A few things to consider

There are a variety of scenarios that might lead your organization to consider hiring a consultant or specialist. We’ve encountered many such scenarios. Most are quite common, and some are universal. Each item in our portfolio and work history represents a scenario where we helped an organization take important steps forward.

We’re ready to help you with any of the kinds of scenarios you might face:

• New organizations founded around new ideas or newly-inherited collections can use guidance on everything from strategic and design planning to fundraising to development of basic mission and vision. We’re patient and friendly, and will happily walk organizations through the steps it takes to set out from a place of strength.
• Perhaps your organization has been around for years, dependent on a dedicated cadre of grassroots volunteers for its success. Perhaps that volunteer base has changed, perhaps your markets have evolved, or perhaps you’d just like to work to an updated standard. Our work ethic is built around what we believe to be an important process: that of getting to know your organization, its culture, and its strength. This enables us to help you play up your longstanding strengths in the course of building into new ones, which permits organizational memory to persist and contributes to longevity, sustainability, and success.
• Even polished, professional organizations get tired. Popular tastes and cultural needs are an ever-evolving landscape, and the best-planned programs, projects, and presentations eventually run their course. If your organization or business is built around perpetually important stories, places, and things, recasting your narratives by emphasizing new and different parts and through the use of new presentation formats, techniques, and technologies can help ensure that your public continues to see the work you do as relevant and inspired.
• Sometimes, a member or a subset of an organization sees new possibilities but must first convince others of the need or vision they see before they can bring it to bear. A well-articulated and well-illustrated presentation of the vision can make believers out of skeptics in a way that few other forms of (attempted) persuasion do.
• Professional organizations and businesses the world over find themselves with good ideas and at least some of the resources to back them, but need outside expertise to bring all of the resources needed together and bring ideas to fruition.

If any of the needs or scenarios represented here sound familiar, we want you to know that we’ve been down each such road countless times. We’re ready to serve as sages, navigators, and guides. Each member of our collaborative team is fully in their element with the work we do. We’re happy to be working alongside your staff and volunteers to move your work forward.