It’s tough to move mountains when you’re always short on time/resources/sleep.


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Are you struggling to find enough hours in a day to finish that massive to-do list?


Perhaps your small team is at capacity — but you’re not getting traction on an important report?


Maybe your nonprofit is going through a rough patch and your team needs technical assistance?


What if your team could grow — temporarily and seamlessly — to get the results you need…without actually hiring and onboarding another employee?


If only someone who really gets it could swoop in with strategic support — to save you time, streamline the chaos and scoot that project to the finish line.

But doing the impossible is why you chose this work.
We get it.
And we’re right there with you.
Let’s work together to free you up. So you and your team can focus on your passion — transforming the lives of more children and families.
 
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Introducing capacity building and technical assistance from Forthright.

We collaborate with select nonprofits, foundations serving children and families, and school districts — organizations filled with innovative, difference-making, no-BS, believers-in-a-better-world type of humans (you know who you are) — to make big change happen.

Because we all know the truth: moving mountains takes a team. There’s simply not enough coffee to do it all alone. And let’s face it, you actually do need to sleep sometimes.

 

 
WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO REACH YOUR GOALS, WE CAN JUMP IN AND HELP OUT.

Let’s say you’re kicking off a campaign: a new website, a set of collateral or a policy initiative...but your team is stretched too thin already.

We’ll help you execute it.

Perhaps you’ve got a giant report filled with jargon that’s making your head spin, and you need it translated into normal human language to inspire your target audience.

We’ll make sure it resonates.

Maybe your communications tactics have gotten off track — and you need fresh eyes to pull it all together into a cohesive action plan.

We’ll make order from the chaos.

 
 
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Here’s how we help:

 
 
1 - We meet you where you are.

Our first job is to listen: we uncover your goals, your target audiences and where you could use the extra capacity.

2 - We draft an action plan to get you from where you are to where you want to be.
 
3 - We come in and actually do the thing, whatever it is — so you can flat out stop worrying about it.

Whatever we can take off your plates, we will. You’ll know your project is in good hands (backed by strategic research and data) so you can get back to managing the million other things you’re working on.

4 - Our mission is to set you up for success not just while we’re adding our capacity building services — but after we’re gone, too.

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“It has been such a joy working with you. Your help, advice, and expertise has been invaluable to our little communications team and to our whole organization. You've made me better at my job.” 



Meghan Forder, Communications Director, UCLA Center for the Developing Adolescent

 
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Every team has an “if only we had the capacity for that” wish list.

What’s on yours?

 
 

Looking for customized training for your team? Check out our customized training services.