Kayte Connelly
CCT
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Change Agent Offering Solutions for Community Engagement Expert
Kayte Connelly Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Leadership Coach, Organizational Development (strategic planning, governance, fund/business development, human resource training)
- Career Focus
- Fabulous author, energizing speaker, uncanny business owner
- Affiliation
- NAWBO,NAWBO Foundation, Art-Reach, WIPP, PANO, TriCounty Area Chamber, Chester County Chamber, MainLine Chamber, NARAS Philadelphia Chapter, Americans for the Arts Action Fund, Citizens for the Arts and many, many more.
As Chief Solutions Officer for Best Principled Solutions LLC Connelly brings more than 30 years of “in the field” experience working with nonprofits in leadership positions for both grassroots organizations through national foundations.
Connelly has served in many capacities in her own communities filling her responsibility for civic engagement and contributes two columns (one on tips for nonprofits, the other on women’s and girls’ organizations ) to the Philadelphia Women’s Jou al. She is a leadership coach, an organizational development consultant; certified as a ChangeWorks Trainer, a Standards for Excellence approved consultant and trained as a moderator by the Penn Center for Civic Engagement.
In her business, she has received the 2008 and 2009 Outstanding Membership Award from the National Association of Women Business Owners and the 2009 Small Business Philanthropy Award for inkind contributions from the Philadelphia Business Jou al.
She has served on various local, regional, state and federal task forces and peer review boards and believes that everyone has a responsibility to leave a legacy of leadership in their own special way. For more information, please go to
www. Bestprincipledsolutions.com where you’ll find lots of good stuff including a comprehensive resource page.
Free Articles & Book Excerpts
Limiting Beliefs of Nonprofits
http://www.pwjournal.com/Community
The Art of Giving
http://www.pwjournal.com/Community
10 Websites for End of Year Giving
blog.communitybusinessconnections.com
On Tasting Adversity
blog.communitybusinessconnections.com
Do You Know Where Your $$ Are or How They May Impact Your Grands?
blog.communitybusinessconnections.com
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T Falcon Napier offers "Building A Career That Matters"
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Why and How I Use LinkedIn?
Using any of the social networking tools can be overwhelming. Initial questions come to mind: What am I doing here? How come people say this is so great? What's so great about it? There are so many people here - how do I get their attention? Who is an expert? How have they achieved that status? Why do some people have 21,000 - are you kidding me - 21,000 contacts? How much time is enough time to spend on any of the sites? Which one is the "right" one for me? I could go on.
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Becoming More Productive Through On-line Collaboration
No one seems to have enough time to get things done. Goals, programs, products, services, customers, relationship farming, tending the herd, goals and family. Every minute of every day brings new demands on what little time we have to pay attention to them.
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Getting Your Grip on Advocacy
Recently, in a conversation with a community banking representative about the business of nonprofit agencies and civic engagement, she became quickly confused by my use of two terms. Advocacy was one of them. Governance the other. But she was a banker and couldn’t be expected to know what these terms were, unless she understood nonprofits.
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Amazing Groups Offer Astonishing Information for Advocacy Efforts
Across the spectrum of nonprofit organizations, a broad brush of advocacy conce s and efforts are underway - each as varied as the organization they represent. Women’s Way is one of the youngest groups supporting legislative efforts that will positively impact the respect of, for and by women through public awareness for women’s equality, safety, self-sufficiency and reproductive freedom. By no means a newcomer to the public education forum, they have elevated that status be becoming more proactive in terms of specific legislative efforts.
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7 Limiting Beliefs of Nonprofits
One of life’s greatest frustrations is taking charge of your destiny as the leader of a nonprofit organization. Many individuals and consequently, the organizations they may come to lead, get stuck in their path to success. They mire in self-doubt, in self-sabotaging behaviors, and never truly ...
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The Health Of Nonprofits
Reading Between the Lines Late last year, two Philadelphia Newspapers, The Philadelphia Buziness Jou al and The Philadelphia Inquirer have posted articles taliking about the future state of nonprofits. According to Peter Key, the good news is that nonprofits in the Philadelphia region are ...
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Connecting Your Organization To More Money
Promotions and Your Campaigns You are in the business of raising funds for your mission. You should have a method of collecting names from every resource to encourage readers, visitors, event attendants, and members to go to their next level in their commitment to your organization. How you ...
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Setting Personal Goals
Your Recipe to Success - My Experiment Be known as a hard worker. Give it your very best. Ask and understand what’s expected. Create additional value. If you do all of these things, you will be successful. Isn’t this the American mantra? Work hard; do your best; know what to do and be ...
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From A Series - Another Board Guerilla Moment
When's the last time you took the pulse of your board of directors.? Are they sitting around the table nodding their heads in approval for the first half of the meeting when the perfunctories are presented? Do they understand your vernacular? Are any of your board members glazing over when ...
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Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Kayte Connelly
From my coach, T Falcon Napier, "Human beings by nature are NOT resistant to change. They are resistant to losing control." Understanding this will give you a new perspective on real life and how to develop others.
Through the ChangeWorks process, and by paying attention to tension, it is amazing to watch individuals and organizations blossom.
Nonprofit organizations belong to the public. Whether it is the board, or staff that are serving that public, they have an obligation to do the right thing. Volunteers have an equal responsibility to understand what needs to be done and to support the mission of the organization.
We sometimes lose track of that and get waylaid...but it is easy to do the right thing and not as easy to always do things right.
Contacting Kayte Connelly
Kayte Connelly CCT
Chief Solutions Officer
Best Principled Solutions LLC
West Chester, PA 19382-6677
484.769.2327
www.bestprincipledsolutions.com
blog.communitybusinessconnections.com
How to get started
30 years hands on experience in the field; 3 years coaching/consulting practice. Webinars, teleseminars, in-facility customized training for all aspects of Explorientation to Change.
Grew budgets from $29,000 in the red to $1.7 million cash flow in 7 years; region from one to 5 1/2 counties direct delivery service. Advocated before all legislative bodies testifying on benefits of certain policies. Produced major music awards presentation program, shot for BET J magazine show. Managed $3.5 million endowment funds.
Learned from all types of mistakes and continue with lifelong learning. Risk-taker.
Other highlights
Understanding ChangeWorks - https://www.bestprincipledsolutions.com/ChangeWorks
Navigating Nonprofits - https://www.bestprincipledsolutions.com/Navigating_Nonprofits/htm
Career Boot Camp Group Coaching - https://www.bestprincipledsolutions.com/Career_Boot_Camp