...Specializing in Non-Profit Development, Sustainability, and Growth

DEVELOPMENT covers a lot of territory.

For some organizations, development needs may be minor, such as fine-tuning arguments and deliverables for a funding proposal.  Other groups may need to count on me to lead them through the creation of their new programs and organizations from the “ground up.”

If you are reading this page, there is a good chance you already know that you require some assistance in this department. My services can be as comprehensive as you need—and at whatever level you can afford.

With a long and successful history as someone who created entirely new human service organizations and totally revamped others in serious trouble, I have the skills to help you reach your goals.   If there are barriers you face, we will work through your options to rectify them.

Maybe you need to revisit your organization’s vision for the future and pave the way for the next 10 years.  Perhaps you have been doing things the same way for far too long and realize you need a fresh perspective and more current delivery systems.   Or, maybe you are embarking on an exciting new journey that somewhat terrifies you because it seems too big and you don’t know where to start.

Whether it is a matter of developing a set of winning talking points or a more compelling organizational message, creating an innovative program or brand new agency, or drafting a set of core written materials that catapult you to the next level—you have a solution to it all.

 

That solution is Creative Edge Consulting.  

 

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General Development Tasks

 

Organizational Messaging/Mission

Infrastructure and Systems, and Accountability Structures

Policies & Procedures (Program , Organizational, and Personnel)

Strategic Plans

Staff and Board Trainings (and Training Materials Creation)

Marketing Plans

Fiscal Development Plans—which include grants, government contracts, corporate sponsorships, donations from the general public, and fundraising events

Staffing Plans, Job Descriptions, & Performance Evaluation Tools

Budget Development

Quality Assurance Protocols

Public Relations/Visibility

Goals, Objectives, and Measurable Outcomes and Outputs

Curricula

Activity Schedules

Documentation/Data Collection Tools

Person-Centered Planning Systems

Addressing Staff Morale and Management Styles

Expansion Plans—How, When, Where

Brochures, Web, and Other Materials Update/Improvement

Action Plans/Plans of Correction

Organizational Assessment

Prioritization of Goals/Needs

Satisfaction Surveys and other Evaluation Tools

Board Member Roles and Responsibilities/Committee Use

 

...and so forth

 

 

Interesting Quotes:

 

“After you've done a thing the same way for two years, look it over carefully.  After five years, look at it with suspicion.  And, after ten years, throw it away and start all over.”

Alfred Edward Perlman

New York Times

July 3, 1958

 

 

“Your current safe boundaries were once unknown frontiers.”

~ Unknown

 

“In his later years, Pablo Picasso was not allowed to roam an art gallery unattended, for he had previously been discovered in the act of trying to improve on one of his old masterpieces.”

~ Unknown