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C05 Pre-Conference: Association of Consultants to Nonprofits

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Sponsored by Center for Nonprofit Management - Kellogg School of Management

Association of Consultants to Nonprofits: Collaboration Among Capacity Builders, Funders and Nonprofits

Thursday 9:00am - 12:00pm

Price: $50 Members; $90 Non-members

Track: Collaboration

 

Presenters

Chantell Johnson, TCC Group; Valerie Hogan, Growth Strategies, Inc.; Tina Nolan, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum; Heather Parish, Strategies for CED and Finance; Toya Randall, Grand Victoria Foundation; Carol White, Consultant

Moderator:  Brigette Rouson, Alliance for Nonprofit Management

 

Description

Collaborative relationships can take many forms and result in the building of capacity for all parties involved.  As consultants to nonprofits, we have engaged in collaborations with our nonprofit clients, with funders, and with each other.  Through these collaborative relationships we have developed our own capacity while simultaneously developing the capacity of our collaborating counterparts (e.g., nonprofit organizations and funders alike), often our clients. 

Through this session, we will share some of our learnings about how best to set up a collaborative capacity building relationship (e.g. how to establish clear roles and responsibilities, scope of work, etc.), what we have learned (e.g., how we have improved our consulting skills/practices), what our clients (nonprofit organizations and funders) have learned (e.g., knowledge, skills), and the ultimate value added for structuring the working relationship as a collaborative endeavor (e.g., outcomes for the collaborating entities). 

This session is for those interested in hearing first-hand how consultants and their clients work effectively in a collaborative manner to build capacity.  For this session, we will cite examples of capacity building in the areas of evaluation, organizational development, large scale collaboration across funders and nonprofits, and nonprofit strategic relationship development.

 

About the Presenters

 

HoganValerie Hogan, Growth Strategies, Inc.

Valerie Hogan, President of Growth Strategies, Inc., has more than 20 years of experience serving nonprofit organizations, governments and business corporations.  She specializes in strategic planning, and provides in-depth assistance focusing on project development, outcome measurement, and process improvement.  Ms. Hogan has expertise in a variety of fields including organizational development, service delivery, financial management, information technology, training programs, and association management.  Ms. Hogan has been a consultant for the past 8 years, preceded by 15 years of employment in management positions.  Prior to starting her own business, Ms. Hogan was Vice President of a consulting firm that offered strategic management services to nonprofit organizations and small businesses.  She also has an extensive nonprofit management background including former positions as Executive Director of the Illinois Alliance for Aging, General Manager of Childs Play Touring Theatre, and Assistant Regional Director of an international environmental organization.  Ms. Hogan is a current Board Member and former President of the Association of Consultants to Nonprofits, which provides professional development, marketing opportunities and collegiality to 140 consultants in the Chicago metropolitan area. She also serves on United Way's Community Impact Panel, which is responsible for reviewing applications, conducting site visits, and making funding recommendations to the Chicago Council.

 

JohnsonChantell Johnson, TCC Group

Chantell Johnson: Johnson is a Senior Consultant and Associate Director of Evaluation at TCC Group. Johnson, Consultant and Associate Director of Evaluation, has experience in program evaluation, management and administration as well as organizational assessment and strategic planning.  She has conducted program evaluations and planning assignments for a range of organizations including state departments of education, school districts, private foundations, and non-profit associations.

 

Tina Nolan, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum

Christina Nolan joined the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum of the Chicago Academy of Sciences in 1999, serving as Coordinator of Interpretive Programs and then as Manager of Student and Teacher Programs.  As Director of Education, Ms. Nolan oversees all Museum-based education programs and charts the long-term course for education department initiatives.  Ms. Nolan guides all aspects of program evaluation at the Nature Museum, from developing and implementing internal evaluation to serving as the liaison between Museum staff and external evaluators.  Prior to joining the Notebaert Nature Museum, Ms. Nolan was a program coordinator and naturalist at the Emily Oaks Nature Center in Skokie, IL; program coordinator at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago; a zookeeper at Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, IL; and a research assistant in conservation biology for Conservation International in Washington D.C.  She holds a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

 

ParishHeather Parish, Strategies for CED and Finance

Ms. Heather D. Parish is an independent consultant who specializes in developing strategies and capacity-building initiatives for community economic development and finance, and entrepreneurial/business development.  She provides a wide range of technical assistance to community-based and non-profit organizations, foundations, public sector entities, and public/private partnerships.  Ms. Parish is also a staff consultant with the Women’s Business Development Center, where she provides entrepreneurial training and technical assistance to Minority and Women-owned businesses in the areas of business plan development, market research, financial analysis, needs assessment, and loan packaging.  Prior to establishing her consulting practice, Ms. Parish worked as a Public Finance Associate with Prudential Securities Incorporated, as a Senior Consultant with KPMG Peat Marwick’s Government Services Practice, and as a Fiscal and Policy Analyst for the California Legislative Analyst’s Office.   Ms. Parish holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Master of Public Policy degree from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, where she specialized in Housing, Community Development and Urban Economic Development.

 

RandallToya Randall, Grand Victoria Foundation

Toya joined the Foundation as grants manager in 2000.  In 2002, she was promoted to program director for Elgin Grantworks, a five-year funding initiative created to expand grantmaking and enhance Foundation partnerships in the community of Elgin.  In this position, Toya manages a general operating grants program, a unique capacity-building program, oversees a semi-annual resource publication and develops Foundation-sponsored learning opportunities for nonprofits.  Before joining the Foundation, Toya was executive director of New Spirit Neighborhood Organizing Office in East St. Louis, Illinois.  She is an executive committee member of the United Way of Elgin and co-chair of Chicago Grantmakers for Effective Organizations.  Created and supported by Grand Victoria Casino, the Foundation awards grants to Illinois nonprofit organizations in specific areas of education, economic development and the environment and has offices in Elgin and Chicago. Learn more about the Foundation at www.grandvictoriafdn.org.

 

RousonBrigette Rouson, Alliance for Nonprofit Management

Brigette Rouson, J.D., M.A., serves on the Alliance staff with a focus on cultural competency, racial equity, and professional resources.  In addition, she is principal of Rouson Associates/Paradigm Partners, a consulting practice for social change.  Brigette partners with colleagues to guide community and sector-wide initiatives, and also provides strategic planning, board and leadership development, and fundraising planning services. Brigette brings more than 20 years' nonprofit experience as a public policy attorney, grantmaker, board member, facilitator and scholar-activist. She is dedicated to nonprofit effectiveness from a “three-dimensional” perspective—fusing traditional organizational Development, Diversity, and the Dynamics of inner/energy work. Having completed Ph.D. coursework and specialized training, she is attentive to power relations—seeking equity across identities—and values insights from spiritual life coaching and social enterprise.  Previously, Brigette was on the consulting staff of the Management Assistance Group (MAG), and earlier directed a $4 million grantmaking and capacity-building collaborative at the Ms. Foundation for Women. Brigette is co-founder of the Alliance People of Color affinity group, and a member of the Faith-Based Capacity Building affinity group.  Memberships include the National Network of Grantmakers’ People of Color Caucus steering committee, Teaching for Change fundraising committee, Women & Philanthropy, and Project South.  Locally, she co-chairs the women’s foundation capacity fund, is a donor-organizer with its African-American Women’s Giving Circle, and serves on the board of social action of a United Church of Christ congregation. She is the proud mother of a middle-school jazz drummer and the spouse of a music educator.

 

whiteCarol White, Carol B. White & Associates, Inc.

Carol B. White & Associates focuses on developing high-impact marketing strategies which are grounded in a solid understanding of an organization's market. The firm works with clients to identify opportunities and solve problems using input from constituents (current/prospective users of services, staff, donors, volunteers, etc.). The process involves defining goals, identifying issues, broadening the view of possibilities, designing and implementing market research, and analyzing results to make decisions.  For more than fifteen years, Carol B. White consulted to Fortune 500 corporations, learning the best marketing practices across a variety of industries. Her marketing expertise has been successfully translated and applied to many nonprofit organizations. Carol holds a BA in Economics from the University of Michigan and an MBA in Marketing from the University of Chicago.