Build With You

Hands-on work on your initiative and with your team.

You have the mandate, the legislation, and the funds. I work with your team to turn them into results: a clear plan from A to Z, and the staff capacity to carry it out.

Together we build the roadmap, tracking system, and engagement plan. Your staff do the work alongside me and learn by doing, so the skills and the ownership stay inside your organization.

Nader working at a table with a client team, reviewing evaluation findings on a laptop
The challenge

When a new mandate lands, everything is due at once

1Hire the right staff
2Know requirements and deadlines
3Meet reporting and compliance
4Define success and the path
5Know what communities expect
6Find the right partners
7Plan budget and resources
8Write RFPs and contracts
And after all this, your team still has to do the work. With this much at once, deadlines slip, money goes unspent, and the final months turn into a scramble.
How we work

We build it together, on your real initiative

I sit with your team from the start. We sequence the work, make the decisions in the right order, and produce the documents and systems you will run with. Training or coaching can be added when it helps.

What we can build together
  • Implementation roadmap with milestones and owners
  • Requirements, deadlines, and accountability matrix
  • Tracking system tied to your reporting requirements
  • Stakeholder and partner map
  • Budget and resource plan tied to your goals
  • RFPs, scopes of work, and contract language
  • Community engagement plan: who, when, and how
  • Briefings, memos, and partnership and data sharing agreements
What changes

What you get, and what it makes possible

What you get
A plan
Roadmap, budget, tracking, and engagement plan
Capacity
Staff and leaders trained, coached, and ready
Evidence
A clear view of what works, ready to report
What changes
  • The right staff at the right time
  • Reporting ready when it is due
  • Communities engaged at the right stage
  • Budget spent as planned
  • More trust with partners and the public
In practice

Built in the room with your team

Valley Vision staff sorting sticky notes on tables during a working session
Sorting problems, goals, and strategies with the Valley Vision team
Partners in discussion around a round table during a working session
Partners agreeing on goals and measures around the table
Opening screen of an interactive explainer for the SHCLA model: Meet Marcus. Help build him a home.
Turning a theory of change into a game: an interactive explainer of the SHCLA model
A wall of color-coded sticky notes forming a logic model
A full logic model, built on the wall with the people who will run it
Preview of The Triangle one-page summary

Start with your initiative

Tell me about your mandate, your timeline, and your team. We will scope the work around what you need first.