“We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, with so little, for so long, we are now qualified to do anything, with nothing.” ― Mother Teresa
ECONOMIC & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Creating and customizing policies and practices to meet community goals, needs & wants
Navigating state and local tools for small business start-ups and expansions
Convening, connecting and fostering collaboration
Partner recruitment
Community assessments
Community marketing
Grant writing
PROGRAM & PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Event coordination
Promotions
Market research
Strategic planning
Work plans
Financial oversight
Evaluation and wrap-up
COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLIC RELATIONS
Develop strategies & communication plans
Identify key messages
Create campaigns
Writing and editing
Use of various conduits to reach key audiences including news releases, online platforms such as e-newsletters, websites and social media, and print materials
ADVOCACY & PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Coalition building
Issues management
Outreach to state and local elected officials and other decision makers
LEADERSHIP, ADVISORY, TRAINING & MENTORSHIP SERVICES
Workshops, small group sessions, or one-on-one assistance for new employees, boards, committees, volunteers and others seeking strategies to be more impactful
Public speaking
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”