Company Development Training Series

Real-World Knowledge

Our programs provide practical, applicable strategies that drive results.

Industry Expertise

Learn from top professionals respected in their fields

Flexible Learning Options

Choose between online self-paced modules or

in-person classroom sessions.

• Eight (8) Modules Delivered over 2 Months (weekly) to 8 months (monthly)
• 90-Minutes training delivered via Zoom
• Up to 25 participants per module
• Recorded and available for 1 year

• Four (4) Suggested
• Webinar Topics

Design & ThinkingTechnique I

• Design Thinking/Human-Centered
• Design Fundamentals
• Design Thinking Collaborative
• Technology Tools
• Rose-Thorn-Bud
• Problem Tree Analysis

Design & ThinkingTechnique II

• Developing Intentional Creativity
• Creative Matrix
• Importance/Difficulty Matrix

Strategic Planning FUNdamentals

• Identify the fundamental practices of a strategic planning process
• Learn the key indicators of a successful strategic planning process
• Define the foundations of a strong strategic plan using workbook tools

Strategic Planning Tools

• Understand how to effectively use outstanding tools for the design and management of strategic planning
• Learn in-person and online facilitation techniques for a SWOT analysis

• Fundamentals
• Team Development
• Marketing & Social Media
• Systems, Ecosystems & Legal

Dr. Madden is a strategist, researcher, teacher, facilitator and design thinker. She is also a Nonprofit Management Research Fellow, a Fowler Sustainability Fellow and a Management Design Fellow. Her book, Inter-Organizational Collaboration by Design in the Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management Series examines how collaborations can overcome barriers to innovate and rejuvenate communities by outlining the factors and antecedents that influence successful collaboration. The book proposes a theoretical perspective for collaborators to adopt the language of designers, evidence-based tools and strategies to enable success. It outlines her journey from research to action resulting in a “Collaboration Blueprint” that assisted community-based nonprofit organizations to secure over $13.5M in grant funding (with nearly $9M raised in a single year).

Education

• B.A., economics and American studies, Case Western Reserve University
• Master’s in nonprofit management, Case Western Reserve University
• Ph.D., Weatherhead School of Management

Publications

Washington, M. L., Madden, J. R., Clevenger, M. R., & Miao, C. (2022). The Power of Entrepreneurs and Social Systems: Driving Forces for Empowerment, Mitigating Disempowerment, and Advancing Equity. In Entrepreneurial Communities and Ecosystems (pp. 100-142). Routledge.

Chupp, M., Madden, J., & Yankey, J. (2022, May 18). Strategic planning. In Encyclopedia of Social Work.

Washington, M. L., & Madden, J. R. (2020). Collaboration & Design Thinking: A Transdisciplinary Approach to Redefining the Next Normal and Creating Resilient Ecosystems. Review of Business Research, 20(1), 61-74.

Washington, M. L., & Madden, J. R. (2020). Social Media Induced Technostressors and its Impact on Productivity and Work/Home Conflict Pre COVID-19. International Journal of Business Research, 20(2), 50-62.

Madden, J. (2018). Inter-Organizational Collaboration by Design (Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management Series). New York, NY: Routledge.

Peters, S. E., Nielsen, K. M., Nagler, E. M., Revette, A. C., Madden, J., & Sorensen, G. (2019). Ensuring Organization-Intervention Fit for a Participatory Organizational Intervention to Improve Food Service Workers’ Health and Wellbeing: Workplace Organizational Health Study. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

Madden, J. (2018, March 1). Keys to a Successful Affordable Housing Cross-Sector Collaboration. How Housing Matters.

Madden, J. (2017). Reimagining Collaboration: Insight from Leaders of Affordable-Housing Cross-Sector Collaborations on Successful Collaboration Design, Performance, and Social Innovation. Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership, 7(3), 182–196.

Madden, J. (2017). It was the best of times, it was the worst of times: the doctoral journey of a female African American, Management Ph.D. In Artenie, C., & Davis, D. J., (Eds.), Specialists: Passions and Careers (pp. 81-84). Montreal: Universitas Press.

Madden, J. (2015). Leveraging Design: How the Design Process and a Design Framework Strengthens Nonprofit Management Pedagogy. Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership, 5(1), 6-11.

Madden, J. (2011). Overcoming Collaborations Barriers in Affordable Housing Public-Private Partnerships. Academy of Management Annual Proceedings, (Best Papers Meeting Supplement), 1-6. 

Madeleine Brady Romero has a B.A. in economics from the University of California at Los Angeles, magna cum laude, and an M.B.A. in finance and marketing from the University of Southern California. She began at Linfield in 2010 and teaches Financial Management, Financial Theory and Seminar in Corporate Finance. Madeleine has taught internationally in China and Germany and is also the recipient of the 2021 Henberg International Scholarship Award for her work on Business Planning: Step by Step, an international finance textbook.

Madeleine has been appointed as the NCAA DIII Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR) for Linfield. The primary role of the FAR is to promote academic integrity, monitor institutional control of intercollegiate athletics, facilitate the integration of the athletics and academic components of the university community, and enhance the student-athlete experience. Madeleine formerly competed in collegiate track & field, and was a member of the cheerleading squad.

Prior to joining Linfield, Madeleine was a faculty member at the College of Business at Oregon State University (OSU) and the University Honors College at OSU, where she taught courses in corporate finance, personal finance and accounting. She additionally has held management positions in corporate acquisitions and development in the healthcare industry. Madeleine has received national recognition for exceptional teaching and is the recipient of numerous teaching awards while at OSU and California State University at Fullerton.

Education

• B.A., University of California, Los Angeles
• M.B.A., University of Southern California

Chris Dahlvig joined the faculty of Linfield in 2018 where he teaches courses in accounting. Chris spent 20 years working in the not-for-profit sector in various accounting roles in a wide range of industries including higher education, outdoor ministry, healthcare, e-waste recycling and philanthropy. As controller for Inland Northwest Community Foundation, Chris accounted for more than $100M in assets which generated nearly $7M in grants annually for the region. Many of his career highlights include process improvements that led to significant time savings including the development of a payables process that reduced staff time by more than 98%.

Chris loves the Green Bay Packers and '80s techno-pop. His interests include running 5ks with his wife and reading books while drinking good coffee.

Education

• B.A., accounting, Whitworth University
• M.B.A., Northwest Christian University
• C.P.A.