Consultants

Karie Terhark, from Britt, IA, is a highly-skilled facilitator with extensive experience in strategic planning, youth development, and community engagement. With a passion for fostering collaboration and driving positive change, Karie has dedicated her career to helping organizations and communities achieve their goals through effective facilitation and inclusive decision-making processes. Her career has offered opportunities to work with a diverse range of clients, including non-profit organizations, youth, government agencies, and private sector companies.…

Partnering with non-profits to achieve fundraising goals and provide hands-on help. Services include Feasibility Studies, Capital Campaigns, Development Assessments, Board Training, Annual Funds, Planned Giving, Volunteer Management, Data Analytics and Analysis, Stewardship, Prospect Research. …

Nonprofit leadership consulting with a specialty in supervision, especially for those with new supervisory responsibilities and those supervising Millennials or Gen Z. …

Productivity Consulting, Coaching & Speaking. I work with individuals and teams to better manage their time, space and information. This includes paper, digital, email, workflows, goals and planning. I also offer a weekly planner and goal-setting/planning system called the ProAction Planner and the ProAction Process.…

Capacity-based planning and tools that fit your team’s reality. Volunteer systems that can save at least $8K–$17K in staff capacity each year. Funding strategies that increase donor retention and long-term ROI, tailored to your mission and today’s climate.…

Grant Research, Writing, and Management; Strategic Planning Facilitation; Prospect Research; Fundraising Planning; Feasibility Studies; Capital Campaign Implementation; Annual Fund Planning and Implementation; On-line Campaigns; Development Writing; Board Development; Organizational Development; and, Staff Development…

Leadership Development trainings, Youth Development programming (including restorative justice and prevention support) Community Engagement and outreach strategy, Organizational Culture and nonprofit management consultations and Difficult dialogues workshops…

CPA, Accounting, Auditing, Consulting etc.…

Funding development, copywriting, relationship development consulting, strategic planning…

. Agricultural experience with Iowa USDA, FSA, NRCS, DNR, CRP, Pheasants for Ever, Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, Izaak Walton League of Iowa and many other environmental, conservation and agricultural organizations. General Nonprofit experience in other sectors: . Strategic logic-model mission & goal planning . Planning & community economic development . Program & board development . Sales, business & marketing initiatives . Grant writing, major donor & planned gifts . Public speaking/PR experience . Agroecological scientific research studies . Financial & budgetary planning . Team building & leadership . Volunteer management & recruitment . Annual campaign development . Governance, policy & advocacy . Stakeholder development …

STRATEGIC PLANNING, MARKETING, ADVERTISING AND MEDIA NEGOTIATIONS, RETAIL GO-TO-MARKET STRATEGIES, SALES MANAGEMENT, SALES TRAINING, BOARD GOVERNANCE AND TRAINING, LEADERSHIP TRAINING.…

Illustration, Graphic Recording, Art, Visual Storytelling …