Our Services

We provide expertise in process, outcome and impact evaluation as well as continuous quality improvement. We guide our partners in identifying programmatic or project goals and developing evaluation activities to support them. This service level may include, but is not limited to, the following activities:

• Consult on and/or develop evaluation design and research methods.
• Lead evaluation team in evaluating project’s key performance indicators and/or
  performance measures.
• Interpret and effectively communicate evaluation results with clear, actionable
  recommendations.
• Engage and collaborate with evaluation collaborators, project leads and partners.

We support necessary functions involved in conceptualizing, developing, implementing, and iteratively improving the evaluation plan and related processes. We also support teams in delivering the activities of the program or project. This service level may include, but is not limited to, the following activities:

• Develop prompts and/or guides for focus groups, key informant interviews,
  community engagement activities and other qualitative data collection efforts.
• Conduct content analysis of program resources in support of process evaluation.
• Facilitate focus groups and/or key informant interviews.
• Develop and administer surveys (quantitative and/or qualitative).
• Develop summary reports of evaluation activities and/or findings.

We specialize in working with complex datasets and/or addressing complex data needs. This service level may include, but is not limited to, the following activities:

• Design detailed data collection systems.
• Compile results to meet the principal study needs (e.g., descriptive statistics, models
  and effect tables).
• Implement systems modeling and change analysis.
• Provide geospatial analysis and visualization.
• Analyze density, centrality and connections across a network.
• Apply statistical expertise and rigorous analysis methods.

We support necessary functions involved in conceptualizing, developing, implementing and iteratively improving the data collection, management, analysis and visualization processes. This service level may include, but is not limited to, the following activities:

• Co-create data collection system and tools (design, programming, testing, quality
  control, data dictionary management, data export testing).
• Conduct exploratory data analysis and lead data reviews.
• Code, memo and synthesize qualitative data.
• Provide engaging data visualization of analysis and/or evaluation results.
• Test and improve the existing instruments with multiple iterations and trial use of all
  functions from import to reporting.

We support projects through focused strategic retreats or more integrated partnership development support. This service may include, but is not limited to, the following activities:

• Support recruitment strategy and protocol development.
• Launch Community Advisory Board through engagement and collaboration with community leaders and project teams.
• Consultation on research intervention and deployment planning.
• Lead and support proposal process and pre-award package consisting of strategic aims, research strategy, facilities and resources documentation, budget and justification, biosketches, and other components as needed for submission.
• Design and facilitate partnership building activities and strategic retreats.

We support developing and implementing recruitment plans, helping teams navigate IRB processes, or preparing progress reports and other dissemination products. This service may include, but is not limited to, the following activities:

• Create recruitment materials and support research study recruitment.
• Organize in-person or virtual meeting details, prepare and provide participant materials, support setup or production for meetings.
• Conduct data collection in coordination with research study team.
• Research protocol development and study IRB process consultation.

We bring expertise and tailored capacity-building to multidisciplinary research teams. This service may include, but is not limited to, the following activities:

• Develop recruitment plan training materials for research team capacity building.
• Communications review of recruitment plan training materials (accessibility, branding).
• Hold and facilitate CBPR (community-based participatory research) training, in-person or virtual.
• Develop facilitation guide, presentations, and participant materials.

We help create and launch standard operating procedures for research teams, set up hiring manuals or work management platforms, and support timeline and milestone development. This service may include, but is not limited to, the following activities:

• Standard operating procedure guide development.
• Timeline and workplan development for project activities.
• Advise and recommend research practices and implementation strategies.
• Develop and facilitate revision project deliverables according to funder requirements, intended audiences.
• Adapt and compile standard project role training materials for research project team.
• Create hiring plan with position vacancies, descriptions, salary range, search committee guidance, and overall timeline.
• Project kickoff session content design and planning logistics.