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Campaign Design Workbook

This workbook will guide you through designing your fundraising campaigns, from getting inspiration to testing, with your team’s strengths in mind.

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Build a GREAT Board: Nancy’s Relationship-First Framework

Board relationships don't have to be a constant drain or feel like choosing between being supported and being frustrated.

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Tell Me More Words: Dianna's Journey Beyond Right and Wrong

Dianna Tremblay has spent years learning that the phrase "tell me more words" can transform any situation where you're tempted to pick sides. Instead of getting trapped in who's right and who's wrong, she's discovered how to create new possibilities by getting genuinely curious about what's happening

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Budget-Building That Delivers: Amy Omand's Secret to Numbers That Make Sense

Amy's approach makes budgeting straightforward and human — with a process that involves the right people at the right time, creates ownership instead of resentment, and gives you something you can actually use throughout the year.

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Molly Christiansen

People come to me for: coaching senior + rising leaders of mission-driven orgs; facilitating peer groups of leaders; designing + facilitating retreats; Advising + thought partnership to mission-driven orgs on organizational development, team leadership, strategy, and impact especially during periods of growth and transition, when there tends to be a ripeness for evolution. I am a certified integral coach through New Ventures West and bring 20+ years building, leading and advising growing high-impact organizations.

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Laila Plamondon

People come to me for: help turning their management intuition into concrete skills. Straight talk about leadership—no corporate jargon, no cookie-cutter solutions. They're managers who refuse to be ordinary and want to develop a leadership style that's authentically theirs while building teams that actually thrive.

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Michael Chae

My favorite kind of project is:

*Supporting, coaching and developing leaders

*Rethinking strategy, aligning organizational focus and performance on priorities, and situational consultations

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Kate Harris

My favorite kind of project is: a messy one. Good, smart, and kind people who care a lot can sometimes get themselves and their organizations into a pickle. I love pickles! And yes, I like them on sandwiches. But I also love helping people out of their metaphorical pickle. It comes from a belief that there is always a way out - we just have to find it. Everyone - and I mean everyone - has a valuable role to play in working through it. Sometimes folks just need a little help.

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Cindy Vatalaro

My favorite kind of project is: One with a clear goal to improve social impact and include like minded people like me.

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Chris O’Brien

My favorite kind of project is: one that is big, messy, important, and needs someone to bring it all together to make it go. It's one that afterwards people are excited to go DO because it's going to have a meaningful impact and we are excited to try out our design

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Amy Omand

People come to me for: Nonprofit financial management best practices -- from streamlining transactional processing, to understanding and interpreting financial statements, or planning financially for the future, I can provide sound advice from 20+ years experience leading finance teams of nonprofits.

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