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Experience & Qualifications:  Experience With Nonprofits 
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Peggy Kieschnick, MSW, ACSW is a skilled facilitator who has worked with a wide range of schools and nonprofits throughout New Hampshire and southern Maine. She is known for her warmth and down to earth style and for her ability to help groups:

synthesize complex information

stay focused, and

get the job done.

Experience With Nonprofits

"Peggy also has a deep personal commitment to social change, and grasps how the dynamics within organizations fit within the greater political context. She is simply one of the best."
- Lee Sullivan, Board of Directors, Center for Wildlife. Cape Neddick, ME

Peggy Kieschnick, MSW, ACSW has almost 30 years of experience in the world of nonprofits. Her direct service and administrative experience included work with adult ex-offenders, victims of crime, pregnant teens, and AIDS prevention education. She has a particular passion for domestic violence prevention, social justice, and a systems approach to understanding change.

This training, experience and commitment have given Peggy a base of understanding of the unique strengths, needs and issues of nonprofits and those they serve. What's more, she believes in the importance of what they do!

A facilitator and consultant for more than ten years, Peggy has been privileged to work with scores of nonprofits on such things as strategic planning, board development, grant writing, and program evaluation.

"[Peggy] brings to the task a strong understanding of how
non-profits need to function in the real world,
and she always took the time and trouble to really find out
about the specific groups, organizations, and individuals
she was working with…and then worked with us to
get us to where we wanted to go in the
context of the reality we were already in."
-Stephen Geller, Executive Director, Rockingham Community Action, Rockingham County, NH

Clients -  Nonprofits

Anti-Poverty
Rockingham Community Action, Portsmouth, NH

Arts and Culture

Seacoast Repertory Theatre, Portsmouth, NH - Strategic Planning

Synergy, Portsmouth, NH - Collaboration Planning

Building/New Facility Development
Court Street Common, Exeter, NH - Planning and Governance
Structure for Co-Location of Multiple Agencies
Family Tree, Portsmouth, NH - Planning for Co-Location of
Multiple Agencies
Foundation For Seacoast Health, Portsmouth, NH - Planning for Co-Location of Multiple Agencies

Childcare
Community Child Care Center, Portsmouth, NH - Strategic Planning
Dover Housing Authority, Dover, NH - Strategic Planning
Growing Places, Durham, NH - Board Development
Invest In Kids, Concord, NH - Strategic Planning
Little People's Center, Lee, NH - Strategic Planning and Board Development
New Hampshire Child Care Association, Concord, NH - Strategic Planning

Twenty-First Century Learning Communities Dame School Project, Concord, NH – Program Evaluation

 

Community Development
Kittery LAC Dropout Prevention Program, Kittery, ME - Facilitation
Main Street Project, Dover, NH - Strategic Planning
Mayor's Blue Ribbon Task Force "To Take Back Our Children,"
Portsmouth, NH - Facilitation

 

Education
Concord Even Start, Concord, NH - Program Evaluation
Dover Adult Learning Center, Dover, NH - Strategic Planning and Board Development
Manchester Even Start, Manchester, NH - Program Evaluation

Nashua Even Start, Nashua, NH - Focus Group, Program
Evaluation
Ready To Learn Task Force, Dover, NH - Strategic Planning,
Facilitation, Survey Design

Environment
Center for Wildlife, Cape Nedick, ME - Operations Plan
Jordan Institute, Concord, NH - Strategic Planning and Board
Development
Minimum Impact Development Project, Concord, NH - Strategic Planning
New Hampshire Celebrates Wellness, Concord, NH - Strategic
Planning

Family Support
Families First of the Greater Seacoast, Portsmouth, NH -
Strategic Planning, Grant Writing, Retreat Facilitation
HUB Family Resource Center, Dover, NH - Strategic Planning, Leadership Development Training

Funders & Capacity Builders
Corporate Fund, Concord, NH - Organizational Development, Training
Endowment for Health, Concord, NH - Grant Review

Foundation For Seacoast Health, Portsmouth, NH - Strategic
Planning and Facilitation
Giving Monadnock, Keene, NH - Program Evaluation Training

Giving New Hampshire, Concord, NH - Program Evaluation

New Hampshire Center for Nonprofits, Concord, NH - Workshop Facilitation, Development of Capacity-Building Tools

New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, Concord, NH - Logic Model/Evaluation for Workforce Housing Coalition

Partnership for Effective Nonprofits, Portsmouth, NH - Strategic Planning
Suicide Prevention Partnership, Strategic Planning, Board Retreat Facilitation

United Way of the Greater Seacoast, Portsmouth, NH - Facilitation Skills Training, Coalition Planning

 

Health - Physical and Mental
Alliance For Community Health, Portsmouth, NH - Facilitation,
Collaboration Consultation, Organizational Development,
Outcome-Based Assessment
Child and Family Services, Manchester, NH - Strategic Planning, Retreat Facilitation

Community Health Connections, Kittery, ME - Community Forum
Community Wellness Coalition, York, ME - Strategic Planning, Financial Sustainability Planning, Executive Coaching
Families First of the Greater Seacoast, Portsmouth, NH -
Strategic Planning, Grant Writing, Retreat Facilitation
Family Tree, Portsmouth, NH - Facilitation, Grant Writing,
Collaboration Consultation, Outcome-Based Assessment

Noble High School Health Center, Berwick, ME - Strategic
Planning
One Maine Prevention Project, Southern, ME - Workshop
Facilitation
New Hampshire Breast Cancer Coalition. Lee, NH - Meeting Facilitation
New Heights, Portsmouth, NH - Board Development, Fund Development Planning

Partners In Health, Dartmouth, NH - Staff Training
Seacare Health Services, Exeter, NH - Board Development, Fund Development Planning

Seacoast Mental Health Center, Portsmouth, NH - Strategic Planning
ServiceLink of Belknap County, Laconia, NH - Board Development
State of New Hampshire Division of Children and Family Services, Concord, NH - DCYF State Advisory Board - Strategic Planning
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, Dover, NH - Board of Trustees
Retreat - Vision, Criteria for Evaluating New Opportunities,
Board Development Planning

Recreation and Community Centers
Great Bay Figure Skating, Dover, NH - Strategic Planning and
Board Development
Kittery Recreation Department, Kittery, ME - Case Statement, Grant Writing
New Heights, Portsmouth, NH - Focus Groups, Program Mission Statement, Financial Sustainability Planning, Board Development

White Birch Community Center, - Henniker, NH - Community Engagement Planning, Board Development

 

Women
Women's Business Center, Portsmouth, NH - Facilitation

Women's Fund of NH, Concord, NH - Strategic Planning.
Women's Policy Institute of NH, Concord, NH - Strategic Planning, Workshop Facilitation, Mission, Vision, Principles statements.

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Experience With Schools

As the daughter, granddaughter, niece, and partner of teachers, principals and a professor, Peggy has literally grown up in the world of educators.

As a professional, she has been fortunate enough to work with pre-school, elementary, middle and high school staff and administrators on a variety of projects including early childhood education, dating violence prevention, curriculum mapping, family literacy, and leadership development.

These experiences not only helped her to increase her facilitation, consultation and training skills, but have also given her a unique window on the extraordinary strengths of teachers and schools and of the sometimes overwhelming pressures and obstacles they face in this day and age.

"I have known Peggy in a professional capacity for over 8 years and have found her to be consistently excellent in her consultant services. … She has worked with many different constituencies within the Dover School District with a high level of success and professionalism. …
Peggy is by far one of the most skilled facilitators I have ever worked with, no exceptions..... "
-Jean Briggs, Federal Projects Coordinator, Dover School Department, Dover, NH

Clients - Schools

Concord Even Start, Concord, NH - Program Evaluation

Dover Adult Learning Center, Dover, NH - Strategic Planning and Board Development

Dover School Department, Dover, NH - District Educational Improvement Plan (DEIP) - Strategic Planning and Facilitation

Nashua Even Start, Nashua, NH - Focus Group, Program Evaluation

Ready To Learn Task Force, Dover, NH - Strategic Planning, Facilitation, Survey Design

State of New Hampshire Department of Education Best Schools Leadership Initiative, Concord, NH - Facilitation, and Leadership Development

State Of New Hampshire Department Of Education Even Start Programs, Pittsfield, Dover, Concord, Manchester, and Nashua NH - Strategic Planning, Collaboration Consultation, Program Evaluation

Statewide Family Literacy Initiative, Maine Department of Education, Augusta, Maine - Evaluation

Tidewater School, Eliot, ME - Strategic Planning, Retreat Facilitation, Board Development

Woodman Park School, Dover, NH - Woodman Park Success 2000, School Improvement and Math Improvement Project -
Facilitation, Strategic Planning, and Leadership Development

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Experience With Collaborations

If you have been a part of a collaboration you know that they can be both a blessing and a curse! They can be time-consuming and aggravating. They can also be rewarding, productive and powerful. Peggy's years of experience with a variety of collaborations have provided her with a practical understanding of what it takes to make collaborations work.

"I've been in 3 or 4 collaborations that have worked with Peggy as facilitator, organizational development consultant, project coordinator and pretty much chief bottle washer. In all of those roles she has consistently gone beyond the expected to tackle a wide range of functions, issues, and concerns in a way that had everyone involved feeling good about the outcome. She has managed to get people with sharp philosophical differences, personality conflicts, and easily-bruised egos to work together in a constructive and professional manner, even when some of them were dragged kicking and screaming into the process."
-Stephen Geller, Executive Director, Rockingham Community Action, Rockingham County, NH

Clients - Collaborations

Alliance For Community Health, Portsmouth, NH

Court Street Common, Exeter, NH

Family Tree, Portsmouth, NH

Invest In Kids, Concord, NH

Kittery LAC Dropout Prevention Program, Kittery, ME

Nashua Even Start, Nashua, NH

New Hampshire Celebrates Wellness, Concord, NH

New Hampshire Child Care Association, Concord, NH

Noble High School Health Center, Berwick, ME

One Maine Prevention Project, Southern, ME

Partnership for Effective Nonprofits, Portsmouth, NH

Ready To Learn Task Force, Dover, NH

ServiceLink of Belknap County, Laconia, NH

State Of New Hampshire Department Of Education Even Start Programs, Pittsfield, Concord, Nashua, and Dover, NH

SCENE Capacity Building Initiative, Concord, NH

Synergy, Portsmouth, NH

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