For Immediate Release
For more information contact:
Naomi Takeuchi, President
1000 Cranes Business Consulting
1-919-806-4932
naomi@1000cranes.com
Naomi Takeuchi Becomes a Licensed Consultant with the
Standards for Excellence Institute
Baltimore, MD (May 24, 2006) - Naomi Takeuchi, President of 1000 Cranes Business Consulting, completed the first Standards for Excellence Institute training to become a licensed consultant. "It was a privilege to be one of the first consultants chosen to become licensed to work with the Standards for Excellence Institute materials," explains Takeuchi. "Nonprofits are facing much tighter scrutiny from funding organizations and greater competition. The Standards for Excellence Program, an overall program providing guidance in management effectiveness through a code book of guiding principles focused on accountability, provides greater visibility to nonprofits who have chosen to operate efficiently and ethically. The Standards for Excellence Codebook, Clinics as well as its Certification process are good ways for nonprofits to evaluate their internal processes to ensure a high level of integrity."
1000 Cranes Business Consulting is a private consulting firm serving nonprofits and small businesses in strategic planning, business consulting and financial analysis with a focus on social enterprise. For further information about the 1000 Cranes, LLC, visit the website at www.1000cranes.com.
The first program of its kind in the United States, the Standards for Excellence Institute is a national initiative that promotes the highest standards of ethics and accountability in nonprofit governance, management, and operations, and facilitates adherence to those standards by all nonprofits. The Institute, an operating division of The Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations, uses the Standards for Excellence program, a comprehensive system of nonprofit sector self-regulation as its vehicle for effective change. The Standards for Excellence program works to strengthen the ability of nonprofit organizations to act ethically and accountably in their management and governance, while enhancing the public's trust in the nonprofit sector. For further information about the Standards for Excellence Institute, visit the website at www.standardsforexcellenceinstitute.org.
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