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Project Portfolio
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EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP, CONSULTING, PROJECT DIRECTION |
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NUMEROUS INSTITUTIONS AND CLIENTS |
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35 years of affiliations with pioneering projects
helping visionaries, leaders,
philanthropists, educators, creators, and entrepreneurs launch new
initiatives . . . |
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Distinguished achievements in an unusual breadth of
disciplines
media and communications, arts,
education, journalism, nonprofit management,
social entrepreneurship, library advancement, mental health,
conflict resolution,
survey research, web producing, social justice, arts-in-curriculum |
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Talented interdisciplinary strategic
thinker, marketing and branding strategist,
teacher and trainer, researcher, writer and editor, creative
problem solver . . . |
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Reputation for helping people and
organizations move beyond self-imposed
limitations ... discover and leverage strengths ... boost
performance ... innovate ...
and become imbued with a
strategic thinking and planning orientation |
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Expertise in all aspects of
Non-Profit Management with special focus on
Leadership Innovation, Strategic Planning, Best Practices,
Fundraising Strategies |
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CURRENT PROJECTS |
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EXECUTIVE COACHING.
Recent clients have included
successfully-elected city council candidate, entrepreneurs,
real estate professionals, |
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TEACHING
UCLA Extension
University of Southern California
Graduate School of Policy,
Planning, and Development |
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WEB PORTAL DEVELOPMENT |
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BRANDING AND MARKETING FOR
SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS |
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PRODUCING AND CREATIVE PROJECTC |
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PROJECT PORTFOLIO |
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Web Site Producer/Designer and
Marketing and Branding Consultant - Currently
JOYCE REY - Executive Director Coldwell Banker
Previews International
Link:
www.JoyceRey.com |
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Consulting Director of Special
Projects - 2006
GLOBAL ORGANIZATION FOR LEADERSHIP AND DIVERSITY
U.S. - Japan collaboration to advance global women's
leadership |
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Development Director
PUBLIC COMMUNICATORS, INC.
Established Development Department
for Public Interest TV Network. Increased donors from 400 to
8,000 |
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Program Director |
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Peter F. Drucker Foundation for NonProfit
Management |
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Resources for private, public,
and social sector leaders. |
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Project Director: "The Leader of the
Future" with Peter Drucker.
Live-by-satellite seminar for largest-ever gathering of private,
public, and social
sector leaders 10,000 people at 250 sites in the U.S. and South
America. |
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Project Director: Peter F. Drucker
Award for NonProfit Innovation |
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Editor:
The Drucker Foundation News |
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Founding Artistic Director, Executive Vice President,
Executive Producer |
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AARON DAVIS HALL, THE CITY
COLLEGE OF NEW YORK (CCNY) |
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 Retained by philanthropists,
Sophie and Leonard Davis (founder,
Colonial Penn Insurance; co-founder AARP)
to solve problems with the newly-opened
three- theatre cultural center they had spearheaded. |
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Created a non-profit support organization under the
chairmanship of
Arnold Picker, Chairman Emeritus of the United Artists Executive
Committee. |
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Established three-theatre complex as
one of the nation's
first multicultural educational and public cultural centers. |
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Developed the center's sustainable
management, funding, and programming
structure; established strategic partnerships with NYC cultural
institutions;
produced hundreds of performing, visual, and media arts events;
created seminal
outreach projects; worked closely with college president to advance
mission. |
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Founded
The International Series, a seminal Arts-in-Curriculum
program that
has served hundred of thousands of New York City public school
children. |
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I want you to know how much I appreciate what
you have done for
the revitalization of Harlem and for your role in the
promotion of
a multi-cultural center for the City. Under your leadership,
Aaron Davis Hall has become New Yorks Lincoln Center
Uptown.
Edward I. Koch,
former Mayor, New York City |
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 Project Director: Model Library of the
Future Project
LENOX LIBRARY Lenox, Massachusetts
"The most famous U.S.
rural library"
Secured a
$225,000 Challenge Grant from
the National Endowment for the Humanities
the largest grant ever given to a rural library.
Created innovative Annual Fund Appeal
increasing average gift by 60%. |
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Consultant to the Founder and
President |
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COMMUNITY WORKS
New York City
Created initial Five Year Plan and case statement for
this now thriving institution. |
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Associate Producer and Assistant to
the Founder
REGIONAL ARTS FOUNDATION
Pioneer in the regional arts movement and, in the 1980s, the
largest independent presenter of classical music and dance in
the country. |
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Assistant to the Artistic Director and Founder
PALM BEACH FESTIVAL
Help produced the inaugural year festival: first
appearance in the South of the New York City Ballet, Eubie
Blake, Edward Albee, Agnes de Mille |
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Assistant to the President
PUBLIC BROADCASTING
FOUNDATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY
Co-wrote FCC
Application for new public television station |
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EducatOR and
trainER |
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Workshop Instructor: Graduate
Students - Currently
USC - School of
Policy, Planning, and Development
Fundamentals of Social Sector, Public Sector, and
Educational Sector Fundraising:
The Essentials of Successful Grant Seeking and Proposal
Writing |
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Instructor |
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UCLA EXTENSION
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Journalism, Public Relations, and
Fundraising Program |
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Supervisor for Training and
Development, Field Operations 2000 Census |
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE,
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
Palm Beach County, Florida |
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Asked to assume specially-created
position to rescue office from impending failure;
Developed improved training for 2000 Census Enumerators for
four Census projects. |
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Guest Instructor |
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WILLIAMS COLLEGE DEPARTMENT OF
POLITICAL SCIENCE |
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Issues in Leadership: The Politics
of Arts Management, undergraduate course |
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Guest Lecturer: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Day |
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"The Role of the Arts in
Easing the Transition to a Pluralistic Society" |
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Adjunct Instructor |
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PALM BEACH ATLANTIC COLLEGE |
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Mass Media and Society,
undergraduate course |
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Group Dynamics, for graduate
nursing students |
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Graduate Teaching Assistantship |
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BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF
NURSING MEDIA CENTER |
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EXECUTIVE PRODUCER |
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Over 1000 major events in the Fine, Performing,
Visual, and Media Arts including: |
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Co-executive
producer of the ABC/Ted Koppel Nightline production:
"International Town Meeting with Nelson Mandela"
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Executive
Producer, Gala Benefit at Lincoln Center, co-chaired
by major CEOs, for the premiere of the film, "Beat
Street," produced by Harry Belafonte and David V.
Picker. Raised $100,000 for CCNY arts education.
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Producer.
1988 Mayoral Candidates Forum. NYC Arts Coalition
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Co-Producer, with Opera Ebony.
World premiere of operas:
"Frederick Douglass" and "Sojourner Truth"
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Salute to Elizabeth Cotton,
with Odetta
Composer of "Freight Train" last concert before her
death
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Executive Producer.
New York Philharmonic Comes to Harlem
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Founding Producer, Aaron Davis
Hall: New Faces, New Voices, New Visions series
International Storytelling Festival International
Series and Meet the Artists series Art
Exhibitions Festivals Residencies by the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dance Theatre of Harlem, UNICEF,
NYC Opera National Company, Caribbean Cultural Center . . .
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Associate Producer. Gala
Opening of Aaron Davis Hall, with Ella Fitzgerald
and the American Symphony Orchestra. Suzanne Farrell, Peter
Martins, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Patricia McBride.
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Executive
Producer. J. Patrick Lannan Salutes WHRS-FM
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Executive Producer. Zubin
Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic.
Regional Arts Productions
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"It was a pleasure working with you and your staff for the
visit of Nelson Mandela. You have the thanks and respect of
the U.S. Department of State. I hope to work with you again."
Special Agent in Charge, U. S. State Department,
Nelson Mandelas first trip to the United States |
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At
the leading edge of emerging talent to public awareness: |
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In 1984,
produced Hip Hop, It's Hot, a Gala Benefit at Lincoln
Center that previewed the film, Beat Street, for which he
had helped producers Harry Belafonte and David Picker.
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At Davis Hall at
CCNY, he produced film festivals that screened Spike Lee
films before the celebrated filmmaker emerged as a major
talent.
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As Executive
Producer of Davis Hall, from 1984 to 1989, he hosted annual
Artists in the Electronic Age Expositions the first
NYC showcase of collaborations among artists, computer
programmers, and video technicians.
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WritER, EditOR,
PublishER |
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Editor-Publisher: The Democracy
Chronicle. Digest chronicling the 2000 election and
September 11: writings by noted investigative journalists and
thought leaders. |
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Editor: Issues
in Leadership: The Politics of Arts Management. Williams
College |
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Editor: The
Drucker Foundation News |
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 Documentary
Writer-Director-Producer.
And the Wilderness Shall Bloom: The Story of Henry
Morrison Flagler and the East Coast of Florida.
Commissioned by the Henry Morrison Flagler Museum in Palm
Beach Florida. |
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Columnist/Reviewer: Palm Beach
Post; Palm Beach Daily News |
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Writer-Director-Producer.
Florida: State of the Arts. TV and radio Public Service
Announcements, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts |
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Editor-in-Chief: 1970 Boston
University HUB |
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Copy Editor,
Funk and Wagnals Encyclopedia. Mentored by Joseph Laffan
Morse, who made encyclopedias affordable and available to
everyone. |
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"Mr. Cohen is rare talented individual
who I believe will
record, shape, invent, create, and influence the future.
Chairman, Theatre Department, Palm Beach Atlantic
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Mission and Core Values |
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Mission
To make a difference in the
quality of peoples lives now and in the future by
providing strategic and creative services, education, and
skills training that support vision, foster innovation,
nurture creativity, encourage curiosity, advance leadership
and management excellence; and promote life-enhancing products
of the human imagination. |
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Core Values
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Providing
supportive, results-driven strategies and action plans that
advance personal, professional, and organizational
development
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Creating new
opportunities for intellectual and creative talent
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Expanding access
to educational and cultural opportunities
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Developing
interdisciplinary strategies to address critical social
issues
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Facilitating
cross-cultural collaboration and communication
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Designing
innovative partnerships among the private, public, and
social sectors
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