Services
Three ways I work with you.
I price on a sliding scale tied to your organization's operating budget, so cost meets the reality of your team. Every engagement starts with a conversation — tell me what you're trying to learn and what's sustainable for you.
1. Learning & Evaluation Strategy
Before you measure anything, you have to know what's worth measuring. Whether you need a focused engagement to clarify your theory of change and set a learning agenda, or an ongoing thought partner for leadership over time, I help you build the strategic architecture that connects executive ambition to what your programs can realistically carry. This is systems-level work: measurement targeted and flexible enough to meet the true capacity of your team, so learning becomes a habit instead of a burden.
Includes
- Theory of change clarification
- Strategic planning
- Learning agenda and measurement-plan design
- "What's worth measuring" prioritization
- Strategic thought partnership for leadership
- Measurement scaled to your team's real capacity
Best for
- Organizations rethinking what success looks like
- Leaders who want an ongoing evaluation thought partner
- Teams measuring too much, burning out, learning little
Typical engagement:1–12 months, or an ongoing retainer.
2. Program Evaluation & Research
Sometimes you need an honest, independent answer: is this working, and how do we know? I conduct rigorous evaluations and qualitative research — interviews, stakeholder analysis, original data collection — and turn raw information into insight you can actually use. The goal is never measurement for its own sake. It's evidence that serves a real decision, and an impact story you can share with funders, boards, and the communities you serve.
Includes
- Qualitative and mixed-methods evaluation
- Interviews, focus groups, stakeholder analysis
- Original data collection and instrument design
- Analysis that turns raw data into usable insight
- Impact stories for funders, boards, and community
Best for
- Programs needing an independent assessment
- Grant or funder reporting requirements
- Decisions that need evidence behind them
Typical engagement:4–18 months.
3. Measurement Systems & Capacity Building
Most program teams are running research, evaluation, and learning on top of their actual jobs. I help close that gap — building data collection tools, strengthening your team's analysis skills, and designing measurement systems that fit into what you're already doing rather than piling on. The point is to leave you more capable than you were, with the muscle to sustain the work after I'm gone.
Includes
- Data collection tools and systems design
- Custom workshop series, built with your team
- Cohort-based learning options
- Staff coaching in analysis and interpretation
- Systems that fit existing workflows, not add to them
Best for
- Lean teams doing evaluation on top of their jobs
- Organizations building in-house data culture
- Staff hired from the community growing into the work
Typical engagement:1–3 months; cohort-based options available.
Additional expertise
Beyond these core engagements, I also take on process evaluations — examining how a program actually runs, not just its outcomes — and I'm always glad to be a sounding board for the organizational-development questions that surface alongside evaluation work: team structure, culture, and how change actually takes hold.