consulting

We provide project, program, and organizational performance consulting and oversight to businesses, government and nonprofit organizations, institutions, and individual professionals.

Our work is:

‣ On a project basis
‣ To specific objectives
‣ With well-defined outcomes
‣ Within clear timeframes
‣ For a mutually agreed-upon fee
‣ Professional, Polished, & Personable

One of the fundamentals of our success is aligning and leveraging the existing talents and resources of the organization and directing the focus and activities outward, rather than inward, enhancing customer/constituent satisfaction and organizational goals.

The Neo 4 Cs

Our work is custom, collaborative, cost effective, and contributes to overall goals.

Custom

We tailor our services to client needs, from one-time solutions to comprehensive, longer-term management support. We work to clear objectives with well-defined outcomes and timing.

Typically our engagements are completed within one to six months, occasionally longer. Our work may include looking at the systems, culture, environment, organization, individual relationships, etc.

Collaborative

Our involvement can be as collaborative as client needs dictate, involving client personnel and resources when appropriate and often includes the transfer of skills to the client.

We apply our expertise and experience to help clients examine all available options and design projects that achieve goals most effectively.

Cost Effective

Our experience and results indicate that improved performance requires investment in people, systems and support structures. However, that investment often does not require additional resources, but rather the redeployment of talents, resources and energy already present.

Contributes to Overall Organizational Goals

Whether we are involved in the initial design or engaged later in the project cycle, we make sustainability a priority, contributing to overall client goals and building clients’ capacity to thrive.

We add value by growing relationships, reputation, and by the transfer of skills to the client. We choose our clients and our associates with care, looking toward long term success for everyone in our extended professional community.

Here are some examples of our work, highlighting specific client interventions rather than the entirety of our work for a particular client.

Strategy Formulation

For MSR, collaborative and social media marketing strategies.

For Conn Hickey, rapid assessment, focus, tactical support and connections to jump start a winning political campaign.

For Word Out Consulting, proposal consulting, negotiation and implementation strategies.

For Vagabond Studios, identifying and redeploying existing talents to create a new revenue stream; new media marketing strategies.

Project & Program Development

For the Town of Fairfax, California, complete redevelopment and expansion of community-wide volunteer program from a handful of participants to a vibrant program involving hundreds of citizens. Discrete projects include:

‣board recruitment and development
‣visioning and strategic planning charettes
‣volunteer recruitment and retention campaign
‣redeveloped & expanded all annual projects
‣neighborhood groups start up

For the Maternal Care Quality Improvement Initiative, Neo coordinated funding logistics with 11 San Francisco Bay Area counties to provide $100K to maternal mortality research.

For the Town of Fairfax, Neo rapidly implemented and managed an emergency volunteer recruitment and command center following a natural disaster, coordinating 200 volunteers, and procuring donated tools, supplies, housing, and food.

Design, Content, Presentation

& Production of

Workshops / Seminars / Courses / Media / Environments

For Dominican University of California, reinvigorated the state and local politics course, newly incorporating a current events component, real-time advocacy, and a student-managed speaker series.

For Golden Gate University, redesigned and produced a stock analysis seminar, drawing new international attendance.

For Sage Productions, developed a custom subscriber management system for in-house use, then licensed the software program to non-competing companies.

For the book project Stairstops, Technical Analysis of Stock Trends, content editing and book design.

For the book project Poor Richard’s Guide to E-Books, research and analysis.

For the retailer Video Scene, redesign of video and audio showrooms for this three store chain.

Overview

“...the right structures, processes and people resources to get challenging, complex projects smoothly underway. If you want great results from the very beginning to the very end, I recommend Trudy Totty.”

Hannah Doress, Word Out Consulting