Research & Analysis

• Needs Assessment
  Determine whether and how your idea fills an unmet need.
• Market & Field Research
  Discover what prospective users and stakeholders think; conduct due diligence.
• Funding Source Research
  Uncover who is most likely to be interested in funding your idea or partnering with you.

Direction & Strategy

• Vision/Purpose
  Facilitation to clarify what you or your group wants to.
• Granting Strategy
  Explore whether a strategic, responsive, and/or operational approach will best match your philanthropic intention.
• Organizational Strategy
  Uncover and review processes and structures to effectively engage your team and stakeholders.
• Funding Strategy
  Develop an effective direction for gaining your initiative financial support. Determine what will make your project of maximum interest to prospective funders.
• Membership Strategy
  If you are a membership-based organization, assess how to increase your value proposition through new initiatives and approaches to membership service.

Program Design, Development, and Management

• Program planning
  Chart how to move your idea from concept to action.
• Program option development
  Assess program options to determine which will best enable you to fulfill your social benefit intention.
  Develop grant proposals and business plans for prospective funders.
• Event design/management
  Plan a high impact, high engagement event or program series.
• Pilot project launch
  Organize how you will initiate your project and advise on how to manage selected aspects of the start-up process, including stakeholder engagement, infrastructure, development, and promotion.
• Impact and results
  Set up baseline structure and criteria for monitoring and on-going assessment; recommend future improvements.