Mike Coxon

Biographie

Mike is an experienced consultant to community benefit organizations. He started Third Sector Consulting in 1990. He is an associate of the Barnes Management Group (BMG). Areas of consulting work include:

• Strategic thinking and planning – trying to keep this practical, participatory and to help build the capacity of Boards and E.D.s to make strategic thinking planning part of everyday practice. Due to pandemic- recent experience facilitating 2 projects using Zoom.
• Board building and encouraging generative governance (Board Source certified governance trainer).
• Supporting inter organizational and cross sectoral collaboration and partnerships as intentional and disciplined strategies (trained as a Partnership Broker).
• Encouraging person centered practices and “welcoming” cultures in human services organizations.
• Facilitation and community engagement (anything from facilitating a forum on seniors’ issues to retreats). 30 years’ experience in working with Technologies of Participation (Institute of Cultural Affairs or ICA) and also use Liberating Structures and World Cafe methods where appropriate.

Over the past 35 years, Mike has been the Executive Director of several organizations which provided community health and social services. He retired  in July, 2017 from the position of Chief Executive Officer of the Mills Community Support Corporation