Are you ready to navigate challenges and resolve conflict so that you can meet deliverables and impact change?
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By working with us, you will learn the strategies, tools and skills necessary to solve your most challenging problems. We offer curated packages tailored to meet your unique context, needs, and goals. We believe that you have the answers, and we help you find them. We commit to showing up, listening, and having fun along the way - we'll be a great fit if you do too!
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OUR SERVICES:
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COACHING & ADVISING
Communication is key. As your thought-partner, we support you to learn communication and conflict resolution techniques, tools, and strategies so that you can make decisions and achieve results. Additionally, you will manage and work as a high-performing team, build and strengthen relationships, and develop a sustainable approach to navigate future challenges. |
MEDIATION & DISPUTE RESOLUTION
We facilitate conflict resolution processes to resolve disputes and support teams to communicate and work together more effectively. Each process is curated with the approach and methods to support your unique process. This can look like facilitated dialogue, mediation, restorative justice approaches and other alternative dispute resolution methods. |
EVALUATION & LEARNING
Use data to make strategic programmatic decisions, prove what works, and improve your processes. Our proven approach includes assessment, data collection and analysis, and providing reports with strategic recommendations for you to make informed decisions. We utilize participatory and equitable evaluation methods with a Data Justice approach inspired by Black and Intersectional Feminism, Indigenous Research Methods, and Decolonizing Methodologies. |
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Our approach:
We offer curated packages tailored to meet your unique context, needs, an goals. While we do not use a blueprint, we draw from successful projects and practice we've gathered over 20+ years of doing this work. Working with us, you can expect open and clear communication and documentation of the process. We involve you throughout the process, and generally suggest the following order of operations, while leaving space for the unexpected and your brilliant ideas:
- Design Meeting: In our first meeting we will review your context, goals, and needs - and clarify roles, timeline and next steps.
- Design Process: This is time our team takes for assessment and design of deliverables that may include 1:1 sessions, training, or evaluation, for example.
- Check-in: We commit to communicating with you throughout the process, and schedule specific meetings to discuss progress and adapt as needed.
- Implementation: Here we deliver what we have collaboratively determined is best for you, your team, collaborators and community.
- Debrief: Learning and reflection are key components of the process; we will meet to discuss what worked, what could be improved, and potential next steps based on our recommendations and final report.
Ready to learn more? See some project examples below and check out the PORTFOLIO page for more info. Contact us for a complimentary consultation to start your journey today! |
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Mt. Scott-Arleta Community Safety Project Evaluation Report City of Portland's Community Safety Division We designed and engaged an evaluation for the Mt. Scott-Arleta Community Safety Project, a gun-violence prevention initiative, to gain insight on the process and outcomes. We led interviews, data collection, analysis, and wrote a final report with strategic recommendations guiding policy & program efforts. |
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Connect and Co-Create A toolkit and strategies and tips for facilitation and effective communication - with the Oregon Mediation Association. "Michelle is a terrific listener and strong facilitator, and is familiar with a wide array of strategies and frameworks that help our team members to get un-stuck. She's a compassionate coach with a great sense of the realities of work." - Corey Newhouse, Founder at Public Profit |
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Culture Change Roadmap A free resource to support your racial-equity journey - with Prosper Portland and City of Portland. "Michelle is strong at consolidating ideas and translating them into actionable and strategic racial equity goals. As a partner in the Culture Change Roadmap development, she engaged with businesses, identified key themes, and documented scalable interventions that can be shared with businesses engaging in racial equity work." - Andrea Gall, Program Manager at Prosper Portland |
