Services

Eighty Ninety Consulting provides an array of services that fall into the categories below. Clients may not initially be certain which services their organization requires. Focusing on the question you wish to answer or the challenge you wish to address can help determine which services are right for your organization.

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Accreditation

A successful self study document is built upon evidence rather than unsupported claims or anecdotes. Eight Ninety Consulting can help an institution stay focused on responding to the standards in the optimal way for the visiting team and other readers.

Accreditation projects address questions such as:

How can our institution plan a self study process that sets us up for success?
What does it mean to fulfill the standards of our accrediting agency?
Is our self study document on track for completion and submission?
Does our institution's evidence sufficiently support the self study document?

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Many organizations are currently motivated to make positive change in our communities. But defining concretely what DEI work means within the context of an organization's mission can be challenging. Eight Ninety Consulting starts with the mission and facilitates an action plan focused on removing obstacles.

DEI projects address questions such as:

What can our organization do to contribute to DEI while meeting our mission?
Within our organizational practices, are there obstacles to equity that can be removed?
How can we better demonstrate an organizational commitment to DEI?

Organizational Development

Organizational development starts with the mission and plans for the longer term. When everyone in your organization is busy with everyday tasks, who is taking time for longer term planning? Eight Ninety Consulting facilitates planning while helping members of the organization learn the techniques themselves.

Organizational Development projects address questions such as:

Is our organization meeting the needs of our stakeholders?
Are staff members and teams supported with the resources needed for success?
What resources are needed for additional services or programs?
Are team members empowered to solve problems?

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Strategic Planning

Strategic planning is about making sure organizational efforts lead to mission fulfillment, and then sharing the success with your community. Eight Ninety Consulting works with organizations to develop planning practices that provide internal guidance for decision making, and to tell your story to grantmakers, constituents, and other external stakeholders.

Strategic Planning projects address questions such as:

How can our organization best express our mission, vision, and/or values?
Can a formal planning process help our organization (or departments) more effectively contribute to mission fulfillment?
How can project objectives and metrics be used to create successful grant applications and grant reports?
How can the success of our organization's services or programming be measured?
Can we predict the success of new services, programming, or initiatives before committing resources to them?

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Succession Planning and Hiring

Hiring is both an art and a science - and typically more challenging than hiring committees anticipate. Eight Ninety Consulting can prepare your organization for hiring, especially of leaders, while sharing best practices to use in future searches. If your organization lacks the capacity to conduct a search process, Eight Ninety Consulting can organize and manage the process.

Succession Planning and Hiring projects address questions such as:

Is our organization attracting, retaining, and developing talent in a way that supports mission fulfillment?
What are best practices for conducting a fair and successful search process?
What should we expect when conducting a search, and what tools can support us in that process?

A Note About Prices

Eight Ninety Consulting charges on a project basis. There is not a simple list of prices - the scope and content of each project varies enough that prices also vary. But here is what you can expect if you work with Eight Ninety Consulting.

An initial consultation is always free. If we mutually wish to work together, Eight Ninety Consulting will share a proposal that typically lists several project options that differ in scope and cost.

The price of any project is mainly based on the projected number of hours required for the project. For organizations, there may be a new client fee for initial research; this fee will not apply if an organization hires Eight Ninety Consulting again within a few years.

We do not typically offer discounts for organizations.