McNary Group NonProfit Consulting Services
McNary Group provides expert and experienced system change, policy and leadership consulting services to nonprofit organizations across the country that want to get results and achieve their goals. We specialize in working with organizations in the nonprofit sector, foundations, and government, and our unique skill sets allows us to help clients across industries and situations.
We have studied and implemented many systems of evaluation, leadership and facilitation that we incorporate into our work:
- Results Based Accountability
- Collective Impact
- Facilitative Leadership
- Advocacy Evaluation
We are committed to the following approaches:
- appreciative inquiry
- collaborative evaluation
- co-creation
- equity evaluation principles
- creative approaches
- capacity building
- empowerment
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Policy and Advocacy Campaign Planning
Our expertise includes years of getting to the root causes of social problems. We have experience in designing and implementing public policy change initiatives. This includes sustaining, planning, researching, writing, coalition building and lobbying to get legislation and other policies changed to improve outcomes for children, families and communities. We know how government works and the approaches needed to advocate for change.
Backbone Support for System Change
Our work supports community collaboration in providing the structure and accountability needed to succeed. We provide the support needed to ensure implementation of strategic plans. Our team has extensive experience in collective impact work, from meeting planning and facilitation, project management, policy expertise and community engagement.
Research and Evaluation
We offer both qualitative and quantitative research services that involve meticulously researching best practices, getting out into the field to learn the nuances of an issue and producing findings and professional recommendations. We’re skilled and experienced in drafting content for infographics, white papers and more, and we prepare easily digestible information for grant reports and grant development. Evaluation services include process and impact evaluation.
Community Engagement
We value empowered and informed decision making, inclusion of marginalized voices, space for storytelling about the history and experience of those involved, respect for community, trust building with all stakeholders, commitment to the promises made, access to the process for all, accurately depicting the public’s role, and reflecting back what we have heard. Our engagement process plans for the needs of the all of the stakeholders we engage, not just the ones with the power of the purse or the gavel. This approach creates an inclusive process which will ultimately lead to a strong, supported, sustainable community vision. Finally, we believe in great facilitation, which can be an overlooked yet essential feature to productive meetings. This means we will plan for translation or elimination of professional jargon / acronyms, build in a lot of listening, and proactively work through difficult subjects. We utilize many methods to bring voices to the conversation and are committed to cultural responsiveness, combating implicit bias and institutionalized racism, positive youth engagement, and a trauma informed approach.
Human Resources
McNary Group provides organizations with personnel solutions that result in improved employee and organizational performance. Our work begins with interviewing organizational leadership to determine the current status of HR policies and practices. This work will allow us to gain an understanding of the organizational culture, climate and readiness. We will then move into an organizational assessment, data collection, development of policy language, and then to training and monitoring. We will then work with organizations to implement recommendations. Our primary role is to assist our clients in identifying needs, develop and action plan, and facilitate change. Our services are designed to improve productivity, efficiency, compliance, and employee moral. Contact Erin Chism PHR, SHRM-CP for more information or to schedule a free 30 minute consultation at erin@mcnarygroup.com.
Strategic Planning and Facilitation
Our strategy sessions can be geared toward boards, coalitions, committees, staff or communities. We understand that every organization, effort and initiative has a life cycle and needs to periodically evaluate ways to improve. We offer a neutral voice and an expert, observant eye to help propel organizations to success.