Support to help your team navigate the path from start to finish

Every team is at a different point in its journey. Whether you’re still just exploring, getting ready to launch, improving existing work, or thinking even bigger, I can help you identify the best path forward and manage the twists and turns.

Where are you in your journey?

  • Exploring a new idea

    Exploring a new idea

    You have the beginnings of an idea — or a problem you’ve observed that you want to solve.  You need support to figure out what’s next. 

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    Designing a new program

    You know what you want to accomplish. You need help designing an effective, implementable program.

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    Launching a program

    You have a program concept roughly outlined. You need help turning it into operational reality.

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    Improving an existing program

    You have a program that's already operating, but isn’t achieving the results you believe are possible.  You need help figuring out what to change and how to do it.

  • Reimagining systems

    You’ve realized that systemic roadblocks are getting in the way of what you want to achieve. You need help figuring out what you can do about it.

Exploring a new idea

Your questions:

  • Is this worth pursuing?

  • What problem are we really trying to solve?

  • What do we know about what works?

  • Is this feasible with our resources and capacity?

I can help your team:

  • Clarify your vision

  • Understand the landscape

  • Engage stakeholders

  • Assess feasibility

  • Develop a theory of change

  • And more

Designing a new program

Your questions:

  • What should this program actually look like?

  • Who should it serve, and how?

  • What components are most critical?

  • How will we know if it's working?

I can help your team:

  • Clarify your target audience

  • Explore what’s most important

  • Dig deeper into the participant experience

  • Learn from research & related programs

  • Use behavioral science to avoid common pitfalls

  • Define success measures

  • And more

Launching a program

Your questions:

  • What will it take to make this work in practice?

  • What systems, processes, people, and tools do we need?

  • What should happen first?

  • What details have we forgotten?

I can help your team:

  • Map out the path from today to launch day

  • Define and document key processes

  • Clarify roles & responsibilities

  • Identify technology & capability gaps

  • Set up data collection tools & processes

  • Manage all the moving pieces

  • And more

Improving an existing program

Your questions:

  • Why aren't we seeing the results we expected?

  • Where are participants getting stuck?

  • What should we change?

  • How can we use data to improve performance?

I can help your team:

  • Analyze your program data for key insights

  • Gather feedback from staff & participants

  • Assess your processes

  • Re-examine your theory of change

  • Identify opportunities for improvement

  • Implement changes & measure results

  • And more

Reimagining systems

Your questions:

  • How do we shift from supporting individual participants to changing the system?

  • How can we collaborate better with ecosystem partners?

  • What is realistic to think we can change?

  • Whose help do we need?

  • How do we get started?

I can help your team:

  • Clarify the problem

  • Map complex interactions to understand the full picture

  • Identify key stakeholders & powerholders

  • Develop a systems-level theory of change

  • Build a coalition for change

  • And more

Flexible engagement options

Depending on your needs, support can range from a few coaching sessions to a focused design project to hands-on implementation support over several months.

“Megan helped me understand what our organization needed to become a better version of itself.  She helped me recognize where our systems and processes were getting in the way of the work, while also pushing us to better use data and insights to understand what was working, where the gaps were, and what needed to change. She wasn’t afraid to challenge us and ask hard questions. The impact was significant. The following year, we served nine times as many clients in that program, and the lessons we learned helped drive improvements across the organization. Megan has a real ability to understand an organization, help its leaders see opportunities they may be missing, and turn those insights into meaningful improvements in how the work gets done.”

~ Bridget Brown, Chief Operating Officer
United Community Housing Coalition

Let’s chat

Have an idea, a project, or a problem that needs some extra support? Let’s chat about it and explore how Sightline Strategies may be able to help.

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