Nonprofit Professionals: Are you struggling with the complexities of running your organization when you’d rather be focused on delivering your mission?

Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed and under supported?
Are your fund development efforts not attracting the funding you need?
Do you have other unresolved issues that seem to always be in the way of getting your work done?

If you are an executive director, founder, president, program manager, fund developer of a nonprofit – you may be struggling with the burden of balancing administration with delivering the promise of your organization’s mission. Your results may be failing to live up to your expectations or hopes. You sometimes feel uncertain – not knowing where to start to get the results you want.

You might also be a board member or volunteer and are having trouble translating your for-profit business experience to the nonprofit world.

Do you want to . . .

• Know your actions are valuable, valued and clearly supportive of your mission.
• Have a solid, effective fund raising tool kit that makes fund development easier.
• Be supported by others in ways you may not even be able to envision at present.
• Manage your organization, program or department with integrity and authenticity, knowing that you are attaining your goals, and feeling great about it . . .

You can be a focused leader who balancesadministration and programs to deliver on your mission. You can be supported to identify what worries you about money – and see what you can do about it. You can have authentic satisfaction and effectiveness by achieving your real priorities – and acting on them with clarity and certainty.

Welcome. We’re delighted that you found us!

Hi, I’m Lorna McLeod, certified coach and owner of Creative Callings.And yes, there are better, more successful ways to manage your nonprofit or small business. With the Creative Callings approach, you’ll manage your organization, apply for grants and other funding, and deliver your mission’s purpose with greater clarity, focus and ease. You’ll learn to use management tools developed and tested with hundreds of nonprofit organizations, leaders, and individuals much like yourself. I use a coaching process learned at the Academy for Coaching Excellence in Sacramento which I have used with clients for fifteen years.

“Lorna McLeod coached my grant writer and me through the grant process. The experience was filled with learning as the clarity and integrity of Lorna’s ideas gave us clear feedback. We enjoyed the rapport that was quickly established over the phone that allowed for an openness and honesty we valued highly.” Music Director, Seattle, WA

Creative Callings can help you at whatever level you need. From a free Grant Readiness Workbook , to telecourses in topics from Grant Readiness to The Energy of Money, to a comprehensive coaching and consulting program for individuals or groups, in person or by telephone and teleconference, we have exactly what you need to become more effective in managing your organization.

You can start building a stronger organization today by e-mailing me at lorna@creativecallings.com to receive your free Grant Readiness Workbook - which includes a detailed outline of all the activities you need to get your organization ready to write grants.

To learn more about Lorna McLeod, click here.

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