C06 Session: CB for Organizational Effectiveness

Capacity Building for Organizational Effectiveness

Thursday, August 3, 2:15pm - 5:30pm

Track:  Capacity Building Models and Strategies

Presenters

Paul Connolly and Peter York, TCC Group

Description

A clear definition and model of "organizational effectiveness" is critical to the work of capacity builders and nonprofit organizations alike. Yet, the field has struggled for a long time with how to define organizational effectiveness. This workshop will present the results of TCC Group research on organizational effectiveness and capacity building and will present a research-based framework that identifies four core capacities of nonprofits: leadership, management, adaptive, and technical capacity.  The workshop will demonstrate how the framework can be applied to organizational assessment and strategic planning, acknowledging dimensions of organizational culture, lifecycle stages of development, mission and programs, and the resource environment.

About the Presenters

Paul Connolly, TCC Group

Paul Connolly is Senior Vice President at TCC Group, a 26 year-old firm that provides management consulting, strategic planning, and evaluation services to nonprofit organizations, philanthropies and government agencies. He is a seasoned consultant, manager, educator, and writer. He is especially knowledgeable about and experienced in organizational capacity building, strategic planning, grantmaking, evaluation, cultural participation, and social enterprise. Previously, Connolly was a management consultant for nonprofit organizations, working independently in New York and at Storey and Green Associates in San Francisco. He has held positions at Nonprofit Facilities Fund, in New York City government and at Pfizer Inc.'s Public Affairs Division, a Regional Development Authority in the Netherlands, and the U.K. Inner Cities Directorate.  Connolly received his Master's Degree in Public and Private Management from Yale School of Management, where he was awarded the Jess Morrow Johns Memorial Scholarship, and a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors from Harvard University.

Peter York, TCC Group

Peter York is Vice President and Director of Evaluation at TCC Group. York specializes in: designing and implementing evaluations of foundation-supported multi-site initiatives, community building initiatives and social programs; conducting strategic reviews of best practices to inform the development and implementation of foundation grantmaking strategies; and providing technical assistance to grantees around evaluation, program design and strategic planning. For several years preceding his work at TCC Group, York worked as a Research Officer for the Center for Assessment and Policy Development (CAPD), a policy and research firm in Pennsylvania. York conducted his graduate studies at Case Western Reserve University's Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, where he earned his Master's Degree in Social Service Administration and is “all but dissertation” in his Ph.D. work.