How do you develop consistent quality in your services? How do you ensure continuous improvement and measure change? How are you advancing the field? What aren't you doing that you need to be doing to strengthen the sector?  Presenters will facilitate group discussion of these questions, and record the shared lessons and thinking for dissemination to all Alliance members.

About the Presenters

Terrie Temkin, NonProfit Management Solutions, Inc.

Terrie Temkin, Ph.D. has been a consultant for 12 years.  She is the president of NonProfit Management Solutions, Inc., an international consulting firm specializing in governance and planning, and a principal in CoreStrategies for Nonprofits, Inc., a consortium of consultants transforming organizations to better impact their communities. Among her clients are: the National Council for Voluntary Organizations (England), the Center for Innovative Programming – Azerbaijan NGO Project, Zaapkass (Kenya), the Alpha One Foundation (International), the National Epilepsy Foundation, the National Immune Deficiency Foundation, the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition, the National Wildlife Refuge Association, Pilot International, and National Business Volunteers for the Arts.

An award-winning speaker and an engaging group facilitator, she brings more than 30 years of nonprofit management and adult education experience to her work. For five years Dr. Temkin authored the biweekly "On Nonprofits" column in the Miami Herald – a column she continues to write for a dozen AFP chapters and community foundations. She has written three books, has chapters in three others, and has written and presented numerous papers. She's a frequent contributor to the major nonprofit publications. In addition, she teaches governance as an adjunct faculty member for Florida Atlantic University's Master's Degree in Nonprofit Management.

Christine Marquez, JVA Consulting, LLC

Christine Marquez, MNM, is the Director of Capacity Building and Consulting at JVA Consulting, LLC.  Christine oversees JVA’s team of facilitators, trainers and consultants and serves as the Project Director for the Colorado Compassion Initiative. She is a Master Facilitator and has trained and certified JVA’s team of facilitators. Christine has conducted dozens of strategic planning sessions, fund development sessions and large conferences. Christine is also an expert trainer with a background in teaching. Together with JVA’s team of consultants, Christine designed an 11-module workbook series on nonprofit management topics for the Colorado Compassion Initiative (CCI). She has designed workshops and trained thousands of people across the country on sustainability, fundraising, grant writing, governance and other topics as a featured trainer at conferences.  Finally, Christine has provided one-on-one consulting to dozens of nonprofit organizations, including the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Denver Metropolitan Affiliate; Civic Center Conservancy and the Youth Foundation. She is fluent in English and Spanish and oversees JVA’s Alta Mira consulting arm, specializing in consulting services to Latino organizations. Christine is also very active in the community, serving as the Chair on the Board of Trustees of Escuela de Guadalupe and on the Education Committee for the Assocition of Fundraising Professionals, Colorado Chapter.