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Strategy, Communication, Development, and more, in service of Mission & Values.
Good questions, helpful answers.
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How Can I Help?
Nonprofit Leadership & Consulting
I help great organizations navigate through turbulence
to transformational impact. I have broad experience, deep knowledge, and proven expertise. I'm an inclusive, collaborative,
values-centric leader with strong leadership, strategy, management, communications, finance, development, and organizational growth and change skills.
I've served many nonprofits as CEO and as Executive, Associate, Development, Communications, & Interim Director...and as a consultant.
"Ken is a joy to work with: a great listener, creative thinker and asks the best questions of anyone I know. Ken's skills can move you forward."
A graduate of Harvard’s Kennedy School and a former journalist,
I blend a wide-ranging understanding of theories, practices, and people with firsthand experience from classrooms to protests to boardrooms. Through a variety of roles and organizations, I've worked with a diverse set of people, settings, and resource bases.
I've been fortunate to work with people who address injustices, bridge differences, build community, and develop leadership, with an emphasis on the rising generation. I'm deeply committed to finding shared values and strengthening our democracy,
I've been doubly fortunate to continually and humbly learn
from mentors, colleagues, and teachers about how to develop
my own capacity for supporting equity and belonging.
In all my work, I emphasize:
• diverse experiences and shared commitments
• hard questions, rather than easy answers
• compelling, measurable results.
"We're going to be a better organization because of your efforts. We've come a long way."
Communicating, Editing & Writing
I help writers/speakers/organizations find their authentic voices,
and engage readers/listeners/stakeholders in productive, respectful conversations that lead to intended outcomes.
If your goal is to share a specific message with a particular audience for a desired outcome, I can help. My goal is to help you communicate—clearly and compellingly—in your voice.
I’m an editor, journalist, and communications specialist. I’ve edited hundreds (thousands?) of professionally published articles, reports, scripts, websites—you name it. I’ve edited the manuscripts of three professionally published books. I’ve been a daily newspaper reporter, magazine features writer, and worked on the editorial staffs of several national magazines, including a stint as the Editor. I’ve served as Communications Director for nationally respected nonprofits, run campaigns, turned out reports and videos, and placed opinion pieces in major newspapers.
"[Ken's] editing skills are exceptional. He helped me reframe many ideas that could be convoluted or unclear to someone not familiar with the subject matter. He...also...caught and changed more errors than my publisher’s editor."
I'm also an effective, drama-free writer, fluent in a variety of writing styles: reports, blogs, op-eds, scripts, and more. I've had hundreds of pieces published on a variety of topics.
I respect your knowledge, intentions, and voice. As a seasoned professional, I can help you reach your goals.