Collaboration: What is the role of a consultant?

Some projects can be handled by your in-house team. For others, you’ll need to hire specialized companies to provide specific services. Some projects, especially those that require building a shared vision, often benefit from the expertise provided by a consultant who can bridge strategic planning, design, and implementation. A consultant who has worked through similar projects can bring experience from peer institutions, anticipate and solve challenges, and work objectively with all stakeholders. A consultant can lead complex projects and integrate best practices. They can help get the work done faster, keep it on budget and on schedule, and provide creativity and practical know-how. And when done right, they free internal team members up for other important tasks.

Emily HardyFebruary 11, 2022consulting, philanthropic placemaking, project management, naming opportunities, donor recognition, collaborationComment

Complex Projects: What are They and Why is Donor Relations Often Complex?

A project may be difficult but that doesn’t necessarily make it complex. Difficulty is encountered when expectations around one or more of the three traditional factors in project management – quality, schedule, and budget – are hard to meet. Complex projects are, on the other hand, inherently complicated. They have factors that don’t exist in the traditional project management model.

PlacemakingEmily HardySeptember 3, 2021donor relations and stewardship, project management, Staffing, goals, strategic plan, complex projectsComment

Story Captured In Just A Few Words: Children’s Hospital at Erlanger History Wall

In 2018, Heurista was awarded the design commission for the donor recognition and history exhibit in the new Kennedy Outpatient Center at the Children’s Hospital at Erlanger in Chattanooga, Tennessee. This is a dynamic was environment designed to engage the community and provide positive experiences for children and their families needing outpatient services. Notably, the Kennedy Outpatient Center also heralds a new era in the evolution of the Erlanger Health System and the Children’s Hospital at Erlanger. It is the first of several new buildings to be built in the coming years.

Architecture, Engagement, StorytellingAnne Manner-McLartyFebruary 15, 2019history wall, History Exhibit, project management, PlacemakingComment

The Goal is to Get the Idea Realized

I know you are aware of situations like the following: Room full of stakeholders in a discussion of a project of tremendous scope. Conversation is creative, enthusiastic, out-of-the box, in-the-box, forward-thinking, historical, inclusive, exclusive, well…..you get my drift.

ProfessionalismJeff McLartyFebruary 28, 2018consulting, project managementComment