Heather Carpenter, MMNA

Heather is passionate about the nonprofit sector and is an enthusiastic presenter. She speakers and provides trainings on a variety of nonprofit related topics.

She currently teaches the following seminars and courses:

At the University of San Diego

• EDLD503 Nonprofit Finance

At John F. Kennedy University

• Jumpstart Your Passion: How to Successfully Start and Run Your Own Nonprofit Organization

• Nonprofit Operations: Strategies and Steps for Successful Mission Achievement

Other Presentations:

• Carpenter, H. "Using Social Media to land your next Job or Promotion." Opportunity Knocks Webinar. February 26, 2009.
  

• Carpenter, H. "The Nonprofit Congress as a New Social Movement." Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA. November 21, 2008.
  

• Altman, S., Carpenter, H., Strom, S., Van Horn, T. "Professional Education for the Nonprofit Sector: American Humancs Alumni Speak Out." Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA. November 21, 2008.
  

• Bies, A., Boyd, T., Carpenter, H., Rehnborg, S. J. “The Impact of Nonprofit Academic Programs on the Practice of Nonprofit Leadership and Management” Academy of Management Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA. August 11, 2008.

• Carpenter, H. “Discussion about Nonprofit Blogging and its Impact on the Careers of Nonprofit Managers” Academy of Management Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA. August 8, 2008.

• Carpenter, H., Perry, R., Thurman, R., "Trying it On an Intergenerational Conversation Exercise" Nonprofit Congress National Meeting, Washington, D.C. June 2, 2008. (Canceled)
  

• Carpenter, H. “A Systematic Approach to Purposeful/Maximum-Variation Sampling in Qualitative Research” Nonprofit West Coast Data Conference, Tempe, AZ. April 5, 2008.

• Carpenter, H. “Professional Development for Nonprofit Managers, A Different Approach: Collaborative Learning through a Wiki, Blog and Hands on Discussion” Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA. November 17, 2007.

• Barbeito, C., Carpenter, H., Mesch, D. “Building Human Resource (HR) management capacity within nonprofits: A discussion of research and practice” Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA. November 16, 2007.

• Carpenter, H., Chien, J. “How to Improve Your Nonprofit Operations in Less than Two Months” Craigslist Foundation Boot Camp, Berkeley, CA. August 20, 2006.

• Discussion Leader, Netsquared Conference, Cisco, San Jose, CA. May 2006.

• Key Note Speaker, Nevada Women’s Symposium, Cottey College, Nevada, MO. March 2005.

• Speaker, Christian’s Business Women’s Breakfast, Walnut Creek, CA. March 2004.

• Guiding over ten organizations through the start-up phase of creating a board of directors, business planning, applying for 501c3 status and beginning fundraising efforts.

• Providing short-term administrative, accounting, information technology, human resources, and fundraising consulting to a number of nonprofit organizations.

• For a more detailed list of projects please see Heather's Vita.

References and list of previous clients available upon request.

Heather is not taking on any new clients at this time. She recommends and works closely with Emily Davis of EDA Consulting and Tom Cesarini of Social Sector Consulting.