Cheryl Gooding

Current

• Owner at Gooding & Associates LLC

Past

• Director of Communications at New Mexico Voices for Children

Education

• Boston College

Recommended

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Connections

10 connections

Industry

Non-Profit Organization Management

Websites

• Gooding & Assoc. Brochure

Cheryl Gooding’s Summary

Program Director, New Mexico Strategic Leadership Institute 2006-2008: Development of leadership program for nonprofit advocates and leaders.

Communications Director, New Mexico Voices for Children 2003-2006: Strategic communications for policy advocacy; media relations; policy papers and other publications.

Adjunct Faculty, Research Associate and Program Director 1978 - 1999: University of Massachusetts-Boston

Program Director, Nonprofit Education & Training Program, Tufts University 1993-1995: Nonprofit capacity-building program in New England.

Executive Director: Women's Institute for Leadership Development: 1988-1993 - leadership program for women in the labor movement.

Publications:
• Viewpoint, a quarterly newsletter of New Mexico Voices for Children
• “Effective Communications for Tax Policy”, Cheryl Gooding 2005 Paper for Annie E. Casey Foundation
• “Economic Security and Women in Massachusetts: An Overview of the Issues”, Cheryl Gooding, 1997. Available from the Labor Resource Center, University of Massachusetts-Boston.
• “Building a Multicultural Labor Women’s Organization – Lessons from the Experience of the Women’s Institute for Leadership Development”, Cheryl Gooding, New Solutions, spring 1997.
• “Communities within A Community”, Deborah Linnell and Cheryl Gooding. Published by The Boston Foundation, 1996.
• “Using Training Strategically to Build Organizational Capacity”, Cheryl Gooding, Nonprofit World, Volume 14, Number 4, July/August, 1996.
• “Reflections on Training as a Capacity-Building Strategy”, Cheryl Gooding, 1995. Occasional Paper Series, Lincoln Filene Center, Tufts University.
• “The Fruits of Our Labor: Women in the Labor Movement”, Cheryl Gooding and Patricia Reeve, Social Policy, Volume 23, Number 4, 1993.
• “Coalition Building for Community-Based Labor Education”, Cheryl Gooding and Patricia Reeve. Policy Studies Journal, Volume 18, Number 2, winter 1989-90.

Cheryl Gooding’s Specialties:

Strategic Communications and Media Advocacy; Building Capacity for Strategic Thinking, Organizational Alignment and Strategic Planning; Executive Coaching; Training; Program Development.

Cheryl Gooding’s Experience

• Owner

  Gooding & Associates LLC

  (Broadcast Media industry)

  September 1999 — Present (10 years 3 months)

  I have worked in the nonprofit sector for over 30 years in community-based organizations, labor unions, universities and foundations. I provide a broad range of consulting services, specializing in strategic communications, including media advocacy; strategic thinking and planning processes; community-based initiatives; and building more effective organizations. I offer training in strategic communications and in training of trainers. I also consult in the areas of program design and evaluation; and leadership coaching.

• Director of Communications

  New Mexico Voices for Children

  (Public Policy industry)

  October 2003 — April 2006 (2 years 7 months)

  Directed organization's media advocacy and press relations, including policy analysis, writing for publication and strategy development.

Cheryl Gooding’s Education

• Boston College

  Masters , Sociology , 1980 — 1982

  Owner, Gooding & Associates LLC: Provides consulting services to nonprofit organizations, initiatives and foundations on building capacity for strategic thinking, leadership development, strategic planning, policy advocacy campaigns, strategic communications and media advocacy, integrated organizational and program planning, training in the areas of strategic communications and training of trainers.

  Activities and Societies:

  New Mexico Strategic Leadership Institute; Progressive Communicators Network

Additional Information

Cheryl Gooding’s Websites:

• Gooding & Assoc. Brochure

Cheryl Gooding’s Interests:

Building capacity of nonprofits, advocates and leaders for strategic action

Cheryl Gooding’s Groups:

New Mexico Strategic Leadership Institute; Progressive Communicators network

Cheryl Gooding’s Honors:

•National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowship, 1993

•Florence Luscomb Award for Distinguished Service to the Education of Working Women, 1993

•Alumni Award, University of Massachusetts, 1995

Cheryl Gooding’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests