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[icon - video] Made to Stick  (55:53 minutes)
Chip Heath, GSB Professor of Organizational Behavior, "Made to Stick" based on his book of the same title.

The Act Process / Team Building

[icon - video] ACT Project Leaders
(1hour 34:12 minutes)
Panel of ACT Project Leaders and team members.
[icon - video] Ask ACT Knowledge Management (19:44 minutes) April Gilbert's presentation of Ask ACT Knowledge Management.
[icon - video] ACT Project Leaders Panel 
(1 hour 09:09 minutes)
[icon - video] Q&A (12:28 min)
ACT Project Leaders panel and video of Q&A session.
[icon - video] ACT Team Process
(1 hour 32:20 minutes)
[icon - pdf] Getting Your Voice Heard (704KB)
[icon - pdf] ACT Consulting Process (56KB)
[icon - pdf] Ideas for a Great ACT Project (38KB)
April Gilbert, ACT Executive Director; Cynthia Dai, ACT Project Leader; and Margaret A. Neale, GSB Professor on the ACT team process and managing teams of volunteers. Supporting documents include Getting Your Voice Heard , by Professor Maggie Neale , ACT Consulting Process and Ideas for a Great ACT Project.
[icon - video] From the Trenches
(56:26 minutes)
Project Leader Workshop: From the Trenches. Features experienced ACT Project Leaders Cynthia Dai, MBA '93, Dave Hoyt, MBA '79, and Fred Thiemann, MBA '67.
[icon - video] Ins and Outs of an ACT Project (21 minutes) Features Mary Simon, Resource Area for Teachers (RAFT); Bill Scilacci, MBA '49, Team Leader for RAFT project; Ellie Cohen, Executive Director of the Point Reyes Bird Observatory (PRBO); Jennifer Arthur, MBA '78, Volunteer for PRBO project; and GSB Professor James Phills, Center for Social Innovation co-director.
[icon - video] Unleashing Effectiveness and Efficiency in Teams
(53:45 minutes)
Co-sponsored by ACT and the Public Management Program. Features Margaret A. Neale and Gregory B. Northcraft.
 

Nonprofit Consulting

[icon - video] Diane Johnson Video
(47:28 minutes)
Diane Johnson, Chief Program Director, CompassPoint Nonprofit Services on the nature and challenges of the nonprofit sector.
[icon - video] The Value of Economic Clarity (35:38 minutes) The Value of Economic Clarity: ACT and Bridgespan Case Study Discussion Series, Part 2. Features Don Howard, MBA '90, Principal at the Bridgespan Group.
[icon - video] Challenges in Nonprofit Strategy Consulting
(51:36 minutes)
Challenges in Nonprofit Strategy Consulting: ACT and Bridgespan Case Study Discussion Series, Part 1. Features Don Howard, MBA '90, Principal at the Bridgespan Group.

[icon - pdf] Presentation PDF (704KB)

[icon - pdf] Discussion Document (HarlemChildren's Zone Case) PDF (704KB)

[icon - video] Nonprofit Consulting Skills
(45:21 minutes)

Nonprofit Consulting Skills—An Evening with the Experts, co-sponsored by ACT and the Public Management Program. Features Seth Barad, Principal at the Bridgespan Group and Maisie O'Flanagan, Associate Principal, McKinsey & Company.

[icon - pdf] Discussion Document PDF (704KB)

Notes & Resources Nonprofit Strategic Planning, co-sponsored by ACT and the Public Management Program. Features Jude Kaye, co-author with Michael Allison of "Strategic Planning for Nonprofit Organizations: A Practical Guide and Workbook".

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