We’re redefining Consulting as Capacity Building. Consulting to us is building the ability and strength of organizations and the communities that they serve to learn together, grow together and lead together more effectively. We do this through:
With over 1,000 hours of virtual and in person facilitation experience, we build the capacity of mission-driven people and organizations to navigating growth and transitions:
Organizational Priority Setting (Delivered as a 3-day workshop)
Year In Review Retreats
Annual Kick Off Retreats
Facilitation of Retreats, Standard Meetings and Special Gatherings, i.e.
Quarterly All Staff Gatherings
Post-Project Reflection & Evaluation Sessions
Interactive Innovation & Learning Games
Facilitation Training & Capacity Building
We work with clients to foster organizational growth and resilience through:
Community Engaged Strategic Planning & Strategic Plan Readiness (for organizations, donor collectives, grantees, fellow cohorts)
Learning & Development Program Design
Board Development & Governance Design
Communications & Branding Strategy
Cultural Transformation Planning & Implementation
Values In Action Planning
Advancing new thinking and innovations in community, design and social justice:
Community Design for Leaders - a community of practice and 2-week long virtual intensive to support designers shifting their practice towards mutuality and justice. Available twice a year – custom options also available.
FLOX Facilitation School - a 6-session, 3 month long program for professionals looking to improve their facilitation skills. New offering coming Spring 2023
Partnerships with aligned public and private organizations
NIRH: he National Institute For Reproductive Health (NIRH) works directly with state and local reproductive health, rights, and justice organizations and allied groups to protect and advance equitable access to reproductive health care.
Strategic planning implementation guidance
We believe in building capacity and ownership so that folks can create their own solutions and ideal reality. Keeping this in mind, our team stepped in to facilitate the strategic planning implementation for NIRH. For us the goal was simple: We prioritized engagement with all key stakeholders to create an implementation plan that was extensively customized to suit the needs and complement the inner working and dynamics of the organization.
BEJP: The Brooklyn Economic Justice Project (BEJP) is a community-based economic justice accelerator that informs local economic decision-making, educates and trains community members, and invests in their ideas for economic liberation.
Program design and development
We believe community design is more than creating things, it’s also harnessing the power that already exists in the community by supporting the folks that are already doing important work on the ground. This is reflected directly in the way our team facilitated the design of BEJP’s programming. We encouraged a collaborative process that involved the cohort members sharing their expertise, strengths and networks. The existing assets of individual members became the community resources for the cohort.
MVP: The Movement Voter Project (MVP) works to strengthen progressive power at all levels of society by helping donors – big and small – support the best and most promising local community-based organizations in key states, with a focus on youth and communities of color.
Organizational design & board development
Our practice involves using a design-infused process, rather than a design-led one, which means that we orient ourselves to our clients, become facilitators and build with them to achieve their vision. For the Movement Voter Project, that has meant supporting a fast-growing nonprofit startup navigating increased demand, rapidly evolving culture and the recruitment and establishment of the first senior leadership team.
We act as executive advisors to the CEO, manage the myriad of other organizational consultants, help with rapid-response for urgent new projects and facilitate team meetings.
