CODA Leadership Conference
Connecting the Dots...collaborating...fundraising...telling your story…
June 8-11, 2011 (Wed.- Sat.)
Portland, Maine
Host: Maine Crafts Association
Sponsors: Maine Arts Commission, Maine Department of Economic and Community Development and
Office of Tourism, Maine Community Development Association, Handmade at New York International Gift Fair,
Saint Joseph's University, American Craft Council, and The Crafts Report 
Andy Goodman
"The Power of Storytelling: The First Big Thing"
Andy Goodman is a nationally recognized author, speaker and consultant in the field of public interest communications who helps nonprofits, foundations, government agencies and educational institutions reach more people more effectively. He is the author of Storytelling as Best Practice, Why Bad Ads Happen to Good Causes and also publishes a monthly journal, free-range thinking, to share best practices in the field.
Andy is best known for his speeches and workshops on storytelling, presenting, design and strategic communications, and has been invited to speak at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, the Woodrow Wilson School of Public Affairs at Princeton, as well as at major foundation and nonprofit conferences. In 2007, he was selected by Al Gore to train a thousand volunteers who are currently conducting presentations on global warming throughout the US and around the world. And in 2008, he co-founded The Goodman Center, an online school, "to help do-gooders do better".
Andy who is based in Los Angel also serves as a Senior Fellow for Civic Ventures and is on the advisory boards of VolunteerMatch and Great Nonprofits. To learn more about his work, please visit www.agoodmanonline.com and www.thegoodmancenter.com.