Business Name (DBA):  RAINMAKER Consulting
Business Address:           231 Madison Avenue West, Holyoke, Massachusetts 01040
Business Phone:             413 575-0588
Email Address:               info@rainmkr.com
Website:                       http://www.rainmkr.com
Principal:                      Laurie Herrick

Categories of Service:

Administration/Management
Advancement Program Development
Advocacy and Public Policy
Board Development **
Capital Campaigns
Career
Church fundraising
Communication and Marketing
Conflict Management and Mediation
Constituency Development
Consultants
Development Audits
Diversity and Intercultural Understanding
Donor Recognition
Endowment Development
Executive Coaches
Facilitators
Feasibility Studies
Foundation Management
Fundraising and Philanthropic Development **
Fundraising Opportunities
Grantwriters
Human Resources
Interim Executive Directors
Internet Technology/Computer Hardware and Software
Leadership Development
Life Coaches
Multi-agency Collaboration
Nonprofit Resources
Organizational Development **
Organizations Serving Non-Profits
Planned Giving
Program Evaluators
Promotional Products
Research
Speakers
Special Event Coordinators
Start Ups and Mergers
Strategic Planning
Synagogue and Jewish Communal Services
Trainers

** = first and foremost

Description of services:

Over the last five years a wide variety of clients have used RAINMAKER Consulting. RAINMAKER has inspired and trained them to raise millions of dollars. We have helped cause cultural changes around money and fundraising. We have coached executives to have breakthroughs in their effectiveness, and we’ve helped non-profits reorganize and redesign their future. We’ve provided effective and often transformational guidance in the form of:

Executive coaching
Fundraising planning and training
Board development
Governance training
Capital campaign management and coaching
Strategic planning

Whether your needs are fundraising, financial planning, leadership development, board development or systemic change, RAINMAKER brings enthusiasm and experience to each of our projects. Our motivation and commitment is to see leaders guide their organizations in ways in which their goals are not only met, but results which go far beyond their original expectations.

Background on you and/or your business:

Supporting strong leaders by cultivating vision and leadership, RAINMAKER Consulting helps leaders set bold, visionary goals and creates pathways for attaining them. Leadership is about vision and relationships. It is about the ability to inspire and empower others with what is possible. Our ideal client is committed to serious growth that will be reflected in his/her professional life — an individual in search of quantum breakthroughs in effectiveness, measurable results and possibility.

Whether your needs are fundraising, financial planning, leadership development, board development or systemic change, RAINMAKER brings enthusiasm and experience to each of our projects. Our motivation and commitment is to see leaders guide their organizations in ways in which their goals are not only met, but results which go far beyond their original expectations.

Testimonials and/or references:

“Never having conducted a capital campaign … we had everything to learn. Laurie was a wonderful teacher. More than that, RAINMAKER was an excellent partner.” –– RK Zionsville, Indiana

“From the very first session RAINMAKER gave me valuable perspective and concrete strategies.” –– SS Northampton, MA

“Against all reasonable odds, she has helped organize my practice.” –– KF, Northampton, MA

“She was full of wisdom and straightforward advice and gave both in abundance” –– RW, Ashfield, MA

Names of and/or links to your books, articles or blogs:

http://www.rainmkr.com

Service area by country, state or zip code:

United States and Caribbean, with majority of work in New England, the mid-Atlantic states and the Mid-West