Research and Planning

Successful programs have certain things in common. They are well-planned, based on up-to-date information, and responsive to the public.

Guiding groups in careful planning - including developing step-by-step implementation and evaluation plans - is one of our specialties.

Planning

Created and implemented a marketing plan for a watershed protection project in a rural community.

Coordinated 30-member stakeholder group that developed a School District facilities plan.

Planned and executed an award-winning energy conservation project.

Prepared a marketing plan to recruit mentors for youth.

Facilitated creation of fundraising plans for nonprofit groups.

Other organizational planning sessions facilitated since 2005:

~ Island Grove Regional Treatment Center project
~ Child Advocacy Center
~ Coloradoans Against Resource Destruction
~ New Freedom Church
~ Defenders of the Black Hills
~ Weld County Department of Social Services project
~ Moffatt County Drug Court
~ Stigma Busters
~ Town of Wellington
~ Interagency Oversight Groups of Weld and Larimer Counties

Research

Analyzed testing scores and teacher accreditation for facilities that provide services to youth who are placed outside the home.

Studied movement of boats around Colorado in an effort to prevent noxious species.

Evaluated a waste reduction project in rural and urban communities.

Facilitated focus groups to identify the needs of "baby boomer" volunteers.

Did a staff satisfaction survey for a geographically dispersed nonprofit organization.

Completed a random sample telephone survey to identify people's views on mentoring at-risk youth.

Statistical analysis of media coverage of Native American natural resource issues over a 25-year period.

Analyzed the financial impact of methamphetamine use and manufacture on a rural judicial district.

Created evaluation program for a mental health organization that served adolescents.