Ann Donner has a passion for helping organizations realize their great ideas. She harnesses an organization’s ambition and works collaboratively to take their projects to the next level.

ORGANIZATION CONSULTING

Take Your ORGANIZATION To New Heights

DEVELOP, REFINE and IMPLEMENT

Optimize Your Impact

Too often, powerful ideas emerge within organizations, but they remain unexplored due to the demands of day-to-day operations. Ann Donner works with her clients to develop, refine, and implement these powerful ideas for optimal results.

An accomplished strategist and facilitator, Ann has extensive experience working with organizations with complex and unique initiatives and missions.

SERVICES

What We Do

Develop

Organization assessment
Program evaluation
Strategic planning
Program design

Refine

Capacity building
Feasibility assessment
Facilitated dialogue

Implement

Project management
Program implementation
Advisor to senior leaders and Boards of Directors

Industries

We Work With:

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Nonprofits & NGOs

Community and economic development organizations, nonprofits focusing on education, arts and culture, civic issues, advocacy, health care, and human services

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Government

State and local agencies

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Philanthropy

Community foundations, grantmaking nonprofit organizations, private and corporate foundations

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Associations

Trade and professional associations

Services

What We Can Do For You

We will:

Evaluate and assess your organization and generate practical, strategic solutions to enhance both operations and impact
Facilitate important conversations among critical stakeholders including: staff, board, and constituents
Map a comprehensive plan for implementation with key indicators and outcomes
Provide ongoing counsel on management, strategy, and governance

BIO

Ann Donner

Ann has over 25 years’ experience leading and managing strategic initiatives in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors. She has held leadership positions with government, civic, health care, and business organizations. A skilled strategist and facilitator, Ann has the ability to uncover and inspire creative approaches and a talent for bringing stakeholders with disparate interests and viewpoints together to focus on a common goal.

Over her career, Ann has leveraged investment in critical urban development and transportation projects and raised significant resources for a wide variety of initiatives and organizations. Collaborating with a broad range of constituencies, she has promoted new models for consensus building, increased the effectiveness and profile of numerous organizations, and influenced the design and programming of important public spaces.

Ann is the former executive director of two nonprofit organizations and has served on the boards of several others; she has also served on the City of Boston Employment Commission. She is an Associate Program Director for Common Purpose, a global organization devoted to developing leaders who can cross boundaries.

WHAT’S NEW

Clear direction ahead shines

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