Authenticity Consulting Capacity Building for Nonprofits Peer Coaching Training | One-to-One Coaching | Consultant Development | Nonprofits Who We Are | Trainings | Publications | Free Management Library(SM) | Home | Contact Us Who We Are Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Partner Teri McNamara, Partner Andy Horsnell, Associate Ron Bulmer, Associate Rolfe Larson, MBA, Affiliate Darralu Lindholm, Affiliate Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Partner NOTE: We are proud to announce that the Minnesota Organization Development Network has awarded Carter, "Organization Development Practitioner of the Year," for 2004! Authenticity Consulting, LLC, co-founder, Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, is an internationally known expert in nonprofit capacity building. He has consulted to 100s of nonprofits, taught numerous courses about nonprofit capacity building, written many major publications about nonprofit capacity building, and trained 100s of nonprofit consultants. Carter consults primarily in the areas of nonprofit organization development, Boards, strategic planning, and leadership and management development He teaches the seminar "Nonprofit Organization Development and Change" for the Center for Nonprofit Management at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He also teaches the seminar "OD 101" for the Minnesota Organization Development Network (MNODN). He developed MNODN's OD Library, one of the world's largest online library's about organization development and change. He sits on the Board of Directors of the Minnesota Organization Development Network. His PhD included strong focus on nonprofit organization and management development and in peer learning programs. He is founder and developer of the Free Management Library (SM), one of the world's largest collections of well-organized, free, on-line resources for organizations. He is founder and developer of the on-line, Free, Nonprofit Micro-eMBA(SM) and Free Micro-eMBA (SM). He is founder and developer of Authenticity Circles(SM), the national action learning-based, peer learning development program. He is nationally recognized expert in Founder's Syndrome, a problem encountered by many organizations across the world. He has written a large number of publications, including Founder's Syndrome, Field Guide to Nonprofit Strategic Planning and Facilitation, Field Guide to Developing, Operating and Restoring Your Nonprofit Board, Field Guide to Nonprofit Program Design, Marketing and Evaluation, Field Guide to Leadership and Supervision and Managing Ethics in the Workplace (A Practical Guide). Carter has helped numerous businesses across the nation to customize and implement Action Learning-based, peer learning programs. Carter's doctoral work included use of Action Learning-based approaches to leadership and management development. He has written and spoken nationally about Action Learning-based programs. He has 20 years of real-world management experience in a variety of organizations, including startup, public-private, nonprofit and corporate. Carter holds a BA in Social and Behavioral Sciences, BS in Computer Science, MBA from the University of St. Thomas, and a PhD in Human and Organization Development from The Union Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio. "Among my Dakota and Absaroke people is a saying that I can only really translate into English using a double negative: 'I do not remember a time when I did not know him.' It is intended to point out and compliment one who has had a good, significant impact on another, an impact so great that one's history is changed. That is what I say to you, Carter, I do not remember when I did not know you." -- Jon Bell Teri McNamara, Partner Teri has strong, real-world expertise in systematic approaches to marketing and product/program design. Along with Carter McNamara, she co-consultants and co-leads numerous projects, including about: Nonprofit organization development Boards assessment and development Strategic planning Leadership and management development Teri is also director of Authenticity's publications services, which produces highly practical, step-by-step guidebooks about all of the most important practices for successful nonprofit organizations, including in the areas of : Organizational development and consulting Governance and leadership Strategic planning Programming Staffing Marketing Evaluation. Publications are sold to all forms of nonprofit capacity builders and to buyers from numerous countries across the globe. Andy Horsnell, Associate Andy has a unique combination of expertise and skills in the field of nonprofit program development and entrepreneurship. His real-world expertise helps to make Authenticity Consulting's nonprofit program development and entrepreneurship services highly practical and realistic. For nine years, he worked as a consultant, trainer and assistant director of the (nonprofit) Acadia Centre for Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Over the last fifteen years, he has assisted several hundred aspiring entrepreneurs and dozens of nonprofit organizations to establish and grow their organizations. He designed the complete business development training curriculum for trainers and learners, offered by Neighborhood Development Corporation in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is a former senior associate with the National Center for Social Entrepreneurs and continues to provide mission-driven business development services to the clients of the Management Assistance Program for Nonprofits. He designed the training program to train nonprofit service providers how to develop and provide social entrepreneurship services (click here to view a description of the program). He has designed, delivered, managed and evaluated numerous nonprofit programs. He moderates the national, on-line discussion forum nonprofit_entrepreneurship. He has conducted extensive program evaluations, including on outcomes, so he understands requirements that programs prove results to funders, board, staff and clients He has developed a variety of practical business development tools and resources, including Social Entrepreneurship Toolbox, Exploring the Climate for Earned Income Development, Taking Stock of Your Earned Income Assets, and Identifying Your Best Earned Income Opportunities. Ron Bulmer, Associate Ron Bulmer, BSc, BEd, offers leadership expertise built upon his success as an entrepreneur, educator and community development advocate. Ron helps businesses and non-profit organizations translate opportunities into growth, and coaches leaders to focus on reflection, learning and action to gain insights. Combining collaboration with execution results in maximum benefit for the organization. Ron: Facilitates peer coaching groups Is completing requirements for certification program in Authenticity Consulting's Authenticity Circles facilitation and program design Experience as a non-profit executive, leading a provincial woodlot-owner association Leads non-profit Boards in long-term planning based on appreciating strengths within the community and modeling organizational systems so that leverage points are identified for maximum return on investment Has his permanent teaching license in Nova Scotia Demonstrates personal leadership by running for election to represent his local school Board district as trustee Manages and develops rental properties Owned, grew, managed and sold a cleaning franchise with 15 employees Created, grew and sold a family-operated holiday greeting card business Rolfe Larson, MBA, Affiliate The primary focus of Rolfe's work is earned income ventures and social enterprises. His primary areas of service include: Strategic planning Feasibility Marketing Business plans Examples of the types of industries in which Rolfe has worked include: healthcare, social service, environment, arts, gift shops, coffee shops, music marketing, and nonprofit theaters. Rolfe is an Adjunct Professor at the Center for Nonprofit Management, College of Business, University of St. Thomas, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. At the Center, he: Designs curriculum and teaches workshops on social entrepreneurship, including market analysis, business planning and Internet strategies Teaches an MBA course on marketing for nonprofits & service organizations Rolfe is author of the publication, Venture Forth! The Essential Guide to Starting a Moneymaking Venture in Your Nonprofit Organization, published by Fieldstone Alliance. The book is: Practical, step-by-step venture development guide for nonprofits Endorsed by social enterprise leaders including: Peter Brinckerhoff, Greg Dees, Jed Emerson and Paul Newman of Newman's Own. Publisher: Fieldstone Alliance. Funded in part by a grant from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation The publication is available by clicking here. Darralu Lindholm, Affiliate Darralu has a wide range of experience in grant review and grant making, management of multi-site corporate volunteer and grant-making committees, resource development, marketing, and communications in the for-profit and nonprofit sectors. She has shared her experience with nonprofits, foundations, and corporations on a local and national levels. Her professional and personal commitments have included: Resource development consultant with nonprofit organizations in integrated development planning, foundation and corporate grant applications, annual campaigns and membership development. Marketing and communications consultant, developing strategies and producing newsletters, annual report, committee guides, newsletters; copy editor and proof reader for graphic design firm. Manager of corporate community affairs committees for a national foundation with offices in multiple cities across the country, preparing and overseeing budgets for each, and training of each committee. Developer of multi-state corporate giving programs, preparing and managing budgets for each site, and training of separate committees. Advisor to national foundations and corporations in reviewing grant requests and developing grant guidelines, and preparing and managing budgets. Program officer with a major foundation headquartered in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. Note on intellectual property Free Management Library and Free Nonprofit Micro-eMBA are service marks of Authenticity Consulting, LLC, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 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