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The Center for Public
Skills Training
Helping Determined Nonprofits Harness the Power of Shared
Vision
Frank Martinelli, President 
Frank Martinelli has over 35 years of work, training and consulting
experience with a variety of nonprofit and public sector organizations. He is
president of the Center for Public Skills Training where he specializes in
strategic planning, governing board development, volunteer management, and
community partnership and alliance building. Since 1976 over 25,000 professional
staff, board and other volunteer leaders have benefited from Frank's practical,
results-oriented training and consultation.
Frank served as a member of the national faculty of The Learning Institute, a
joint venture of the Society for Nonprofit Organizations, PBS, United Way of
America, and the University of Wisconsin-Extension designed to deliver training
through a range of emerging technologies. The Learning Institute, faculty and
partners were the recipient of the American Distance Education Consortium 2000
Award for the “Certificate of Excellence in Nonprofit Leadership and Management
Satellite Series” He has provided training and consultation to over 2000
organizations in the US including Peace Corps, Head Start, The Points of Light
Foundation, Association of Volunteer Administration, the American Camping
Association, Wisconsin Association of Homes and Services for the Aging,
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Medical College of Wisconsin, Greater
Milwaukee Committee, American Lung Association and others. From 1981-1992, Frank
served as Coordinator of THE RESOURCE CENTER, a major provider of training to
nonprofit groups in the Greater Milwaukee area.
A graduate of the University of Wisconsin with an M.S. in Urban Affairs,
Frank has done numerous workshops on nonprofit management topics with special
emphasis on involvement of the Board of Directors. Frank has written extensively
about the management of nonprofit organizations and is a contributing author to
the New Directions publication by Jossey-Bass, "Small Nonprofits: Strategies for
Fund Raising Success." He has been trained by the Peter F. Drucker Foundation in
the use of the Organizational Self-Assessment Tool. Frank has completed the
Advanced Board Consultant Training Program offered by BoardSource.
In 2001-2002, Frank co-designed and co-facilitated the Board Consultant Institute, a
professional development learning experience for consultants to increase the
number of skilled board consultants in the Milwaukee region. He also helped to
design and presently co-directs the YWCA Great Lakes Alliance Capacity Building
Project that provides a range of organizational capacity building services to 55
YWCA associations in the Midwest .
Frank has completed the Distance Education Professional Development
Certification Program offered at the University of Wisconsin and offers a number
of web-based and other distance learning offerings for nonprofits. Frank also publishes the
Strategic Thinking and
Planning Blog offering his reflections on strategic planning in the nonprofit
sector.
Frank served as a community organizer for the Citizen Action Program (CAP) in
Chicago and as a founding organizer and staff director of the Milwaukee Alliance
of Concerned Citizens. He also served as Senior Training Consultant to
ACTION/VISTA from 1977 to 1981.In addition to his professional work, since high
school days, Frank has played key roles in founding and leading a number of
nonprofit organizations.
TRAINING
Here is a sampling of some of the training programs Frank offers:
Other training can be custom designed to meet the special needs of your organization.
The training programs are designed to:
- Share specific skills, techniques, and information that have proven useful for other
groups.
- Challenge participants to focus on key issues so that they can arrive at a more critical
understanding of the problems facing their organizations.
- Result in practical solutions that will work back home.
CONSULTATION
Frank can also design specialized technical assistance programs to meet the unique
needs of your organization. Areas of expertise include:
- Strategic planning facilitation.
- Assisting leaders in planning and conducting high priority meetings and conferences.
- Board and staff retreats.
- Developing community collaborations and alliances.
- Annual reviews/updates of strategic plans.
- Specialized consultation to address particular organizational problems.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Names of client references can be furnished upon request. For more information, contact
Frank Martinelli, The Center for Public Skills Training, 2936 N. Hackett Avenue,
Milwaukee, WI 53211, (414) 961-2536, frank@createthefuture.com.
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Making Technology Work for You!
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Susan Biro
Creative Information Systems
provides independent computer and internet consulting,
training, and services. Susan has more than twenty-five years of work experience in the
information technology field. She founded Creative Information Systems in
1980 and works with a wide variety of organizations. As an emerging technology consultant, Susan has created custom
databases, helped to design multimedia presentation facilities, and developed
numerous applications requiring a broad understanding of state-of-the-art
information tools. Clients have included: S.C. Johnson & Son, the City of
Milwaukee, Aqua Chem, Milwaukee Associates in Urban Development (MAUD), the
University of Wisconsin, Cleaver Brooks, Marquette University, St. Francis
Hospital, American Family Insurance, the
Health Education Center, Wauwatosa School District, La Casa de Esperanza,
Milwaukee Public Schools, M & I
Data Services, Next Generation Now, the Center for Self Sufficiency, and others.
Susan has worked with a wide range of computer and video
equipment, as well as numerous software packages including: Word,
Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Publisher, Outlook, FrontPage, and Photoshop.
She is currently involved in designing and facilitating
Create the Future Webinars.
Susan has a BA and MS from the University of Wisconsin
and a Web Master Certificate from Marquette University.
Click here to view a list of sample
projects.
Click here to read what others have to say about Susan's training and consulting.
TRAINING
CIS offers workshops covering a variety of topics, including:
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Names of client references can be furnished upon request. For
more information, contact Susan Biro, Creative Information Systems, (414)
961-3244, susan@createthefuture.com.
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