Practical organizational support
Consulting & Collaboration
Assessment, strategy, systems improvement, and specialized expertise for family-serving organizations and interdisciplinary teams.
Engagement Assessment & Strategy
Fit & challenge
Nonprofit, public agency, health, education, and family-support leadership teams seeking a clearer engagement strategy.
Fathers are eligible for services, but policies, communication, or everyday routines make engagement inconsistent.
Work & deliverables
Review agreed policies, environments, outreach, and staff practice. Listen to leadership, frontline staff, and family perspectives; identify priorities and implementation responsibilities.
Example work products: A findings report, prioritized recommendations, and an engagement action plan, as agreed in scope.
Intended benefit: A clearer basis for organizational decisions and practical changes your team can carry forward.
Parent Partnership & Systems Improvement
Fit & challenge
Organizations, parent governance bodies, and cross-sector initiatives connecting family perspectives with organizational decisions.
Parent input is collected, but its influence on practice and decisions is unclear. Implementation needs coordination across roles and systems.
Work & deliverables
Examine participation structures and decision points; facilitate stakeholder conversations; review relevant program or curriculum content; support agreed implementation priorities.
Example work products: A partnership map, participation supports, documented priorities, application tools, and implementation reviews, as appropriate to the agreed engagement.
Intended benefit: Clearer roles for lived expertise and stronger coordination as the organization puts its priorities into practice.
Interdisciplinary Project Collaboration
Bring Specialized Expertise to Your Project Team.
I collaborate with consultants and organizations to bring fatherhood engagement, parent partnership, lived expertise, training, and facilitation into interdisciplinary projects. Scope, responsibilities, deliverables, and fees are negotiated for each engagement.
- Subject-matter consultation and integration of parent and lived expertise.
- Joint training, facilitation, and stakeholder engagement.
- Curriculum and program design consultation.
- Assessment and implementation support.
- Proposal development and project delivery.
Example work products: Content recommendations, tailored sessions, facilitation plans, or assessment findings, depending on your team’s agreed scope.
Participation and permission to name Michael in a proposal require agreement in advance.
Discuss a Project PartnershipFit and investment
A Scope Built Around Your Needs
Engagements are scoped according to your organization’s needs, audience, delivery format, and level of support. Contact Michael to discuss a tailored proposal.
The proposal defines work products and responsibilities. Intended organizational benefits are not guaranteed outcomes.