Get your team on the same page with a clear goal, strategy, or plan.

If you have an idea for a project but don't know what to do next, I can help you unpack your goals and explore how to achieve them within your constraints.

Strategic planning

    • working sessions with you/your team on the project purpose and approach options

    • creating a compelling business case or pitch with/for key stakeholders

    • defined project scope including intended short and long-term outcomes

    • a project plan with defined activities, timelines, roles and responsibilities

    • costing options for required support

    • a clear picture of what you’re trying to achieve, for who, why, and how you could move forward

    • shared understanding across your team and stakeholders, with no one left behind

    • confidently share your project to gain funding or sign off

Research and engagement

Engage with communities and stakeholders to find impact opportunities.

If you want to hear from communities, kaimahi or stakeholders but don't know how, I can support you to engage well and understand how you could create positive change.

    • in-depth interviews

    • group workshops

    • user testing

    • co-design group coordination

    • research questions

    • stakeholder maps

    • recruitment plans

    • interview guides

    • workshop plans

    • ethics plans

    • gain a deeper understanding of the people you serve, and how your service, organisation, or idea fits within their lives

    • make more informed decisions based on diverse views

    • challenge assumptions about what does or doesn’t work

    • identify strategic opportunities for positive change

Sense-making and communication

Turn information into action; tell powerful stories to change hearts and minds.

If you have knowledge or data but don't know how to make sense of it, I can help you distill and share it in clear and engaging ways to create consensus and move forward.

    • reviewing existing research or data

    • visualising systems or processes

    • theming and synthesis

    • defining your audiences

    • Plain English writing

    • creating highly visual outputs with illustrators and designers

    • insight and opportunities reports

    • journey maps

    • process maps

    • ecosystem maps

    • ‘walkthrough’ or presentation plans

    • confidently communicate what’s really important

    • create empathy for different people’s experiences

    • inform decision-making and direction-setting

    • influence investments, behaviors and policy changes

Indicative cost

Many projects don’t need a big team of expensive consultants.

I can help you figure out what’s realistic within your budget, and draw on my talented network when niche expertise or extra capacity is needed.

All costs are indicative only, $NZD, and exclude GST.

    • Scope: clear, with few variables

    • Activities: a contained task e.g. a one-off workshop or very small number of interviews, synthesis or simple writing task

    • Output: practical over polished

    • Timeframe: less than 3 months

    $8,000 - 15,000

    • Scope: some unknowns to work out as we go

    • Activities: multiple engagements (e.g. workshops and/or interviews), and synthesis of the data collected

    • Output: more polished

    • Timeframe: 3+ months

    $15,000 - 30,000

    • Scope: many unknowns to work out as we go

    • Activities: a number of engagements with over time, ongoing synthesis and/or strategic planning

    • Outputs: multiple throughout the process

    • Timeframe: 5+ months

    $30,000 - 50,000

  • I know funding is often tight for those doing the most important work.

    I have discounts for the right kaupapa, and can help you explore options to get the best bang for your buck.