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    Strategy Development: Client Spotlight

    NeighborWorks Home Partners (NWHP) helps people buy, fix, and keep their homes. Michael Anderson Consulting (MAC) helps nonprofits pursue big ideas for social change. Together, we worked on developing a strategy for NWHP’s next stage of organizational growth and mission impact. ..

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    Strategy Development

    June 2024

    At MAC, we think of strategy and planning as different but complementary activities. Our two-tiered strategy development approach helps organizations bring clarity to their organizational identity and strategic priorities…

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    Partnership Development Part Three: Conducting a Thoughtful and Collaborative Process

    May 2024

    We’re excited to share the third issue of our mini adventure series about our approach to Partnership Development. Today, we’ll describe the third pillar, which for us means focusing as much on people as on the process…

  • Client Spotlight: Partnership Development

    The team at Michael Anderson Consulting would like to congratulate The Food Group and Hunger Solutions Minnesota on their recent partnership. These two powerhouses for food access and systems change officially joined forces in March 2024. Our team was delighted to facilitate this partnership development process…

  • Partnership Development Part Two: Confirming Clear Project Milestones

    APRIL 2024 -Vol. 2

    To plot the journey ahead, we work with the Joint Committee to confirm and prioritize important decision points that serve as milestones, or markers of progress. These typically align with the development of the following three project deliverables…

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    Partnership Development Part One: Working with a Joint Committee

    APRIL 2024 - Vol. 1

    Getting to a partnership might seem like a simple journey: assess and explore the opportunities, negotiate an agreement, and set the new partnership in motion. But the terrain is unpredictable, and it’s important to have an experienced guide to help set a course…

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    Balancing Short-Term Opportunities with Long Term Sustainability

    FEBRUARY 2024

    We’re excited to share more about our approach to Financial Strategy and we thought the best way to demonstrate our approach would be to share a case study that examines our project with South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development (SCACED.)

Client Spotlight

The team at Michael Anderson Consulting would like to congratulate The Food Group and Hunger Solutions Minnesota on their recent partnership. These two powerhouses for food access and systems change officially joined forces in March 2024. Our team was delighted to facilitate this partnership development process…