Nick Macdonald

The environment for mission-driven organizations is tougher and more competitive than ever. Recognizing the need for pivotal change – a reorganization, a refocus, or even a merger – is hard. Pulling it off successfully is even harder.

I can help you frame and analyze the issues, and reach a high quality data driven decision that stakeholders can get behind.

We help organizations understand the knowledge they already have, and combine it with the best evidence-based approaches available. The next step is to design a decision-making process that places all the right information, presented in a way that leads to high quality, timely, and clear choices.

As organizations grow, their systems and structures don’t always keep up. We can help you make sure your infrastructure is optimally tuned to support your mission.

“Nick was able to come in, quickly assess our needs and provide very punctual guidance and support to our team. He helped us get to the root issues… and to better articulate what we want to achieve… [We] were able to define a clearer path to get us to these goals. Nick was a delight to work with!”
Laura Koch, Director of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning at Vibrant Village Foundation

“Nick is one of the greatest collaborators I have ever worked with. His intelligence, understanding of international development issues, generous collegiality, and courage in pushing projects where they need to go is a rare combination indeed. He is gifted in navigating the multiple pieces of a moving project so that things align and succeed in amazing ways.  That he has a fabulous accent is only secondary but another great reason to work with him!”
Barbara Tint, PhD. Professor, Conflict Resolution Graduate Program, Portland State University