As the Communication Manager at Transform Consulting Group, storytelling is one of my favorite parts of this job. I love sharing what our clients - fellow Transformers - are doing nationwide to impact children, families, and communities. We've talked a lot about how...
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Using a Collective Impact Framework to Support Your Community
Do you see an issue or need in your community that is greater than what your organization can address? Are you working to strengthen your talent pipeline, grow your population, upskill your workforce, add childcare, address food deserts, decrease homelessness, or...
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...
“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...
“Do” and “Study” in the PDSA Process
We’re continuing our Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) series, and today are taking a closer look at “Do” and “Study.” As a reminder, the PDSA framework helps organizations implement a Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) process. You can find a complete overview of PDSA...
“Plan” in the PDSA Process
You’ve completed your program evaluation (review those steps here) and returned your data results. Now what? After looking at your results, plan to take a moment to assess. Are the results what you expected? Are there things you don’t like about the numbers? Did it...
4 Steps to Complete a Program Evaluation
Are you accomplishing what your organization set out to accomplish? We know you're doing important work at Transform Consulting Group (TCG). We also know you are passionate about serving your community. But are you actually doing it? And if so, how do you prove it?...
Strategic Plan Step 3: How to Reach Consensus
We are continuing our blog series on strategic planning by focusing on Step 3 of our 4 Step Strategic Planning Process: Facilitate Consensus. Read more about our previous strategic planning blogs in this series here, here, and here. The main purpose of this third...
Strategic Plan Step 2: Assess
At Transform Consulting Group (TCG), data informs everything we do when working with clients. It should be no surprise that our #datanerds will spend the majority of our engagement assessing your data to inform the overall direction of your plan. It's a critical step...
4 Steps of Strategic Planning
We have the privilege of working with several organizations every year to help create their “road map” or strategic plan for the next 3-5 years. In the course of completing these strategic plans, we have developed a formula that guides the process by following four...