Services
Evaluation and Research
Understanding your work for growth and communication is key to successful programs, partnerships, and funding. We help organizations develop effective research questions and evaluation models that work for you, not just for your reports. With a keen eye towards both data-driven outcomes and community wisdom, we enable organizations to implement reliable and effective evaluation metrics.
Organizational Development
Recognizing the risks of silos and the importance of interdepartmental workflows, we work with large organizations to translate mission based ideas into program design, budgeting and fundraising plans, and marketing outputs by creating or restructuring systems to increase collaboration and efficiencies across departments and galvanizing sustainability.
Program Design and Implementation
From idea to roll-out, we help you create the program you envision. We prioritize anti-racist and gender inclusive programming, while working with solo artists, schools and districts, corporations, foundations, small businesses, and nonprofit organizations, creating effective and sustainable programs.
Arts Integration 360
Experts in the full range of arts integration opportunities and challenges, we offer comprehensive consulting services for schools and community centers. Beyond our program design offerings, we consult with ongoing programs, conduct needs assessments, increase community engagement, provide teacher evaluation metrics, and coach leadership teams. We have deep experience in arts, adaptive arts, youth development, and community partnership with a detailed understanding of core arts standards and K-12 education and we use this to help our partners meaningful work - including resourcing, partnering, designing curriculum, and evaluation protocols.
Community Partnerships
We work with corporate giving and philanthropic organizations to develop strategic giving models, evaluation tools, and understand community needs for funding protocols. We can also work as a liaison to work directly with grantees on capacity building. We save both sides of the partnership time and money by mobilizing our experience and ensuring that goals and objectives are met.
Workshops and Speaking
We offer workshops on a range of organizational, creative, and arts education topics. With over 20 years of work offering professional development, we know how to make learning experiences efficient, fun, and goal-oriented. Beyond direct workshops, we also create and develop trainings specifically for organizations and train-the-trainers for in-house delivery.
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“As a new organization working in some of Chicago’s high-risk communities on the southside, we were able to reach out to Kathryn when we were in need of support launching our CPS school programs. Kathryn has provided consulting to the South Chicago Dance Theatre around our education and fundraising development strategies.”
Kia Smith, Executive Artistic Director, South Chicago Dance Theatre