Carolyn J. Curran

519 East 11th StreetNew York, NY 10009

212-614-0864carolyncurran@mindspring.

com www.carolynjcurran.com

Organization Services In Partnership With Nonprofit Staff and Board

Leaders

Carolyn J. Curran involves staff and board leaders in building leadership and a sense of community in their organizations through consulting, coaching, facilitation, training and writing.

Carolyn J. Curran involves staff and board leaders in building leadership and a sense of community in their organizations through consulting, coaching, facilitation, training and writing.

Management

Board Development

Evaluation

Strategic Planning

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Capacity Building for Change ®

All of her work is informed by her experience and knowledge of the nuts and bolts of organizational systems.

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Some Sponsors of Carolyn’s Services

FoundationsBertelsmann FoundationBooth Ferris FoundationFund for the City of New YorkMary Reynolds Babcock FoundationNew York FoundationNew York Women’s FoundationRockefeller Brothers FundUnion Square Awards

Corporations Chemical BankCon EdisonJ.P. Morgan ChaseMcDonald’s

GovernmentNational Endowment for the ArtsNYC Department of Youth & Community DevelopmentSouthern Arts Federation (VA, GA, NC) State Arts Agencies (AZ, NY, PA, PR, SC, VI)U.S. Gov., Centers for Disease Control

Nonprofit OrganizationsAsian American Arts AllianceBailey HouseBronx Council on the ArtsBrooklyn in Touch/The Nonprofit ConnectionCasa Aboy (PR)Girl Scouts USA (NY, OR, NJ, PA, KS)Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance (PA)Hispanic FederationMedia Associates (DC)St. Croix Arts Council (VI)Support Center for Nonprofit Management

Four decades strengthening nonprofit Four decades strengthening nonprofit management, management,

nationally and in the Caribbean nationally and in the Caribbean

Sample ProjectsManagementLeadership SuccessionPerformance Management SystemsSupervision Training Team BuildingDiversity Personnel PoliciesStaff DevelopmentOrganization RestructuringExecutive Coaching Career Coaching

Board DevelopmentBoard Development Retreat FacilitationBy Laws Compliance & StructureBoard Leadership SuccessionBoard Recruitment Services Establishing Board Board/Staff Relations

Clients for each projectavailable on request

Strategic PlanningStrategic Plans Strategic Planning Retreat FacilitationPlanning Training Organization LifecyclesOrganization Culture Mission

Evaluations & AssessmentsOrganization assessmentsProgram impact evaluation Capacity building assessment plansAssessment trainingTools: Management Analysis Checklist (MAC) & Logic Model

WritingStrategic PlansProposal WritingNewsletter Editing Formal Annual Report/ProspectusCurriculum and Instructor textsNews Reporting & Editing

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Hallmarks of Carolyn’s Work With Clients

Client’s role able to embrace the stresses of change providing leadership & reassurance for change giving and receiving support eager to learn

Carolyn’s role:responsible for deliverable goals rather than “on the clock”promotes: - an open environment for learning- leadership at all levels- a systems approachuses storytelling to:- promote narrative learning- connect to client authentically - build community-value meaning over measuring- have fun

Carolyn & Client Share Responsibility for Successengaged in the worklearninglistening honest & authenticconnecting to people involving people in decisions that affect them willing to take reasonable risk optimistic negotiable on power and control issues avoiding blame accountable in agreements and behaviors able to discuss process

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Carolyn’s Facilitation Builds Leadership & Community

Not your grandmother’s “meeting management”

METHODS/TRAINING Appreciative Inquiry: Mary Ann Rainey,

Denise Lalonde, etc Institute for Cultural Affairs, Community

organizing National Endowment for the Arts, City Spirit

Program Institute for the Advancement of Group

Studies, Group development Open Space Technology, Harrison Own, Karen

Davis Reality Therapy, Dr. William Glasser Tribes Learning Community

BOOKS How to Make Meetings Work: The Interaction

Method, D. Straus etc Open Space Technology, Harrison Owen Taking Part, Lawrence Halprin, Architect The Circle Way: A Leader in Every Chair,

Christina Baldwin etc. The Thin Book of Appreciative Inquiry, Sue

Annis Hammond The Encyclopedia of Positive Questions, Diana

Whitney etc. Tribes: A New Way of Learning and Being

Together, Jeanne Gibbs Winning Through Participation, Laura Spencer

Facilitation Resources Used

Carolyn’s unique approach to facilitation is an amalgam of cutting edge facilitation technology developed by the giants of invention with whom she has worked and studied, including the authors, facilitators and organizations listed below.

Techniques include: group process, large group intervention, community building and peace, SOAR (strengths, opportunities, assets and results), building commitment through involvement, and participatory learning design.

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Articles Published in national, peer-reviewed journals. Available on website www.carolynjcurran.com

The OD Practitioner, Organization Development Network Taking an Organization to the Next Level 2009The Myth of Equality in Flatline Organizations 2002 (translated into Spanish, 2008) The Nonprofit Journal, Support Center for Nonprofit ManagementTaking OD To The Bank: Practical Tools For Nonprofit Managers & Consultants, co-author Miguel Bonilla, 2010Coaching Strengthens Nonprofit Leaders and Their Organizations 2008Build Better Communities With Better Management 2006Organizational Culture – the Path to Better Organizations 2005Performance Management – a Help or a Burden to Nonprofits? 2002

Book ChaptersWiley and Sons, 1998, The Nonprofit Handbook: Management (Managing Organizational Growth)Museum Council on Education,1977, The Museum as Educator (Seven Loaves)

Research Presentations Published in National Conference ProceedingsOrganization Development Network, 1998, Strengthening Community Values In The World Independent Sector, 1997, Seven Loaves: The Sweat Equity Miracle

Carolyn’s Publications

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Professional Experience

Executive Director Prints in Progress, Philadelphia’s first community arts organization Seven Loaves, community development arts coalition that became a national funding model (founder) The Skills Exchange, a national management assistance consulting service (founder) Island Center of St. Croix, a civic center for the performing arts

Evaluator and Panelist Chair, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs Panel Panelist, National Endowment for the Arts, Expansion Arts Evaluator, NEA Evaluator, NYS Council on the Arts

Board Officer Co-Chair, NY Technical Assistance Providers Network President, Organization Development Network of New York President, St. Croix Arts Council Secretary, Heartstone Housing Development Fund Corp

TeacherCurrent Adjunct Faculty: New York University School of Professional and Continuing Studies, Heyman Center For Philanthropy, New York, N.Y. How Experienced Nonprofit Managers Are Meeting Today's Challenges Adjunct Faculty : NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School Of Public Service 2002-2003 Managing Public Service Organizations Lecturer: Graduate Department of Urban Affairs and Planning, Hunter College, City University of NY 2008Human Resources Development and Strategic Planning

Trainer Designed and implemented over 300 seminars and workshops in national, regional and city-wide conferences and institutes. Samples:Foundation Center, 2010 Organization LifecyclesRight Management, 2010 State of Nonprofit Sector Employment in NYCSupport Center for Nonprofit Management, 2009 Turning Things Around With Appreciative Inquiry and Leadership Can be DevelopedOrganization Development Network, national conference, 1998 Strengthening Community Values in the World

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Carolyn’s Holistic Approach

Examples of clients engaged in multiple projects over time.

Organization Years

Sample Projects

Casa Aboy, PR

Charas

Church World Service International

Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies

Filipino American Human Services Inc.

Gay Men of African Descent

Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors

NYU Inst. for Education and Social Policy

Teatro Circulo

Ruth Williams Dance Foundation

Support Center for Nonprofit Management

Tokunaga Dance Ko

Women’s HIV Collaborative of NY

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Board development, strategic planning, program services

By laws, fund raising, training, board service, mission workshop

Strategic restructure, three parts

Capital fund drive, train volunteers & supervisors, culture change

Board development, demographic study, mission workshop, fund raising

Supervision training, executive coaching, board retreat

Board development (twice), staff development, fund raising

Capacity building, strategic plan, 2 retreats, fund raising, fiscal system

Fund raising, capital fund drive, board development, executive support

Leadership succession, board development

Consulting, training, publishing, my professional development

Mission, board development, board service, fund raising

Establish board and staff, by laws, fiscal system, strategic planning, mission and vision, executive coaching

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5 Good Reasons to Hire Carolyn

1. Her work increases impact of organizational missions.

2. She captures the spirit and intent of clients’ work.

3. Her approach positions the client to attract more support.

4. She’s a “super generalist” who addresses the whole organization.

5. She has a substantial body of experience with your type of organization.