BEST WORKSHOPS

BEST Workshops 2003-2006

Presenter Workshop Title Audience Date
Susan Kenny Stevens,
Senior Consultant, Larson
Allen
 Nonprofit Lifecycles Funders /
Consultants		 7/03
Jim Vallencourt, Executive
Director of the Center for
Nonprofit Management,
Nashville		 Center for Nonprofit Management:
Using the AFD
(internal diagnostic tool)
as part of a comprehensive
organizational analysis		 Funders /
Consultants		 7/03
Paul Connolly, Senior Consultant,
The Conservation
Company (now TCC Group)		 Logic Model Development
for the BEST Project		 Funders /
Consultants		 12/03
Victor Chears, Consultant
and TransitionGuides Midwest
Associate		 Executive Transition Management
(ETM)-The Role of
the Consultant		 Funders /
Consultants		 7/15/04
Linda Wasche, BEST Consultant Marketing and Public Relations Agencies 1/20/05
Karen Aldridge-Eason, Governor’s
liaison to Foundations
and Former C.S. Mott
Flint Program Director

Panel:
Pat Lockwood, Emerald
Ash Bore Policy Director
and former Legislator

Sam Singh, President &
CEO, Michigan Nonprofit
Association

Erin Skene, Michigan Public
Policy Initiative Director,
Michigan Nonprofit Association
 Advocacy Agencies 1/20/05
Virginia Blankenhorn, Pros-
Write
 Fund Development Agencies 2/17/05
Cynthia Koch, BEST
Consultant
Beverly Seiford, BEST Consultant		 Collaborations and Partnerships Agencies 2/17/05
David Medema, Medema
Consultant Associates
Sue Southon		 Strategic planning and
logic models		 Agencies 3/24/05
Karen Gaskins Jones, Principal,
JLH Associates		 Succession Planning for
the BEST Project		 Funders/
Consultants		 3/31/05
Joan Hanpeter, Leadership
Group, BEST Consultant

Lynda Jeffries, Leadership
Group, BEST Consultant

Lynda Ronie, Leadership
Group, BEST Consultant
 Building Strong Nonprofit
Boards		 Agencies 4/21/05
Karen Gaskins Jones, Principal,
JLH Associates

Tom Adams, President and
Senior Managing Partner,
TransitionGuides		 Succession Planning and
Transition Management		 Agencies 5/19/05
Dr. Mark Perry, Associate Professor,
School of
Management, University of
Michigan-Flint;

Lynn Larkin, Program Officer,
Community Foundation of
Greater Flint;

Susan Morrell-Samuels, Prevention
Research Center,
University of Michigan;

Pam Hawkins, Bruce Bradley,
Kay Kelly-Community Cultural
Plan

Bob Beckley, Genesee Land
Institute;

Diana Kelly, Community Investment,
United Way of
Genesee County		 Trends in the Genesee
County Economy; Community
Presentations:
Community Challenge,
Arts and Culture, Land
Use Institute, Bridges to
the Future, Prevention
Research Center		 Funders/
Consultants		 2/11/06
Jesse Bernstein, Capacity
Building Consultants, BEST
Consultant;
Mathwon Howard, Fundraising
Focus, BEST Consultant;
Linda Wasche, LW Marketworks
and BEST Consultant		 Strategic Planning, Market
Research and Fund
Development: An Ongoing,
Interactive Process		 Agencies 5/11/06
Neel Hajra, Chief Operating
Officer, NEW Center
Diane Jones, Program Director,
Nonprofit Facilities Center		 Your Organization’s
Home Base: Facility Considerations
and Planning
Tools		 Agencies 6/15/06
Liza Culick, Senior Manager,
La Piana Associates		 Due Diligence Workshop Funders /
Consultants		 6/19/06

--Project Guide Table of Contents--

  1. Introduction
  2. Start Up
  3. Process
  4. Infrastructure
  5. Evaluation
  6. Resources
  7. Bibliography
  8. Glossary
  9. Appendix A: Demographics
  10. Appendix B: BEST Workshops
  11. Appendix C: Other Events
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