Authenticity Consulting Nonprofit Business Development for enhanced impact and financial sustainability About Us Nonprofit Business Development Home | Business Development Services Resources | About Us | Contact Us | Other Services Among those of us listed below, we have almost 80 years of experience in consultation to business, both nonprofit and for-profit. Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Partner Teri McNamara, Partner Andy Horsnell, Associate Rolfe Larson, MBA, Associate Ron Bulmer, Associate Other Affiliates 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. 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. 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. Rolfe Larson, MBA, Associate 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 the 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. 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 Promotes a health and environment-related business to offer opportunities to those in the community to earn extra income to enhance their lives and reduce debt-loads Participates in a team that is researching municipal, provincial and national policies affecting entrepreneurs with disabilities Enables individuals to change quickly by using NeuroLinguistic Programing (NLP) techniques, resources and principles Maximizes return on investment by leveraging resources appropriately Other Affiliates We have a wide network of fellow consultants who share our approach to consultation and much of our values and beliefs. We often work with these consultants on various projects, depending on the outcomes and goals preferred by the client. Many of these consultants have been trained by us to achieve long-lasting solutions for clients. Our Values and Bold Beliefs We work from a set of values and beliefs unlike many other consultants. Our Values and Bold Beliefs Note on intellectual property Free Management Library and Free Nonprofit Micro-eMBA are service marks of Authenticity Consulting, LLC, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Leaders Circles is a registered service mark of The Management Assistance Program for Nonprofits in St. Paul, Minnesota. top Our Values and Beliefs We work from a set of values and beliefs unlike many other consultants. Our Values and Beliefs   Feedback about this page? Email us. Home Copyright 2000 Authenticity Consulting, LLC