Helping Organizations to Succeed
Facilitation, Planning & Training
From a one-day planning meeting to long-term backbone support for a collaborative, Carsel Consulting Group works with clients to plan and facilitate events, meetings, initiatives, and processes.
Our consultants bring a wide range of skills including:
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Strategic and future planning
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Network coordination expertise, including collective impact initiatives
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Listening session hosting
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Staff training planning and coordination
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Group dynamics and facilitation
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Adult learner strategies
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Forum and convening event planning
Current and recent projects include:
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The coordination of a network of organizations supporting immigrant residents
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Development of health access trainings for staff serving families
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Backbone support for advocacy work groups
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Strategic planning for Board of Education and school district initiatives.
Communications
Communications & Advocacy
Our communications projects range from the development of messaging across e-newsletters, listservs, websites, and trainings to the use of electronic and interpersonal communications to advance the goals of coalitions and organizations. We work to amplify messages through partnership building and both virtual and in-person communications opportunities.
Our advocacy projects identify needs via needs assessments and network development work, communicate needs and facilitate discussion of solutions, disseminate best practices, weave connections among stakeholders, educate policy makers, and structure collaborative work to advance goals.​​​
Grant Writing: Proven Expertise
​Through tactical planning and writing, the Carsel Consulting Group has crafted successful grant applications totaling over $35,000,000 for non-profits, school districts, and government agencies. Funders range from state and federal agencies to local and statewide foundations. Consultants are able to work on one project or on an ongoing basis.
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Evaluation & Learning
Our experienced evaluators apply their knowledge of a wide variety of evaluation methods and practices to help you select those that are most appropriate to your situation and goals. Evaluation plans can be developed to guide service delivery. Consultants practice a utilization-focused philosophy and have expertise with program-level, organization-level, and policy/advocacy/systems change evaluations.
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Data collection instruments include surveys, focus groups, interviews, document reviews, and other tools, both standardized and developed specifically to meet the needs of the project. Consultants are skilled at listening to the needs of the project and working with the client to develop processes that meet their needs. Ongoing communication allows programmatic challenges to be addressed quickly and supports the agency in documenting successes.
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Current and past evaluation and learning projects include:
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CenCal Health's Student Behavioral Health Incentive Program, implementing behavioral health services across nine school districts
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County of San Luis Obispo Public Health Department's SLO Healthcare Workforce Partnership, a network to expand the number of health care providers and increase their diversity to increase access
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Mental Health Diversion Court evaluation, facilitating learning through data collection, analysis, presentation, and discussion among stakeholders.