I provide you with holistic solutions.
I deliver sound, innovative solutions to the problems that your organization or program is facing, utilizing a human-centered, context-driven approach. I produce results tailored to your needs and goals.
holistic solutions consulting
Areas of Consulting
- Organizational and human resource development
- Program design, development and management
- Strategic planning and critical thinking
- Vision, mission and values clarification
- Concretizing and advancing concepts into tangible initiatives
- Capacity building
- Improving operational efficiency
- Facilitation and training
- Needs assessment/gap analysis
- Field research and mapping
- Evaluation
My Approach
My process is flexible. I recommend starting out with an initial consultation to listen to your needs and goals in order to gain an understanding of the context in which you are seeking assistance. Together we will explore different options, using a co-creative approach, for how to best address your needs and find solutions. If you would like to move forward, I will prepare a scope of work/consulting agreement with the estimated cost, timeframe to carry out the work and a step-by-step plan that explains how the work will be delivered.
My Experience
- 25+ years of professional experience in the foundation and NGO/nonprofit sector, partnering with 100+ leaders and practitioners to address their challenges and achieve their goals.
- Designed, developed, managed and evaluated a diverse range of social impact programs.
- Implemented innovative tools in operational systems to streamline service delivery
- Conducted needs analyses to determine human resource capacity and built that capacity through hiring and training well-qualified professionals.
- Partnered with boards and leadership to enhance their critical thinking and align their strategic direction with resource capabilities, competitive advantages and the external environment
- Oversaw 12+ multi-million dollar, multi-year programs that included managing complex intra and inter organizational relationships.
- Facilitated strategic visioning and planning processes, team building and collaboration across diverse constituencies.
- Designed formative and summative evaluations, created evaluation systems to measure progress among a diverse set of projects.
- Conducted field research, wrote business plans and white papers.
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TESTIMONIALS
"Naomi did her utmost to create a climate of success for everyone involved in the program. She was always willing to listen and support other people’s ideas. She was generous with her time and her connections, especially as she is a wonderful networker and able to build strong relationships.”
– Cheryl Francisconi, Former Head, IIE Europe at the Institute of International Education
"Naomi is a facilitative leader, a supportive colleague and fair and helpful manager. She has managed a number of projects requiring multifaceted evaluations and is able to ensure that an initiative can achieve its desired outcomes. From start to finish, Naomi can research a project thoroughly and her writing skills are exemplary. “
– Susan Solomont, Senior Advisor, The Philanthropic Initiative (TPI)
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