CLI achieves its mission by offering the nonprofit and foundation community a unique mix of skills, expertise and experience. Working with a diverse array of experts, CLI delivers gold standard trainings and the most forward thinking in methods, skills and practices. Key partners include:

Spitfire Strategies (www.spitfirestrategies.com)
Spitfire Strategies provides communications solutions to promote positive social change. Spitfire’s passion is to help those bringing positive change find an effective voice to communicate their vision. CLI partners with Spitfire Strategies to conduct research, develop new tools and train nonprofits and foundations in strategic communications.

a goodman (www.agoodmanonline.com)
a goodman is a communications consulting firm that helps public interest groups, foundations and progressive businesses reach more people more effectively. Founder Andy Goodman, a nationally-recognized public speaker, regularly appears at CLI trainings and presents on topics such as, "Storytelling as Best Practice," “Dramatically Better Meetings," and "Why Bad Presentations Happen to Good Causes."

Asibey Consulting (www.asibey.com)
A consultant to nonprofits and grantmakers, Edith Asibey specializes in communication, advocacy, evaluation, program design and youth engagement.  She helps groups assess impact of their communications efforts and presents at CLI on this topic.

Tony Proscio
Author of “In Other Words, A Plea for Plain Speaking in Foundations,” “Bad Words for Good,” and “When Words Fail: How the Public Interest Becomes Neither Public Nor Interesting,” Tony has become a revered expert in clear, concise communications for the nonprofit sector.

Eda Roth
An actor and consultant, Eda has been bringing theatre-based skills to executives in various industries for the past seventeen years.

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