Representative Clients
Texas Municipal League
Delivered presentation - From Conflict to Conversation - to the 2021 Elected Officials' (virtual) Conference and will deliver it as an in-person keynote presentation at the League's Annual Conference in Houston on October 8, 2021.
Ak-Chin Indian Community
Designed & facilitated a series of strategic planning discussions that achieved clarity around the Community Council's shared goals.
Dumb Friends League
Facilitated a series of strategic planning retreats for the organization’s management and board of directors.
PetSmart Charities
Project manager to a national task force of animal welfare professionals engaged in a multi-year effort to pioneer a metrics-based approach to prioritizing animal wellbeing in municipal public policy.
Maine Municipal Association
Delivered the opening keynote, From Conflict to Conversation, to the 2020 Annual Convention.
Phoenix Art Museum
Designed a comprehensive invigoration strategy for the museum's membership program.
City of Norfolk, VA
Guided a 6-month project to conceive municipal tax-generating audience development strategies among 11 major arts & cultural institutions and the tourism industry.
Bologna Performing Arts Center/Delta State University
Conducted community interviews and involved a broad range of stakeholders to design a strategic plan for a 1,171-seat arts center in rural Mississippi.
League of Arizona Cities & Towns
Delivered the closing keynote address to the organization’s 2018 annual conference that asked, “Must Disagreement be Disagreeable?”
Arts Council of Fort Worth
Designed and conducted 8 public participation sessions that channeled meaningful public engagement into the strategic planning of the community’s cultural future.
Skidmore College
Conducted a week-long residency for students to study audience-based approaches to loyalty and customer engagement.
Arts Orange County
Designed and facilitated a series of 6 community meetings to engage the public in identifying the arts and cultural aspirations of the City of Costa Mesa, in support of the formation of a municipal cultural master plan.
Nonprofit Association of the Midlands
Matt Lehrman will deliver the keynote address, ASKING THRU ADVERSITY, to NAM's virtual annual fundraising conference on June 15, 2021.
North Dakota League of Cities
Matt Lehrman will deliver the keynote address, FROM CONFLICT TO CONVERSATION, to the League's Annual Conference in Bismarck on September 17, 2021
Experience Scottsdale
Designed & facilitated a series of "think tank" sessions for the Board of Directors of Scottsdale's Destination Management Organization to explore tourism industry-level opportunities to learn and pivot in the midst of the COVID-19 epidemic.
nonprofit association of oregon
Presented live workshops and virtual webinars on topics of donor engagement and fundraising thru challenging times.
Arizona state university
Guest lecturer on Skills of Public Dialogue, for the Certified Public Manager® program.
Culture Republic, Scotland
Over a 1-week audience development residency, presented a series of keynote addresses, training workshops, and one-on-one consultations for arts and cultural organizations in Glasgow, Dundee, and Edinburgh.
Childsplay
Guided a 9-month process to align the responsibilities and processes of board governance, business management, and succession planning.