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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 1800 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, formerly known as the National Center for Nonprofit Boards.
Frank has recently completed the Distance Education Professional Development
Certification Program offered at the University of Wisconsin and is presently
developing a number of web-based and other distance learning offerings for
nonprofits.
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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specializes in providing independent computer and internet consulting,
training, and services.
Susan Biro
Susan has more than twenty-five years of work experience in the
information technology field. She founded Creative Information Systems in
1980 and works as a consultant to a wide variety of organizations.
Specializing in emerging technology consulting, 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 U.S. Foreign Service Institute, the
Health Education Center, Wauwatosa School District, La Casa de Esperanza, M & I
Data Services, and others.
Susan has worked with a wide range of computer and video
equipment, as well as numerous software packages including: Microsoft Word,
Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Publisher, and Outlook; WordPerfect; Lotus 1-2-3;
Asymetrix Multimedia ToolBook; Authorware Professional; and Microsoft FrontPage.
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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