SolutionsNOW! Consulting, a subsidiary of Nonprofit Solutions NW, is a network of independent nonprofit consultants working together to offer strategic, workable solutions for their clients.

SolutionsNOW! Consulting founding group members at their June 2009 planning retreat. Left to right, Margaret Hollinger, Donna Doerer, Sherry Jennings, Suzann Stahl and Janet F. Ott (Jeffrey Ott, photographer) Large Version

SolutionsNOW! Consulting members help nonprofits take a step back in this difficult environment, clearly assess their needs, and develop strategies for planning their futures. Consulting group members have collective experience that spans several decades and past economic downturns so they can quickly evaluate your situation and suggest solid solutions.

SolutionsNOW! Consulting demonstrates how efficiency in planning and thoughtful partnership alignment can achieve better results than doing it all alone.

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Specialty Areas

• Fund Development
  Develop sustainable diverse resources
• Board Development
  Develop visionary, accountable boards of directors
• Strategic Planning
  Create real, deliberate, discernible change in the community
• Integrated Marketing/Public Relations/Strategic Communications
  Increase public awareness and build valuable relationships
• Training/Curriculum
  Design, Develop, implement and evaluate training courses and curricula
• Program Planning
  Make the sum of the parts work for the whole
• Meeting Facilitation
  Facilitate trusting, productive meeting environments
• Staff Development
  Build long-term, quality staff relationships
• Administration/Management
  Create an open and responsible organizational culture

Consulting Group Members

Suzann Stahl

Following a successful 20 year career in the corporate world, Suzann discovered her passion for serving the nonprofit business sector and has been a community leader ever since. Over the past 15 years, Suzann has supported more than 30 south Puget Sound nonprofit organizations as a consultant, executive, board member, board president, donor and volunteer. She has been an instrument in the success and sustainability of large, established organizations, mid-sized, and small start-ups.

Specialty Areas

• Development/Fundraising
  • Resource development planning
  • Capital Campaign feasibility studies, focus groups & campaign counsel
  • Development Audits and planning
  • Annual Giving and Direct Mail campaigns
  • Funding & prospect research
  • Major Gift development & training
  • Special Events planning
• Strategic Planning facilitation & strategy development
• Focus group facilitation
• Staff development, recruitment and training
• Marketing/Public Relations
  • Technology marketing
  • Plan development
  • Publications
  • Publicity
• Administrative processes and procedures

Sherry Jennings
Founder & Principal
Sound Governance
www.soundgovernance.us
sherry@soundgovernance.us

Sherry’s experience includes 10 years as a chief executive for a national nonprofit association serving nearly 200,000 members, and nearly 16 years experience working with governing boards, their chief staff officers and staff teams. Sherry’s project work with clients includes coaching and consulting to develop highly effective staff and governing Board organizations. The work Sherry does in developing and implementing governing strategies and best practices is closely tied to her work to increase the personal effectiveness of the people in the organization. As a result, achieving organizational excellence is one of Sherry’s strengths. Sherry is an active community volunteer and board member. As Sound Governance, Sherry has devoted much of her professional development education to understanding issues facing human services organizations.

Specialty Areas

• Board development & training
• Operations
• Retreat planning
• Board/staff relations
• Meeting facilitation
• Organizational assessment
• Recruitment and retention
• Board governance

Donna Doerer
Principal
Donna Doerer Consulting
dddoerer@gmail.com

Donna’s 20+ year career in fund development includes grant seeking for more than 40 nonprofits throughout Washington State. Since 1989, she has coordinated statewide and regional conferences and facilitated meetings for the state and University of Washington. During this time she served as a regional director of a national organization and an executive director of a statewide rehabilitation association. Often this included sponsor and fund development. Donna has coordinated a team approach to successful grant seeking for nonprofits to secure funds from private and corporate foundations, corporations, and public sector funding at the local, state and federal level.

Specialty Areas

• Grant research
• Grant writing
• Grant management

Janet F. Ott, Ph.D
Founder and President, Transform Life and Financial Coaching
www.transformlifecoach.com
www.mymultiplestreamsmentor.com
janott@comcast.net

After a rewarding 30-year career teaching at The Evergreen State College, Jan was called to connect to the larger world coaching. She works with education and non-profit administrators, business owners, and individuals to find their purpose in life, connect their goals to their purpose and values, and work with them to find the balance of richly rewarding work with connection to family, friends and to themselves. Certified as a Professional Coach through Accomplishment Coaching and as a Wealth Consultant through The Heritage Institute, Jan works to help clients find their true legacy, both short and long-term, and create a plan to pass that on. Jan’s work with individuals and teams has improved communications, effectiveness and efficiency within departments, schools and businesses. Added benefits are the joy and fun clients re-find in their lives and the stronger relationships they build at home.

Specialty Areas

• Team Building/Coaching
• Maximizing Team experiences
• Donor Enrichment through The Heritage Process™
• Meeting facilitation
• Coordination of Marketing Efforts
• Use of Social Media in Marketing/Communication
• Blog Creation/Educational Marketing
• Facilitating Joint Ventures for Donor Appreciation
• Retreat facilitation

Margaret Hollinger
Founder and President, Hollinger Group, Ltd.
www.hollinger-group.com
marg@hollinger-group.com

Margaret started Hollinger Group in 1992 to meet a growing need for customized training solutions. Our training services include the design and development of online, classroom, self-paced and blended learning solutions. Combining her education, (Masters degree in Occupational Education, Bachelors in business and computers) and her experience, Margaret maximizes the dollars spent to the value provided to her customers.

Hollinger Group, Ltd. will help you assess the training need, determine the most effective solution, and design, develop, implement and evaluate the training’s effectiveness. We have created over 230 training programs for clients in all industries including non-profits, petroleum, medical, chemical, financial, technical and manufacturing industries.

Specialty Areas

My business philosophy focuses on maximizing instructional design principles while partnering with clients to meet their requirements. We provide turnkey solutions or will work with your internal resources to save costs.

• Instructional design
• Project management
• Plan and execute curriculum and learning events
• Needs Assessment
• Program evaluation
• Graphics, photography, video, animation
• Narration and audio
• Computer programming
• Web page and information site development
• Customized Training Solutions (design, develop, implement and evaluate online, classroom, self-paced and blended learning solutions)