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C05 Session: Network Capacity-Building Initiatives

Network Capacity-Building Initiatives

Friday, July 15 9:00am - 10:30am

Track: Capacity Building Models and Techniques

Presenters

Bryan Barry and Sandra Jacobsen, Fieldstone Alliance (formerly Wilder Center for Communities)

Description

Helping clusters and networks of organizations achieve a shared goal and build scale is a more effective capacity-building strategy than simply responding to scattered technical assistance requests from individual organizations; it is also less expensive. This session will illustrate three different network capacity-building approaches — Leadership Foundations of America’s thirty-city network, Habitat for Humanity International’s Urban Program, and the Twin Cities-area New American Collaborative. These large initiatives link the resources of organizations within and across communities to successfully achieve their goals and build capacity across a broad spectrum of organizations.

About the Presenters

Bryan Barry, Fieldstone Alliance (formerly Wilder Center for Communities)

Bryan Barry is a Principal Consultant for the Wilder Center for Communities, which provides consultation and other assistance to more than five hundred nonprofit, government, community and for-profit organizations, and provides training for more than seven thousand leaders each year. Bryan has consulted on strategic planning, collaboration, community development and other topics with nonprofits, businesses, government, foundations and community groups across the country. He speaks frequently and writes on issues related to the effectiveness of nonprofit organizations and community development. Bryan is author of the Strategic Planning Workbook for Nonprofit Organizations, which is in its second edition and eleventh printing. Bryan holds academic degrees in organizational behavior, theology, and business.

Sandra Jacobsen, Fieldstone Alliance (formerly Wilder Center for Communities)

Sandy Jacobsen is a Managing Consultant with over 25 years of experience in leadership development, capacity building and organizational transitions in both for-profit and nonprofit organizations. For 20 years, Sandy was in a leadership position in the financial services industry, working with corporate, nonprofit and government clients throughout the U.S. She served as president of two banks and launched a national community development initiative. Recognizing the great need to share successful strategies between the sectors, Sandy transitioned to the nonprofit sector and stepped in as interim director of a nonprofit housing organization. She is able to apply her extensive practical experience and academic training to almost any challenge leaders and their organizations face. Sandy has degrees in economics and psychology.