Our Services
Evaluate and amplify your work.
Whether you work for a university, a STEM nonprofit, a museum, or another organization, our bet is that you care deeply about improving STEM education, outreach, and equity. You got into this work because you want to make a difference in the world.
Using data and research-tested best practices in informal STEM learning and evaluation, we will partner to improve your impacts and create real change in STEM education.
Evaluation and Communication Services
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Program Evaluation
Need to assess your program's effectiveness? We've got you covered! Whether it's a small-scale evaluation or a multi-year grant project, our flexible, scalable approach allows us to provide comprehensive evaluation services or support your team in conducting evaluations in-house, ultimately saving you money and building your organization's capacity.
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Capacity Building
Equip your team with the skills they need to thrive! Our engaging, hands-on workshops are tailored to your organization's needs and designed for staff at all experience levels. Together, we'll explore strategies for effective data collection and utilization, ensuring your program stays future-focused and impactful.
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Data Storytelling
We know that data is an essential tool in demonstrating the power of your work. Let's bring your STEM program's story to life! We'll identify persuasive data points and messaging, aligning your program's impacts with strategic positioning in the field of informal STEM education. Our team will then create engaging, customized materials like data visualizations, web content, visual reports, and slide decks to showcase your program's impact and importance.
Program Planning and Development Services
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Impact Planning
Define success and create a clear roadmap with our impact planning services. Working together, we'll define your program's vision, identify measurable outcomes, and build essential tools like logic models and theories of change. We will focus on your unique strengths, refine strategies, and optimize resources to achieve meaningful results in informal STEM education.
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Strategic Planning
Unlock your organization’s full potential with our strategic planning sessions. We'll facilitate engaging conversations, incorporating diverse perspectives to create an actionable 5-year plan tailored to your needs. Align with your mission, prioritize goals, and achieve greater impact in STEM education with our research-tested best practices. Let's partner to create real change and set you on the path to success.
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Consulting and Advising
Access expert guidance and support tailored to your needs. Our experienced consultants offer customized insights on evaluation and informal STEM education, whether it's assistance with grant proposals or personalized guidance on evaluation strategy. We are dedicated to helping your program succeed.
What sets us apart?
We’re experts in informal STEM learning.
We have expertise in the science of how people learn, out of school and informal education, STEM learning, and learning within museums and cultural institutions. We’re steeped in informal STEM education know-how, evaluation, and research.
We’ve been educators and program managers.
We understand that what is feasible is used. We don’t produce 40-page academic reports (unless you’d really like one). We produce actionable content presented in ways that work for your audience (like workshops, visual reports, one-pagers, and more) because there is nothing worse than paying for an evaluation or strategic planning project, and having the report sit in a drawer, unused. We provide understanding + action.
We use principles of information communication to most effectively communicate your impacts.
Pulling from best practices in data visualization, learning sciences, and information communication, we ensure that we not only help you to understand this work, but your stakeholders as well. We custom design data visualizations, visual reports, interactive workshops, and more to best communicate with your stakeholders.