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•Strategic planning and businessOefNIrionL pLnninfplanning.

•Organizational planning.
Led more than 100 strategic planning projects and two dozen business planning projects.

•Conservation planning.

Developed conservation plans from biogeographic province to site scale, including the Caribbean Sea, Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and Upper Colorado River.

•Volunteer program development and management.

Wrote the first volunteer management manual for The Nature Conservancy, served on the board of directors of The Volunteer Connection of Boulder County and has given volunteer management seminars nationwide.

•Project management.

Conducted project management training seminars throughout the United States and in Canada, China and Indonesia.

•Organizational communication.

Developed dozens of internal and external communication strategies. NLP certified.

•Technology.

Proficient in Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, MS Project, Freemind, ACT!, Dreamweaver.

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Publications

Murray, Will. 2008. Does Volunteering Enhance Your Race Experience? Triathlon Life. 11:4. 52.

Murray, Will. 2006. Reflecting on Organizational Sustainability. Reprinted in River Fundraising Alert. Summer 2006: 5-8.

Murray, Will. 2005. What Really Matters. Natural Area News 9:2. 1

Murray, Will. 2004. Reflecting on Organizational Sustainability. Colorado Watershed Assembly Newsletter.

Murray, Will. 2003. In Tough Times, Get Strategic. Natural Area News 3:1. 1.

Murray, Will. 2001. Colorado Natural Areas Program Emerges from Elimination Proposal. Natural Area News 5:1. 7.

Murray, Will. 2000. Volunteers Are Changing: How Volunteer Programs Can Adapt Grassroots Fundraising Journal 19:2. 7-8.

Murray, Will and S. Bischoff. 1999. Some Basic Steps to Marketing Success. Exchange: Journal of the Land Trust Alliance 18:1 15-16.

Murray, Will. 1995. Lessons Learned from 35 years of Preserve Management: the Preserve System of The Nature Conservancy. 197-205.In Expanding Partnerships in Conservation. Jeffrey A. McNeely, (ed.) Covelo, CA: Island Press.

Murray, Will. 1989. Santa Cruz Island--Sanctuary in the Sea. 145-151. In California Wild Lands, A Guide to The Nature Conservancy Preserves. Dwight Holing. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books.

Presentations

•Time Management. RSVP of Boulder County. October, 2008. Boulder, CO.

•Getting the Most from Groups. Wildlands Restoration Volunteers. April, 2007, Boulder, CO

•Volunteerism and Philanthropy Moving Together. The Volunteer Connection of Boulder County. March 2007, Boulder, CO.

•Asking for a Major Gift. Wildlands Restoration Volunteers. March, 2007, Boulder, CO.

•Getting There On Time, On Budget, and Sane. Wildlands Restoration Volunteers. February, 2007, Boulder, CO.

•Enhancing the Capacity of Your Organization. Colorado Watershed Assembly. October 2006, Keystone CO.

•Leading the New Workforce. Land Trust Rally. October 2006, Nashville, TN

•Delegation and Project Management. Colorado Conference on Volunteerism. February, 2006, Denver, CO

•Now That We’ve Hired Staff…. Land Trust Alliance Southwest Conference. May, 2006. Austin, TX.

•Land Conservation Leadership Program. Land Trust Alliance. April, 2006. Split Rock, NC.

•Volunteerism and Philanthropy Growing Together, Colorado Conference on Volunteerism. February, 2006, Denver, CO

•The Nexus of Land and Water Conservation. Sierra Nevada Alliance Annual Conference. July 2005, Kings Beach, CA

•Social Marketing: Using Human Nature to Shape Sustainable Behavior. Sierra Nevada Alliance Annual Conference. July 2005, Kings Beach, CA

•Getting the Most from Groups. Wildlands Restoration Volunteers. May, 2005. Boulder, CO

•The Nexus of Land and Water Conservation. Southwest Land Trust Conference. May 2005, Durango, CO

•Delegation and Project Management. The Volunteer Connection of Boulder County. May, 2005 Boulder, CO

•The Nexus of Land and Water Conservation. River Rally. May 2005, Keystone, CO

•Creating Your Annual Plan. River Rally. May 2005, Keystone, CO

•How to Ask for a Major Gift. River Rally. May 2005, Keystone, CO

•Project Management. Wildlands Restoration Volunteers. February, 2005. Boulder, CO

•Trends in Volunteer Management. The Nature Conservancy Annual Volunteer Conference. October 2004, Portland, OR

•Engaging New Constituents. Land Trust Rally. October, 2004. Providence, RI

•Project Management. The Nature Conservancy, Washington Chapter. June, 2004. Seattle, WA

•Considering, Deciding and Implementing a Merger. Land Trust Rally. October, 2003.

•Quality of Life as the Organizing Principle in Land Conservation. . Land Trust Rally. October, 2003.

•Project Management. The Nature Conservancy Smith Fellows. October, 2002. Vancouver, BC

•Strategic Planning for Small and All-Volunteer Land Trusts. Land Trust Rally. October 29, 2002, Austin, TX

•Land Trusts and Watershed Groups, the Coming Convergence. Land Trust Rally. October 28, 2002, Austin, TX

•Using PowerPoint Properly to Enhance Your Presentations. International Conference on Volunteer Administration. October 12, 2002, Denver, CO

•Developing Your Budget. River Alliance River Rally. October 1, 2002, Asheville, NC

•Project Management. River Alliance River Rally. October 2, 2002, Asheville, NC

•Fundraising, A Small Topic. Colorado Watershed Assembly. September 12, 2002, Breckenridge, CO

•Project Management. The Nature Conservancy Indonesia Country Program. June 5-8, 2002. Kuta, Bali, Indonesia

•Developing a Fundraising Plan. Southwest Meeting of the Land Trust Alliance. May 18, 2002, Moab, UT

•Managing Change. Gathering Waters Land Trust Conference. February 11, 2002, Rosholt, WI

•Project Management. The Nature Conservancy Yunnan Great Rivers Project. February 4-6, 2002, Kunming, Yunnan, China

•Land Trusts and Watershed Groups, the Coming Convergence. Land Trust Rally. October 2, 2001, Baltimore, MD

•Strategic Planning—Inventing Your Future. Southeast Boulder County Human Services Coalition. July 23, 2001 Lafayette, CO

•Project Management. The Nature Conservancy. February 9, 2001, Vancouver, BC

•Using a Marketing Approach. Colorado Weed Management Association Annual Conference and Trade Show 2001. December 5, 2001, Aurora, CO

•Are You Normal? Results from Land Conservation Discussions Across the Nation.

•Southwest Regional Meeting of the Land Trust Alliance, May 19, 2000, Frisco, CO

•The Marriage of Marketing and Land Conservation—What Will the Offspring Look Like?

•Managing Change. The Nature Conservancy Conservation Science Division. April 26, 2001, Arlington, VA

•Managing Volunteers for Results. Colorado Therapeutic Riding Center. February 3, 2000, Longmont, CO

•Are You Normal? Results from Land Conservation Discussions Across the Nation

•Southwest Regional Meeting of the Land Trust Alliance. May 19, 2000, Moab, UT

•Time and Project Management—Too Much to Do, Too Little Time. Land Trust Rally. October 2, 1999, Aspen, CO

•Branding and Positioning. Regis University Masters of Nonprofit Management Program. April 5, 1999, Denver, CO

•Strategy Versus Opportunity. The Nature Conservancy Conservation Science Division. February 10, 1999. Arlington, VA

•Volunteer Programs that Work. Boulder Valley Development Professionals. January 15, 1999, Boulder, CO

•Rewarding, Retaining and Recognizing Volunteers. The Volunteer Connection of Boulder County. November 10, 1999, Boulder, CO

•Identifying Real Needs and Setting Real Goals. Fort Collins Chapter of Directors of Volunteers in Agencies. October 9, 1998, Fort Collins, CO

•Recruiting, Retaining and Re-energizing Volunteer Leaders. University of Colorado Alumni Association. October 9, 1999. Boulder, CO

•Reward and Recognition in the One-on-One Era. Lifelong Learning. March 10, 1998, Boulder, CO

•Interpreting Nature. The Nature Conservancy. January 1998