Research - Evaluation - Program Support - Grants Consulting - Training - Pr
FOR NONPROFIT AND NOT-JUST-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
Welcome
Thank you for visiting Forward LLC and Colorado Forward. I look forward to learning about the needs of your foundation, nonprofit, or not-just-for-profit, and exploring how we can work together to advance your actions and impact. - Jan Brennan (she/her/hers), Principal
About Us
Our Services
From strategy to tactics, implementation to assessment, we help move Colorado Forward.
Increase your effectiveness and impact with clear, actionable findings and recommendations that answer your key questions:
- How effective is our organization in achieving our goals?
- How does our organization measure up compared to best practices and benchmark results from similar organizations?
- How can we increase the impact of our services with limited resources?
- How can we increase awareness of our organization and services to current and potential clients, donors and partners?
- How can collaborations and partnerships enhance the work of our organization?
- How can our leadership play a more active and effective role in guiding and supporting the organization?
- How should we support the development and effectiveness of our staff and volunteers?
- What are emerging social and sector trends for which we need to prepare?
Our Approach
Our services includes comprehensive, customized research and consulting to address your concerns and help you meet your goals.
- Market research, including data collection, qualitative and quantitative analysis, surveys, focus groups and in-depth interviews, internal and external publications.
- Program and organizational strategic planning, including needs assessments, cost-benefit analysis, SWOT analysis, strategic planning, annual work planning.
- Program and organizational assessments, including program evaluation design, data collection, evaluation and outcomes analysis and program improvement recommendations.
- Development planning and fundraising, including creating your own grant toolkit, grant writing, fundraising campaign and event planning and execution, donor database improvements.
- Training and facilitation for staff, boards, volunteers, leadership.
- Presentations on trends and emerging issues help your organization innovate for the future.
Publications, Posts and Research
- Creating Partnerships for Effective Youth Civic Learning (if
- A Guide to Capturing Youth Input (if prompted for a code, use "NCL22" to access) National Civic League, National Civic Review
- Civic Hackathons for Youth (if prompted for a code, use "NCL22" to access) National Civic League, National Civic Review
- Civic Discussions, Campus Election Engagement Project
Civic Discussions: A nonpartisan guide
Conversation Guide: Does My Vote Really Matter?
Faculty Guide: Incorporating Election Engagement into Courses
- Public Art and the Art of Public Participation (if prompted for a code, use "NCL22" to access)
National Civic League, National Civic Review
Urban Research University Centers - Overview;
Urban Research University Centers - Program Inventory,
University of Colorado Denver, School of Public Affairs, 2019
- State Civic Education Toolkit, The Council of State Governments
- State Civic Education Policy: Framework and gap analysis tool, Education Commission of the States
- Higher Education Civic Learning and Engagement: A Massachusetts case study, Education Commission of the States
- ESSA: Mapping opportunities, Education Commission of the States
- 50-State Comparison: Civic Education (database companion)
- Educating for Citizenship, A+ Colorado
- Civic and Career Readiness: State strategies, Education Commission of the States
- Using Gamification to Enhance Learning, Education Commission of the States