This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at nicoleclarkconsulting.com. Now is the time to raise your voice. Late Monday night, a leaked draft decision from the United States Supreme Court confirmed what many in the reproductive justice and abortion rights movement have known: Roe v Wade (1973) will be overturned, extremely restricted and in some cases, making […]
Ask Nicole: Applying Reproductive Justice Beyond Programs & Services
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at nicoleclarkconsulting.com. Have a question you’d like to be featured? Let me know. Reproductive Justice presents an added layer to how organizations engage and hold themselves accountable to the communities they work with. While program design, monitoring and evaluation go hand in hand, it can […]
Try This: Reproductive Justice & Program Design
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at nicoleclarkconsulting.com. Try this activity, and let me know how it goes for you. I partnered with a client organization to engage staff and board of directors in understanding the Reproductive Justice framework, and its application to organizational programming and other areas respective areas. We […]
Self Care Corner: Representation Burnout
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at nicoleclarkconsulting.com. I’ve been putting off writing this blog post for nearly 2 years. Mostly because it’s complicated to talk about. Representation burnout. I first came across this term via Shine’s article “Why We Need to Talk About – and Recognize – Representation Burnout” by […]
Ask Nicole: The Best Way to Follow Up with Former Clients
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at nicoleclarkconsulting.com. Have a question you’d like to be featured? Let me know. In late Summer 2021, I started a strategic planning project with a new client organization. During the initial meeting, the Executive Director and I caught up a bit. This Executive Director had […]
What’s in it for Me?: Evaluating Stakeholder Engagement
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at nicoleclarkconsulting.com. Last fall, I joined an ad-hoc group to strategize around Black maternal health and abortion access. During our initial meeting, one member asked, “How will this be different from what’s currently being done?” In the marketing and advertising world, there’s the question “What’s […]
Ask Nicole: Be Honest About Your Organizational Culture
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at nicoleclarkconsulting.com. Have a question you’d like to be featured? Let me know. If there’s anything I’ve hated about a consulting project, it most likely stems from the organization I worked with, and less about the actual project. In some ways, the process of securing […]
Try This: Check In on Your Strategic Plan
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at nicoleclarkconsulting.com. Try this out and let me know how it goes for you. On the road to becoming more data driven, and making sense of stakeholder data, organizations use the data to inform their strategic planning process. A strategic plan, in short, is a […]
Your Staff Knows Your Programs Better Than You
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at nicoleclarkconsulting.com. You know your community better than your funder, and your programs are only successful when staff feel supported and have the capacity to do their jobs. Your staff knows your programs so much in fact, that when you report to your board of […]
Ask Nicole: Improving Capacity vs. Scaling Up
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at nicoleclarkconsulting.com. Have a question you’d like to be featured? Let me know. First off: Happy New Year! Now, let’s get into the topic of improving capacity versus scaling up. This is inspired by a comment I heard several months ago about a colleague’s frustration […]