PROGRAM CONSULTING
Whether your program is new or advancing to the next phase of maturity, there is a strategy for you to make the most of your portfolio to achieve what matters.
Pending Program
Craft a program that matters with evidence and story at the outset to yield impact that matters.
Transitioning Program
Maximize program impact to ensure a strong foundation for whatever is coming next.
Beginning Program
Ensure your logistics and impact processes are in place to achieve success that matters.
Program Mentoring
Embrace your agency as an individual team member (your time matters too) to grow the impact of your program.
Ongoing Program
Elevate effectiveness and efficiency to focus resources on what matters.
Program Learning
Empower a program team to excel in program management to achieve high-performing programs that matter.
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Pending Program
This is exciting (and maybe overwhelming)! Here are service options to consider based on common needs:
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Strategy: Why is it important to start this new program? How will it achieve impact? What evidence will it generate to show it matters?
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Logistics (resources and processes): How to execute a program that matters? What do different amounts of time or budget offer? What options are available when constrained by staff, time, or money? Based on prior experiences, what processes can be streamlined?
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Impact Processes: What processes lead to a successful program that also achieves impact that matters? What are lessons learned from prior programs to build from strengths?
RELIEVE THE UNCERTAINTY.
STRATEGIC PROCESSES BACKED BY SUCCESS TO GIVE YOU INSIGHT TO TAKE ACTION.
EMPOWER YOUR AGENCY.
Beginning Program
Congratulations, beginning a new program is thrilling! Here are some service options to consider based on common needs:
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Strategic Design: What is the context of this program? What story does it need to tell to achieve impact that matters? What evidence will support that story?
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Start-Up Logistics: Are staff, budget, and product expectations aligned to execute effectively? What processes are in place for managing resources? What are the risks to look-out for? How to monitor execution?
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Built-In Evaluation: What impact processes are in place to leverage evidence and story to deliver impact that matters?
Ongoing Program
Managing and growing a program is a journey with ups and downs. Here are some service options to consider based on common needs:
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Strategic Design Update: Is the program following the original strategy? Does that strategy still make sense based on lessons learned?
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Logistics Review: What processes are serving me well? Do I have impact processes? What needs to be updated?
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Intermediate Evaluation: What has the program generated so far? Is it aligned with the initial strategy and expectations? What can be improved?
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Transform: Has the environment changed? Did the program activities highlight a new issue? How can the current program pivot to meet the emerging need or challenge?
Transitioning Program
Success (maybe)! At this point you know that maintaining, let alone growing, a program requires constant effort. Here are some service options to consider based on common needs:
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Final Report-Outs: What does the program leave behind that matters? What are the dissemination mediums and outlets that matter?
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Lessons Learned Assessment: What operations worked well? What needs to be revised for the next program?
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Summative Evaluation: What did the program accomplish? Were the goals met? What's next?
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Transition Assessment: What's next for the program? Does it end, keep going, or change?
Program Mentoring
Many opportunities! This service is for you if you are a part of a program and you want to make it matter but are struggling to effect change. Here are some service options to consider based on common needs:
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Touch-Up: What role do I play in change? What isn't happening? What are my options?
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Reflection: My part in the program is done, but how do I handle the next one differently?
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Ongoing Support: How do I make big change that matters throughout the program? How do I grow and foster that change?
AVOID OVERWHELM.
CLEAR AND PRACTICAL GUIDANCE TO MAKE IT MATTER.
TAKE BACK YOUR TIME.
Program Learning
Tailor an immersive experience for you or your team to learn the why and how of making a program matter! This option is for you if you want a custom workshop for you or your team to grow your expertise. While individual learning sessions are customized, there are three basic options:
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Virtual, Short-form, Broad: How can I inspire my team to employ tactics that enhance program impact?
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Long-Form, Specific: How can I revitalize our approach to specific parts of the program lifecycle? What processes can I use? How do I shift team dynamics?
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Ongoing: How can I keep the program focused on what matters? How do I tackle specific program risks and challenges?
How will you know these services mattered?
A streamlined process using evidence + story that applies to your work with me. It is built into the service to keep the primary effort focused on your need, not more mindless documenting and reporting.
Services provided to select non-profit programs pro bono. Inquire to learn more.
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