You see a problem in your community, and you have a vision and passion for the solution. It’s an exciting spark! But often, that spark immediately leads to the thought that this need in the community should be met by forming a nonprofit organization.
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Update: Our Go-To Sources for Getting Data
When conducting needs assessments, program evaluations, or embarking on new projects, we rely on our go-to sources for getting data to make informed decisions. In our digital age, comprehensive data is available at our fingertips. Endless search options are...
Building a Dashboard for Rural Leaders
Carly Fiorina said: "The goal is to turn data into information, and information into insight." Lutheran Services in America is working to do precisely that! Lutheran Services in America partnered with Transform Consulting Group (TCG) to create a data dashboard to...
Step 4 of the Strategic Planning Process: Create the Strategic Plan
3 Strategic Planning Tools to Create Congratulations! You have journeyed through the four steps of our strategic planning process, and you’re ready for the final step: Create the strategic plan. (We covered steps 1, step 2, and step 3 in previous blogs). The goal of a...
Collaborative Grants Lead to Greater Impact
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, more children and youth have experienced anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, and distress due to social isolation and economic conditions. Remote learning has led to learning loss nationwide, as evidenced by the decline...
Using a Collective Impact Framework to Support Your Community
Is your organization facing a community challenge that requires collaboration? Are you looking to create collective impact by strengthening the talent pipeline, growing the population, developing the workforce, expanding childcare, addressing food deserts, reducing...
Using Data to Tell Your Story
We say we’re #datanerds at Transform Consulting Group. However, for a communication and marketing person like myself, I will admit that data intimidates me. I prefer using words and emotions to convey ideas rather than numbers and Excel sheets. So, how does that...
Build a Data Dashboard in 7 Steps
We love data! If you’ve followed our team long, then you’ve heard this before, but we really are proud #datanerds. We also love utilizing data tools like dashboards to help visualize data (we break down why in this blog). Check out some of the dashboards we have...
“Act” in the PDSA Process
Give yourself a pat on the back. You’re now at the final stage of the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycle (review other steps here and here)! You’ve planned out your process, conducted your intervention, studied the results, and now it’s time to decide how to act. The Act...








