Consulting

What we do

We provide policy and communication consulting to leaders in higher education, government, businesses, and non-profit organizations who seek to make positive change and build organizational capacity. Services include: strategic planning, policy development, resource development, program implementation, training and development, and government relations.

Strategic planning

• Work with organizations to establish a vision, mission, goals, objectives, strategies, performance measures and targets.
• Facilitate collaborative planning processes to capture participants’ ideas, develop plans, and obtain stakeholder buy-in for implementation.
• Analyze organizations’ strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT).

Policy development

• Draft policies and procedures and associated forms and provide implementation training.
• Draft legislation and regulations.
• Draft policy analyses and reports and recommend policy changes.

Resource development

• Prepare grant applications and other funding proposals.
• Prepare budgets and financial plans for businesses and projects.

Program implementation

• Start up and manage programs and projects.
• Provide technical assistance to improve manager and staff knowledge and skills, implement best practices, and build capacity.

Training and development

• Develop and implement customized training and development in higher education fields, including board governance, law, finance, human resources and management.
• Develop and implement customized training and development in leadership, agile/lean project management, and public speaking.

Government relations

• Assist organizations to develop and implement advocacy plans, including coalition, relationship, and image building and grassroots outreach.
• Draft position statements, legislation, and rule-making comments.
• Monitor and provide updates and alerts concerning legislative and regulatory activities.