Founder & Principal Consultant, NetRaising
Portland, Oregon Area
- Current
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- Founder & Principal at NetRaising
- Past
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- Executive Director at Earth Share of Oregon
- Senior Campaign Manager at United Way of the Columbia-Willamette
- Director of Business Development at Volunteers of America, Oregon
- Director - SE Child Development Center at Volunteers of America Oregon
- ZooTeen Volunteer Coordinator at Oregon Zoo
- Education
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- Concordia University-Portland
- Noncommissioned Officers Leadership School
- Connections
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- Information Technology and Services
- Websites
Kurt Deutscher’s Summary
Mr. Deutscher’s diverse career includes over a decade of work in public education before serving in a number of executive, management, fund-development and leadership roles in diverse organizations including Volunteers of America, Earth Share, United Way, the Oregon Zoo and public radio.
He has been a small business owner for over 20 years and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management and Communications from Concordia University.
Mr. Deutscher is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps, past chair of the Multnomah Education Service District Foundation, past Voting Member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and the founder of NetRaising.
Kurt Deutscher’s Specialties:
I lead organizations through complex systemic change, while preserving and promoting the mission and accomplishments that make them great.
Kurt Deutscher’s Experience
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Founder & Principal
NetRaising
(Consumer Services industry)
September 2002 — Present (7 years 3 months)
NetRaising is an emerging leader in the professional web services industry. We offer a full suite of web-related services including: design, development, hosting, consulting, and branding.
NetRaising is a social purpose enterprise; a for-profit independent consultancy pursuing a unified mission of social benefit and financial self-sufficiency.
NetRaising has built and launched over 150 custom websites. These dynamic database-driven CMS websites include diverse and sometimes complex technical functionality, are hosted in multiple environments and serve content to diverse market segments. -
Executive Director
Earth Share of Oregon
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
May 2001 — April 2002 (1 year )
During my tenure, the organization completed a number of successful transitions while building internal capacity, including:
- Zero employee turnover.
- 80% expansion of office and facilities.
- 40% increase in paid staff FTE.
- 22% increase in employee base wages.
- 100% re-branding of the organization.
- $51,000 increase in annual grant funding.
- Utilized the State of Oregon Preferred Worker Program to retrain and hire an injured worker, saving the organization over $30,000.
- Introduced a statewide non-discrimination policy standard.
- Lead the organization through a national affiliation process, name change and complete marketing and website redesign.
- Developed new intern positions to further increase capacity.
- Created dedicated volunteer-program space and enhanced computer network capacity, both scalable to meet the future needs of the organization.
- Positioned the organization to realize a 6% increase in campaign revenue. -
Senior Campaign Manager
United Way of the Columbia-Willamette
(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
August 2000 — May 2001 (10 months)
Responsible for 3.5 Million in Annual Fund Development - My team and I made our goal that year.
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Director of Business Development
Volunteers of America, Oregon
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
June 1999 — August 2000 (1 year 3 months)
As the Director of Business Development, I accepted responsibility for leading a multi-million dollar agency's largest fundraising program out of crisis. This was a seven-year-old program with operations in Oregon and SW Washington processing over 5,000 donated vehicles a year. Under my leadership, this program achieved its most successful year on record.
- Cost of Processing Per Unit - Down 13%
- Unsold Inventory - Down 67%
- Employee Turnover - Down 83%
- Employee Salaries - Up 24%
- Gross Revenue - Up 31%
- Partnership Participation - Up 102%
- Orders Processed Monthly - Up 31%
- Net Revenue - Up 53% -
Director - SE Child Development Center
Volunteers of America Oregon
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
January 1998 — June 1999 (1 year 6 months)
Lead a staff of 29 through a complete turnaround and rejuvenation of an 87-year-old social service program. In just 18 months the staff and I reversed over a decade of dysfunctional policies and procedures and turned an atmosphere of failure into one of celebration. Working cooperatively under my leadership we created positive changes that led to some significant accomplishments including:
• 70% reduction in time devoted to annual licensing inspections.
• 36% reduction in client turnover.
• 120% reduction in staff turnover.
• 17% reduction in non-recoverable account balances.
• 1% reduction in the annual operating budget.
• 25% increase in employee wages.
• 60% increase in client financial assistance.
• 25% facility renovation.
• One member of the program's management team was successfully promoted into the position of Program Director.
• The program's budget achieved a reserve for the first time on record. -
ZooTeen Volunteer Coordinator
Oregon Zoo
(Education Management industry)
June 1989 — September 1991 (2 years 4 months)
During 1990, the Oregon Zoo closed its Children's Zoo without a clear plan in place for the future of its Summer Youth Volunteer program. In the spring of 1991 I developed a new youth volunteer program called ZooTeens. I designed a program based on the responses from 82 one-on-one interviews I had conducted with former youth volunteers. That first summer the program accomplished:
• 200% increase in volunteer participation
• 85% reduction in volunteer turnover
• 25% staffing costs/needs replaced by the TeenLeaders element
From its beginnings with just over 150 volunteers, the ZooTeen program continues to operate in its original educational structure now serving more than 300 youth annually. The then-controversial peer-leadership element I created for the ZooTeens, has received Mutual of Omaha's Wildlife Heritage Center's Award of Excellence twice for youth leadership involvement. The ZooTeen program has provided thousands of youth with a positive volunteer experience.
See a video about the program:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ1tLrY0hdY
Kurt Deutscher’s Education
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Concordia University-Portland
BS , Business Management & Communications , 1994 — 1997
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Noncommissioned Officers Leadership School
Leadership
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After graduating from the Armed Forces School of Music in Norfolk, Virginia, I had the honor of serving in the United States Marine Corps Band while stationed in San Diego, California. This 35 piece musical unit averaged 6 to 9 performances a week year-round including over 300 street parades during my tenure. A professional drummer for over 25 years, I’ve performed with literally 100’s of groups and musicians and have been featured on over 25 compact disc recordings in public distribution and have assisted with, produced and performed on dozens of ‘demo’ recordings. Currently I’m performing and recording in the Portland Oregon area as a free-lance artist.
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