Areas of Interest

• Appreciative Inquiry

  • Utilized for strategic visioning and finding common ground

  • Organizational clarification: What are you, what are you not

  • Identifying organizational strengths

  • Reconnecting to your organizational passion

• Board self-evaluation

• Board's role in philanthropy

• Clarifying board roles and responsibilities

• PANO Standards for Excellence, Trained and Approved Consultant

• Systems thinking

  • How different parts of a system interact

  • How they hurt each other

  • How they can help each other

• Transitioning boards from programmatic, to strategic, to generative

• Value of diversity on boards

• Visioning; Strategic Planning