Sparking Innovation

Dovetailing walks beside public, private, and non-profit organizations as they plan, organize, and implement innovative strategies to improve their effectiveness. From strategic and policy planning to organizational development, we develop unique blueprints to best meet our clients’ needs.

We help our clients be innovative and intentional.

Individuals and organizations are hungry for innovative approaches and action-oriented strategies to build political will, improve systems and strengthen programs. We help our clients focus their efforts, consider new ideas, and develop thoughtful plans to reach their goals.

We help spur innovation through deep thinking and entrepreneurship

Our processes support dialogue and relationship-building. As part of our engagements we provide a range of services such as strategic planning, tactical consultation, project management, and policy and concept development.

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Great Leadership During COVID-19.

Dovetailing has been asked by our clients for help finding ways to make it through the COVID-19 pandemic. As the world continues to turn and we search for the positive, we find ourselves awestruck by the innovations that are allowing people to continue to serve communities.

Resources

A few tools that might be useful.

 

Theory of Change Template

Funders, system designers and program staff can easily lead themselves through the process of creating a Theory of Change that uncovers what they think it will take to achieve their desired outcomes. Download a template to create your own.

Conversation Tips

Facilitating group conversations and braiding insights and perspectives can be tricky. Download these brief tips and ideas of "re-framing" questions to help you stay on track.

List of Covid Resources for Organizations and Families

This list of resources may be useful for organizations in your network. Like many things done quickly, the application processes are bumpy, so be prepared. If you know of additional useful resources, please let us know.