Client: Project ABLE

For the past two years, we have worked with the board, staff, and volunteers of Project ABLE - a community based mental health organization on a wide variety of organizational development projects. Project activities have included: Board Development Recruiting a New Executive Director Organizational Development Metrics & Data Analysis Technology Consulting Software Specifications and Transitions Website Content Development Photography Videography
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Client: International School of Beaverton

 Project Background Sam Shogren worked with school leadership, district personnel, and volunteers to develop and launch a new parent-teacher organization FRISB or Friends of the International School of Beaverton for the opening of this new school in Beaverton, Oregon. The Beaverton School Board decided in 2008 to expand the options available to students and families by repurposing a renovated and expanded former elementary school into the District's only dedicated ISB certified school for both middle school and high school students. To facilitate the opening of the school and effective engagement of incoming families a new PTO needed to formed, incorporated, and…
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Successful Accreditation!

We are pleased to announce that Journeys of the Heart Adoption Services located in Hillsboro, Oregon joined a distinguished group of Hague Convention certified international adoption agencies on Febuary 29th! (see www.travel.state.gov/family/adoption/convention/convention_4169.html# for a complete list) Sam has worked with the Journey's staff and Board for the past 14 months on the Agency's challange of facing a dual accreditation crisis. Not only did Journeys need to be reaccredited by the governing authority, the Council on Accreditation (COA), during 2007, but it faced the need to achieve a higher, potentially agency closing benchmark. 2007 marked the move by the US State…
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International School of Beaverton

Worked with the formation of the Friends of ISB (FrISB) Prepared nonprofit incorporation paper for FrISB Guided development and wrote corporate bylaws Guided and prepared submission of 501c3 application to IRS Guided Board through initial development and establishment of a nonprofit
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