“Our work with Social Velocity has been critical to developing a viable growth strategy and plan for ACE. The process helped us clarify our core competencies, engage stakeholders, and articulate exactly how and why ACE should grow. As a result of Social Velocity’s strategic planning and follow-up coaching, my staff and I, and our advisory board, have the tools and confidence to reach our larger vision for ACE. This was one of the best investments we have made in ACE!"

Mary Ellen Isaacs, Executive Director of Literacy First

“We faced very difficult challenges following our merger and felt overwhelmed just trying to keep up with the pace of change. Social Velocity’s work brought much needed clarity to the nature and cause of our constraints and laid out an actionable plan for strengthening our operations and increasing our revenues. Now we feel confident and poised for continued success.”

Mindy Gomillion, Executive Director of BookSpring

 “Nell helped us chart a course for the future that meets the needs of our current students and allows us to expand to serve even more. She was skilled at developing a framework that allowed us to grapple with the tough questions of strategy and sustainability. We are thrilled we made this investment and look forward to the coming years with a plan firmly in place!”

Michael Griffith, Executive Director of Breakthrough Central Texas

“In one year of working with Social Velocity, Forte now has a comprehensive and focused strategic plan that includes a plan for financial growth to increase both our organizational scope and reach. The process stretched our staff and board of directors, and left us with a solid, actionable plan.”

Elissa Sangster, Executive Director of Forte Foundation

“Social Velocity’s analysis and recommendations turned on the lightbulb for me. We’re confidently using our resources more wisely for a better ROI when it comes to fundraising tools and media strategies. We have used Social Velocity’s assessment very well to move us along and come up with our develpment plan for the next year. Social Velocity’s recommendations have been so effective in putting us into high gear.”

Connie Mitchell, Executive Director of Institute for Human Services, Hawaii

“The strategic planning process opened everyone’s eyes. We now have buy-in from our most important stakeholders in the organization – the board – for change. We realized that in order to achieve growth, we have to change internally. Nell helped us to navigate the road to becoming a national organization by changing how we operate internally. Nell’s experience in nonprofit management and fundraising proved to be invaluable in our planning process. We are now beginning to implement the strategic plan are excited about this new era for the organization.”

-Salam Al-Marayati, President and CEO, Muslim Public Affairs Council

“As a new entity, we had been doing more of the day-to-day work and hadn’t taken the time to think about the bigger picture of where the Engaging News Project was headed and how to get there. Social Velocity helped us to chart a future direction, hone our messaging, and develop a clear plan for our organization. By working with us to figure out our targets, potential collaborators, and goals, Social Velocity helped us to systematically figure out a strong path forward. I can’t wait to see what we’ll be able to accomplish with these plans in place.”

Talia Stroud, Director of the Engaging News Project (now the Center for Media Engagement)

"Nell provided the thought partnership and tools to hone our ambitions into a thoughtful and viable strategic plan. The process also served to build our confidence in embarking on the plan's implementation. Nell helped us grapple with core questions -- no matter how controversial -- and build consensus around the tangible steps needed to move Breakthrough forward"

Elissa Vanaver, CEO Breakthrough Collaborative