Center for Community Based and Nonprofit Organizations at Austin Community College.
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Barry Silverberg, Director,
Candyss Bryant, Coordinatorr
ACC CCBNO
5930 Middle Fiskville Road
Austin, TX 78752
(512) 223-7051
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Technical Assistance, Consultations & Presentations
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Technical Assistance (including Strategic Leadership Gatherings) and Consultations
Presentations
Conferences and Services Coordinated
Continuing Professional Education
Presentation to Foreign Delegations (for US State Department)


The Center for Community-Based and Nonprofit Organizations at Austin Community College (ACC CCBNO) and its Director, Barry Silverberg, provide a wide array of technical assistance for individuals, organizations in formation and nonprofit corporations. Some of these services are provided directly through the Center and others are provided in collaboration with TANO C3 - Consulting, Coaching & Collaboration Services (of the Texas Association of Nonprofit Organizations).

For more information: TANO C3 Services Both the Center and TANO C3 can call upon a large cadre of passionate nonprofit experts to assist with any aspect of nonprofit leadership, management or operations. If you would like access to these services, e-mail Barry Silverberg at bsilverb@austincc.edu or barry@tano.org


Technical Assistance (including Strategic Leadership Gatherings) and Consultations

Organizations who have benefited from Center & TANO C3 services follow. Not listed are the individuals who have benefited from career coaching (as it would be a violation of their confidentiality).

  • 400 Voices (2005 - 2007)
  • 6th Street Group (Austin)
  • Adoption Coalition of Texas (2007 - 2008)
  • Advance Beyond (2007)
  • Advanced Ag Research Foundation (Houston) (2004 - 2005)
  • Advocacy for Living in Mainstream America (ALMA) (2006)
  • AJAMM Ministries International (2008)
  • Alamo Tech Prep (2001) with Garry McDaniel (Bandera)
  • America's Heroes First Foundation (2007 - 2008)
  • American Creativity Association (2005 - 2007)
  • Anewentry (2007)
  • Any Baby Can (2005)
  • Any Baby Can Texas (2005)
  • ARC of Texas (2001)
  • ARIES (2002)
  • Art Garden (2008)
  • Arte Sana (2002 - 2003) (2007 - 2008)
  • Asthma Coalition of Texas (2007)
  • Atheist Community of Austin (2005)
  • Athletic Institute, The (2007)
  • Austin Community College Center for Public Policy and Political Studies (2006)
  • Austin Council of Theaters (ACOT) (June 22, 2002)
  • Austin Discovery School (2008)
  • Austin Friends of Folk Art (January 20, 2007)
  • Austin Habitat for Humanity (November 12, 2002)
  • Austin History Center Association (2008)
  • Austin Independent School District - Planning and Community Relations Department (2005)
  • Austin Museum of Digital Art (2005) (2007 - 2008)
  • Austin Music Foundation (2005 +)
  • Austin Rifle Club (2008)
  • Austin Travis County Reentry Roundtable (2006)
  • Austin Zen Center (2003)
  • Brownsville Art League (2008)
  • Bushy Creek Women’s Association (2005 - 2007)
  • Camp Rusk Foundation (2008)
  • Capital of Texas Vietnam Memorial Committee (2005)
  • Caring Place, The (2002 – 2007)
  • Carole Kneeland Project for Responsible Broadcast Journalism (2003 - 2005)
  • Center for Attitudinal Healing   (2005)
  • Center for Successful Fathering (2004)
  • Central East Austin Community Organization (CEACO) (2002 – 2003)
  • Central Texas Tech Prep (Killeen) (2002)
  • Charity Partners of Austin (2005)
  • CJIT (February 8, 2002)
  • Colectivo Flatlander (2008)
  • Community Gardening Initiative of Central Texas (2008)
  • Council on At Risk Youth (2005 - 2006)
  • DAWCAS
  • Detour Ahead (2006 - 2007)
  • Down Syndrome Association of Central Texas (2006)
  • English at Work (2007)
  • Eziama Grace Support Network (2007)
  • Foundations for Generations (2006)
  • Foundation for the Homeless (2008)
  • Friends of Imagine International Academy of North Texas (2008)
  • Future Deasign (Harlingen, TX) (2008)
  • Galatia (2006 – 2007)
  • Generations Connect (2007)
  • Germanfest (Muenster, TX) (2007)
  • Gethesemane Lutheran Childrens Ministry (2008)
  • Girl Scouts – Lone Star Council (,2003)
  • Grace Pre-School Academy for the Autistic Child (Rio Hondo, TX) (2008)
  • Great Hills Christian School (2001)
  • Grow Texas Foundation (2008)
  • Habitat for Humanity (2002)
  • Hispanic Religious Parnership for Community Healrh (San Antonio) (2007 - 2008)
  • HIV/AIDS TAG Project, City of Austin (2004)
  • Home 4 My Peeps (2007)
  • Hospice Austin (2004)
  • Impact Austin (2002 – Present)
  • International Hospitality Council of Austin (2008)
  • International Wellness Foundation (2007)
  • Japan-America Society of Greater Austin (2004)
  • Jennifer’s Hope (2006-2007)
  • Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas (2006)
  • KOOP Radio (2004 & 2007)
  • Lake Sam Rayburn Nature Center, Inc.(2006)
  • Leander Educational Excellence Foundation (2006)
  • LHS Blue Belles Booster Club (Leander) (2008)
  • Linden Heritage And Development Corporation (2006)
  • Literacy Austin (2003 - 2004)
  • Lone Star Association of Charitable Clinics (2008)
  • Los Ninos International Adoption Center (The Woodlands) (2008)
  • Manor Education Foundation (2007)
  • Media Arts & Literacy Institute (2007)
  • Miscellaneous Agencies (under contract with Austin/ Travis County Health & Human Services & Veteran Affairs (2003)
  • Mitchie Mitchell Foundation (2007 - 2008))
  • Mobile Film School (2005)
  • MoreMinds.Org (2006 – 2007)
  • Moses Project, Houston County, Texas (2005 – 2006)
  • National Alliance of Craftsmen Associations (2007)
  • North American Bluebird Society (San Antonio) (2006)
  • Numismatic Crime Information Center (Dallas) (2006)
  • Open My World Riding Center (2008)
  • Operation Comfort (2007)
  • Our Mission Possible (2008)
  • Out Youth (2008)
  • Paramount Theater (2006)
  • Parent to Parent (2004 - 2005)
  • Pathways (2006 - 2007)
  • Professors for Parks (2006)
  • Property Owners Association Of Terlingua Ranch, Inc. (2004)
  • Push Up Foundation (under contract with City of Austin Department of Health & Human Services (2004)
  • Rattan Creek Neighborhood Association (2006- 2007)
  • Right Course Inc. (2007)
  • River City Youth Foundation 2001 - 2004)
  • Round Rock Baseball (2007 - 2008)
  • Samaritan Center for Pastoral Care and Counseling (2006)
  • Scientific Anomaly Institute (2005)
  • Services for the Elderly (2002)
  • Sharir + Bustamante Danceworks (2007)
  • Somali Mutual Aid Society (2007)
  • Spirit Reins (2006)
  • Stand In for Dads or Moms (2007)
  • Stare at the Sk,y Foundation (2008)
  • St. Vincent de Paul Society (2005)
  • TexAN Steering Committee of Texas Department of State Health Services (2006)
  • Texans for Midwifery (2004)
  • Texas Interagency Interfaith Disaster Relief (TIDR) (2007)
  • Texans Standing Tall (2006-2007)
  • Texas Association of Minorities in Engineering (TAME) (2004-2006)
  • Texas Coalition for Universal Health Care, Inc. aka Health Care for All Texas (2008)
  • Texas Compact (2005)
  • Texas Economic Development Council Regional Gathering (Amarillo, TX) 2006
  • Texas Economic Development Council Regional Gathering (Austin, TX) 2006
  • Texas Economic Development Council Regional Gathering (Harlingen, TX) 2006
  • Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association (TEPSA) (2005)
  • Texas Fruit and Vegetable Network of the Texas Department of State Health Services (2006)
  • Texas Hillel Foundation (2006)
  • Texas Historical Commission, Texas Heritage Trail Program Regional Coordinators (2006)
  • Texas Homeless Network (October 15, 2003)
  • Texas Interfaith Interagency Disaster Revover (2007)
  • Texas Mental Health Consumers (2006)
  • Texas Rural Communities (2002 – 2005)
  • Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired - Deaf Blind Multi-Handicapped Association of
  • Texas (DBMAT) and Texas Association of Parents with Children with Vision Impairment (TAPVI) (2006)
  • Texas Technology Empowerment Resources and Advocacy (TERA) (2007 - 2008)
  • Texas Urban Forestry Council (2002)
  • TEXSOL III Officers (2005)
  • The Arc of Texas (2008)
  • The Athetic Institute - The People (El Paso) (2007 - 2008)
  • The Cipher - Austin's Hip Hop Project (2007)
  • Town & Country Optimist Club (2006 – 2007)
  • Transition Tech Labs (2003)
  • Travis County Health & Human Services & Veteran Affairs Department (2005)
  • True Vineyard Ministries, Inc. (2007)
  • Turkish Institute for Police Studies (TIPS) (2007)
  • Ultimate Players League of Austin (UPLA) (2007 - 2008)
  • United States Tennis Association - Texas (2007)
  • Veteran Tutors (2007)
  • Vietnam Veterans Monument (2007 - 2008)
  • Volente Parks Foundation (2008)
  • Well Aware (2008)
  • Work Force Center of West Central Texas – Coleman (2006)
  • Work Force Center of West Central Texas – Eastland (Jun2006)
  • Work Force Center of West Central Texas – Snyder (2006
  • World Bible Schools (2003 – 2004)
  • World Conference on Information Technology (WCIT) (2002)
  • World Preparatory (2006 – 2007)
  • Wright House Wellness Center, The (2006)
  • Zilker Theater (2003)

 

Presentations

Organizational Development for Your Preservation Organization at 2001 Annual Preservation Conference of the Texas Historical Association, April 19, 2001 (Austin)

Meeting the Learning Needs of Community-Based Nonprofit Organizations at the 2001 Governors Volunteer Leadership Conference, October 15, 2001 (Galveston)

From Introvert to Networker at Texas Department of Health Conference December 4, 2001) (Austin)

Encouraging the Heart: Recognizing & Motivating Staff at Texas Department of Health Conference (December 4, 2001) (Austin)

Developing and Applying Individual & Organizational Competencies at Texas Department of Health Conference December 5, 2001) (Austin)

Strategic Creativity: Creating Value with Limited Dollars A.K.A. Collaborating, Networking, Using Free Internet Resources & The Like at Texas Department of Health Conference December 5, 2001) (Austin)

Encouraging the Heart: Recognizing and Motivating Volunteers and Staff at Western Regional Organization for Human Services Education Conference, April 12, 2002 (Austin)

Strengthening Your Nonprofit Organization by Clarifying Roles, Responsibilities & Expectations at 19th Annual TYC/SVRC Statewide Volunteer Conference, May 4, 2002  (Austin)

Encouraging the Heart: Motivation & Recognition of Volunteers and Staff at 2002 Governors Volunteer Leadership Conference

Encouraging the Heart Through Credibility: Recognizing and Motivating Volunteers and Staff at 2003 Texas Association for Literacy and Adult Education (TALAE) Conference, January 31, 2003 (Austin)

Using Strategic Creativity and A Partnership of Businesses and Community College to Meet Workforce Needs of the Nonprofit Sector at Futures Assembly, February 3, 2003 (Tampa)

Holding Great Meetings with Garry McDaniel, Ed.D., PowerWorks Consulting at May 31, 2003 (Houston)

Mediating Group Differences with Garry McDaniel, Ed.D., PowerWorks Consulting at 19th Annual TYC/SVRC Statewide Volunteer Conference, May 31, 2003 (Houston)

Using Strategic Creativity and A Partnership of Businesses and Community College to Meet Workforce Needs of the Nonprofit Sector at Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Retention Conference,  June 29, 2003 (Austin)

Strengthening Your Nonprofit Boards at Texas Homeless Network Conference, October 15, 2003 (Austin)

Imagining Credible Meetings at 2003 Governors Volunteer Leadership Conference, October 2003

Employment Opportunities Within the Greater Austin Nonprofit Sector at Texas Recruiters Group, January 27, 2004 (Austin)

Imagining Credible Meetings at 2004 VSSC Volunteer Training Conference, April 17, 2004 (Austin)
 
Building Effective Boards, Clarifying Roles and Defining Expectations at National Association of Housing Rehabilitation Organizations Texas (NAHRO) Conference, April 19, 2004 (Austin)

Holding Great Meetings, Meetings that Make A Difference at National Association of Housing Rehabilitation Organizations Texas (NAHRO) Conference, April 19, 2004 (Austin)

Challenges Facing Nonprofit Organizations in Modern Society with Kathleen McCleskey at Lions International Regional Conference, April 24, 2004 (New Braunfels)

Encouraging the Heart at 20th Annual TYC/SVRC Statewide Volunteer Conference, August 4, 2004

Issues Faced by Community Based Organizations with Stephen Maislin and D’Ann Johnson at 22nd Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute of CPE of UT Law School, January 13, 2005 (Austin)

Being Creative Within Nonprofit Sector for Nonprofit Network, January 18, 2005 (Waco)

Finding Treasurers Closer Than You Thought: The Austin Community College Center for Community-Based & Nonprofit Organizations at Central Texas Literacy Coalition, June 28, 2005 (Austin)

Volunteer Engagement for the Long Term at the Austin Human Resources Management Association Luncheon, September 15, 2005

The Center for Community-Based & Nonprofit Organizations at Austin Community College: An Overview at the East Austin Rotary Luncheon, September 20, 2005

Imagining Our Future and Getting There for Tex TESOL III 2005 Fall Conference, October 29, 2005

Building Credible Nonprofit Organizations at the Faith in Action Conference in Austin, TX, January 6, 2006

Make Memorable Meetings: Getting the Most Out of Your Board or Advisory Council at the 26th Annual Conference of the Texas Association of Partners in Education in Austin, TX, January 24, 2006

Imagining Credible Meetings at the Staff Retreat for Communities in Schools – Central Texas. April 6, 2006

Improve Your Meeting Results and Meeting Satisfaction! Ground Rules for Effective Meetings for the Texas Society of Association Executives (TSAE) Lunch n’ Learn, August 22, 2006

Nonprofits Are Not Businesses! for Bootstrap Austin, September 19, 2006

Making Your Way as a Nonprofit for Regional Coordinator Training - Texas Historical Commission, December 1, 2006 (3 hours)

Overview of Community-Baed & Nonprofit Organizations for University of Texas at Austin LAMP, April 10, 2007

A Profile of the Charotable Nonprofit Sector for Dripping Springs Rotary Club, June 11, 2007

Building Stronger Nonprofit Organizations Through Strategic Creativity for Annual Meeting of Asthma Coalition of Texas, September 8, 2007

Riding Dead Horses or A Metaphoric View of Strategic Thinking for Beyond Transition - Houston Forum - October 12, 2007 - "Cultivating Hispanic Community Involvement" sponsored by Region 6 of Environmental Protection Agency

Transition from Corporate to Nonprofit Employment for Dell Lee Hecht Harrison Career Resource Center

 

Conferences and Services Coordinated

Fundamentals of Nonprofit Leadership and Management (December 16 – 17, 2003) for Austin/ Travis County Health & Human Services & Veteran Affairs & City of Austin Department of Health & Human Services  Staff

Technical Assistance Conference for Faith Based & Community Based Organizations (April 7 – 8, 2005) for Black Christians Against Substance Abuse (B-CASA) and SAMHSA

Fielding Graduate Institute Consultation Services for Greater Austin Nonprofits (2003 – 2004)

International Conferences of the American Creativity Association for 2005, 2006 and planning for 2007

 

Continuing Professional Education Presentations

Childrens Advocacy Centers of Texas (CACTX)
            Strengthening Your Nonprofit Board (January 15, 2003)
            Strengthening Your Nonprofit Board (July 16, 2003)
            Strengthening Your Nonprofit Board (January 14, 2004)
            Developing Your Board (July 21, 2004)
            Developing Your Board (January 12, 2005)

Learning Opportunities presented at ACC CCBNO

  • Basics of Leading, Organizing & Managing Your Community-Based Organization
  • Strengthening Your Nonprofit Organization by Clarifying Roles, Responsibilities & Expectations Among and Between Board Members, Executive Director and Staff
  • Strengthening Your Nonprofit Organization by Clarifying Roles, Responsibilities & Expectations
  • Encouraging the Heart: Recognizing and Motivating Volunteers and Staff
  • Strengthening Your Nonprofit Organization by Clarifying Roles, Responsibilities & Expectations
  • Imagining Credible Committees and Meetings with Garry McDaniel

 

Presentations To Foreign Delegations On Nonprofit Sector Of The United States for US State Department's International Visitor Leadership Progran through International Hospitality Council of Austin

NGOS and Social Activism: A Multi-Regional Project (2008)

Angola (2008)
Bosnia Herzegovina (2002)
Bulgaria (2008)
Czechoslovakia (2001)
El Salvador (2001)
Japan (Oita, Sister City of Austin) (2006)
Kenya (2008)
Malaysia (2007)
Maldives (2008)
Russia (2006)
Saudi Arabia (2005)
Somalia (2004)
Switzerland (2008)
Syria (2002)
Uzbekistan (2007)
Vietnam (2006)
Yemen (2005)

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