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Expertise in Board Development, Volunteer Management,
Leadership and Planning

Jeanne H. Bradner is a well-known and nationally respected author, consultant, presenter and speaker. She is the author of Passionate Volunteerism, The Board Member's Guide, A Beneficial Bestiary and Leading Volunteers for Results. She is also a contributor to the John Wiley Handbook of Volunteer Management and Nonprofit Handbook: Management: Her web page on boards and committees is a regular feature at http://www.volunteertoday.com.

Career highlights include serving as Director of the Illinois Governor's Office of Voluntary Action, providing support and technical assistance to nonprofit and government efforts throughout the state. In 1990, she was appointed Midwest Regional Director of ACTION, the agency responsible for VISTA and senior volunteer programs. Recent clients include the Illinois Commission on Community Service, for whom she set up the AmeriCorps program in Illinois, and innumerable nonprofit and government agencies throughout the United States. She is the volunteer management program specialist for Illinois' Harper College Certificate Program in Volunteer Management. She was the 1996 recipient of the International Association for Volunteer Administration Harriet Naylor Distinguished Member Service Award.

Jeanne presents workshops, seminars and speeches to nonprofits, community groups, government agencies and corporations on such subjects as:

  • Seven Steps to a Better Board
  • Making the Most of Your People Power: Volunteerism in the 21st Century
  • Designing Your Future: Strategic Planning
  • Leading the Way with Style and Conviction
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  • What Did You Really Achieve? Outcome Measurement of Volunteer Programs
  • What is the "Right" Thing to Do? The Ethics of Volunteer Management
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  • Principle-focused Conflict Management
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  • It Starts With You: Building Esteem for the Volunteer Management Profession

Jeanne Bradner may be contacted at:
 1011 Oak Street, Winnetka, IL 60093
Phone: 847/446-7561
Fax: 847/441-5617
E-mail: [email protected]