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Your Plan B Should Be as Strong as Your Plan A

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at nicoleclarkconsulting.com. Take off and land successfully. I don’t like flying, but I do because I enjoy experiencing new locations, plus all of my family lives in Georgia and the majority of my current client organizations are not based in Washington, DC where I’m located. […]

Ask Nicole: How Can I Raise My Voice When No One is Around to Hear Me?

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. I received an overwhelming number of responses from one of my recent blog posts, “Your Values Always Come at a Cost”. So much so, that the majority of that post’s comments came […]

Try This: Pivot Your Programs & Services

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at nicoleclarkconsulting.com. Try this activity and let me know how it goes. As the world began to shelter in place to flatten the curve of the coronavirus pandemic, I did what many social workers do: I checked in on my clients to make sure they […]

Your Values Always Come at a Cost

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at nicoleclarkconsulting.com. Image description: Two protestors in Washingon, DC, holding brown and white signs with the phrase “Black Lives Matter” written in black. Photographer: Yasin Ozturk Over the last 3 months, I’ve been doing a lot of observation. Observing the ways in which my client […]

Try This: Fortunately, Unfortunately

This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at nicoleclarkconsulting.com. Try this activity, and let me know how it goes. “Fortunately, Unfortunately” is an improvisational storytelling game used in drama classes, with kids, and in group activities. The game involves coming up with a plot and building on as the story goes. It’s […]

Ask Nicole: How Do I Decide Whether or Not to Give 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. Have you ever deconstructed the lyrics to a song? I did that recently with Beyoncé’s Ring the Alarm from her 2006 album B’Day. In particular, the chorus/hook of the song. If you’re […]

Ask Nicole: Why Did You Move from New York City to Washington, DC?

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. After 11 years in New York City, I moved to Washington, DC, on December 30, 2019. I’ve only been here for about 2 weeks, but in that short time, I’ve been asked […]

Ask Nicole: How Are You Doing?

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. Early in the year, I picked up my phone to speak with a friend that I hadn’t talked to in a while. We met while as college students and youth activists through […]