Category Archives: Organizational Strengthening Solutions

We Will Take Care of Your Remote Project and Program Management Needs

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Remote Project Management and Performance Measurement Solutions

Available: comprehensive ongoing and short term specific solutions.

Great organizational leaders do not sit and wait to see what the recruitment process shores up when they need a great team member, advisor, or execution partner. They actually research, scout, and woo prospective team members and execution partners with the skills and expertise that they require.

We know that you are busy and the search can be long and hard so we are parading ourselves right here before your eyes. Believe it or not today is your lucky day! In fact it is our lucky day!

Use our top class remote project or program management solutions when:

  • You need to save on staff cost or space
  • You need project management expertise and rigour of PMP, Lean, and Six Sigma caliber but suited to the results oriented approaches used by government, international development projects, non-profits, or private sector development entities
  • You need help with project initiation; scoping; budgeting; timelines; performance measures (KPIs etc.); articulating project objectives; identifying constraints, risks, and assumptions; root cause analysis and corrective actions.
  • You need help with communication, marketing and operationalizing your project
  • You need to strengthen your performance measurement (monitoring and evaluation culture and capacity)
  • You need to improve your results, impact, and credibility
  • You need help with answering and designing-in a system that can help you to answer one or more of the following tough questions:
  1. Is our program or project relevant
  2. Should we continue to offer this project or program as we currently do?
  3. Have we delivered our project or program as planned?
  4. How effective are we in delivering our solutions?
  5. Are we using the most cost effective approach for delivering the desired outcome
  6. Are we creating impact? Are we financially viable?
  • You need to secure the buy-in of stakeholders and funders
  • You need expertise with project  planning, management, execution, monitoring, evaluation, assessment, and reporting

We offer remote project and program management plus performance measurement solutions in two formats.

  1. Remote or Virtual Project Management – the total solution is delivered online via web technology, including web meetings, virtual project war room, or meetings and online workspace.
  2. Blended Project and Program Management Solution – delivered by a mix of virtual service delivery plus on-site meetings, training, research, or work days.

We are your one stop organizational effectiveness and performance measurement partner!

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I’ve got a Great Business Plan but I Just Can’t Get the Business Going!

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Join me for an on parade, auction house, let’s make do with what we have, preacher styled session on how to get that business going.  The session is just over 14 minutes and may be listened to at one go or in two parts without losing the meaning. You will need to have your businesses plan and colour pens (red ink, green ink, blue or black).Magateminibusplan

If you have a business performance report or other tool for tracking your progress in implementing your strategy please grab that too. Part 1 is 8 min and part 2 is 6 min in duration.

Find out what I learnt while at a gathering of start-up entrepreneurs in Toronto.

Warning: This audio session is intended for solopreneurs and other leaders of small, medium, and micro-enterprises who have an urgent need to take steps for improving the results of their businesses. This session is not for you if, you have been tricked into believing that as an entrepreneur and organizational leader you do not need the details.

Now   “F   a   l   l           N”

F   O    R    W   A    R    D

M   A   R   C   H!

Let’s get going for getting the sales going.

Listen now: Please click the image below to listen.

Meegan Scott at Magate Wildhorse

Virtual Project and Program Rescue & Support Service

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Many development project fail to deliver the desired levels or impact because of the need for that trusted friend and advisor who could provide objective implementation support; an extra pair of hands; additional tools; processes and mindset, and who is committed to working in collaboration and partnership with the implementation team.

To implementing partners and organizational leaders

  • Why wait for a funder review, evaluation or the dreaded message that the funding will be suspended to get help?
  • Why allow the brand of your project to be damaged or for your team to end the project with no meaningful outputs or outcomes for which they can feel proud as a team and as an individual?
  • Why risk your professional reputation?
  • Why not design in the success of your project or program including your support life-line from the start?

To donors and funders

  • If you are a donor or funder, why not hedge the return on investment by providing technical support for ensuring effective and efficient delivery of relevant solutions?

Please accept this invitation to meet for discussing how we can rescue your project or program.  Perhaps you do not represent an implementing agency but a Department of Government that is committed to improving its results by making the transition to evidence based and results-oriented thinking and actions as your new culture. In that case, we would love to help you too.

We offer solutions that will give you access to top-tiered consulting expertise at the price you can afford.

Go virtual and get more for the money! Our tools are fully interactive and experiential, you will forget that we are working virtually.

Got the bucks to invest? No problem, we will travel to your location in the Caribbean, USA or Canada!

Let’s make it a date, tell us what is the best time for you. We are available 7:30 AM to 8:00 PM – on Wednesdays, Fridays or Saturdays, May 16- 23, 2015.  Book early for a free 30 minute consultation.  Schedule your date: Call: 1(647) 854-5323 or Click here to send us an Email.

Not available to meet before May 23rd or prefer after work hours? Send us a note and we’ll work on a best time for us both.

 “Helping organizations transcend expected levels of success, despite the constraint of size.”
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We’ve got green thumbs for growing businesses and developing winning programs, let’s connect!

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Put your organization or project in our nurturing hands and watch it grow.

Many people will tell you that they met the love of their life by chance.  Why not take a chance on finding your forever organizational strengthening and success partner?

We might be interested to start a relationship with your organization if you need help with any of the following:

  • Program planning and redesign
  • Program monitoring and evaluation
  • Help with getting funders to sign the cheque
  • Meeting funder and stakeholder reporting requirements
  • Training in strategic planning, change marketing, customer service, work plan development, results-based management and more
  • Help with change management or project management
  • An organizational assessment
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Cause or behaviour change marketing
  • Strengthening and improving you brand recognition
  • Growing your clientele and better servicing your market or catchment area
  • Rescue operation for a failing project or program.

We’d like to invite you on a date to discuss your challenges and how we can help you to improve your results and win the support of funders and your local community!

Let’s make it a date, tell us what is the best time for you. We are available 7:30 AM to 8:00 PM – on Wednesdays, Fridays or Saturdays, May 16- 23, 2015.  Book early for a free 30 minute consultation.  Schedule your date: Call: 1(647) 854-5323 or Click here to send us an Email.

Whether you are a community based organization, professional association, social enterprise, faith-based organization or a non-profit organization involved in international development we can help you.

This could be a great beginning, what have you got to lose? Contact us today!

Looking to Start a Relationship with Canadian & US MSMEs, how about your Business?

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Success is not just for big businesses!  Control, fun, leisure and luxury are for small business owners too!

 Go virtual and save money while we help you live big business mind for your small business.  Chances are a pair of extra hands, meeting of minds and a little help with adjusting a few processes are the wings your business need to soar to success.

If you prefer the face-to-face on spot interaction, no worries your wish will be our command, we travel internationally to serve our clients.

You won’t know if you’ve found your number one, for making your business number one until you talk with us.

Because we love a challenge and we thrive on defying the odds we look for businesses that need a fix for a dogging problem (s).

We would like to meet you if you are faced with one or more of the following challenges:

  • You have hit a brick wall in trying to grow your business
  • You have been wondering whether or not it is really worth your while to pursue the business you love and worked hard to build
  • Declining sales or falling profits
  • Problems with planning strategically for your business and putting the plan into action
  • Difficulty finding new customers and or keeping those you have
  • Coming up with new service ideas for bringing in extra revenue
  • Finding out what your customers really want and what they are willing to pay for it
  • No time to market the business
  • Dissatisfied customers and related complaints
  • Developing a winning business plan and making the pitch to financiers
  • Crafting that winning marketing plan

We’d like to invite you on a date to discuss your challenges and how we can help you to work more effectively on and in your business to realize the success you dream of and deserve!

Let’s make it a date, tell us what is the best time for you. We are available 7:30 AM to 8:00 PM – on Wednesdays, Fridays or Saturdays, May 16- 23, 2015.  Book early for a free 30 minute consultation.  Schedule your date: Call: 1(647) 854-5323 or Click here to send us an Email.

Whether you are an independent tradesman or woman, consultant or retailer we can help you.

This could be a great beginning, what have you got to lose? Contact us today!

Looking to Start Relationship with Caribbean Canadian MSMEs, how about your Business?

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Chances are you’ve just found your perfect business advisor and implementation partner for putting your business on the success path.

We would like to meet you if you are faced with one or more of the following challenges:

  • You have hit a brick wall in trying to grow your business
  • You have been wondering whether or not it is really worth your while to pursue the business you love and worked hard to build
  • Declining sales or falling profits
  • Problems with planning strategically for your business and putting the plan into action
  • Difficulty finding new customers and or keeping those you have
  • Coming up with new service ideas for bringing in extra revenue
  • Finding out what your customers really want and what they are willing to pay for it
  • No time to market the business
  • Dissatisfied customers and related complaints
  • Developing a winning business plan and making the pitch to financiers
  • Crafting that winning marketing plan

We’d like to invite you on a date to discuss your challenges and how we can help you to work more effectively on and in your business to realize the success you dream of and deserve!

Let’s make it a date, tell us what is the best time for you. We are available 7:30 AM to 8:00 PM – on Wednesdays, Fridays or Saturdays, May 16- 23, 2015.  Book early for a free 30 minute consultation.  Schedule your date: Call: 1(647) 854-5323 or Click here to send us an Email.

Whether you are an independent tradesman or woman, consultant or retailer we can help you.

This could be a great beginning, what have you got to lose? Contact us today!