Dennis Taylor provides policy and communication consulting to leaders in higher education, government, businesses, and non-profit organizations who seek to make positive change and build organizational capacity. Services include: strategic planning, policy development, resource development, program implementation, training and development, research and evaluation, and government relations.
Strategic planning
- Work with organizations to establish s vision, mission, goals, objectives, strategies, performance measures and targets.
- Facilitate collaborative planning processes to capture participants’ ideas, develop plans, and obtain stakeholder buy-in for implementation.
- Analyze organizations’ strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT).
Policy development
- Draft policies and procedures and associated forms and provide implementation training.
- Draft legislation and regulations.
- Draft policy analyses and reports and recommend policy changes.
Resource development
- Prepare grant applications and other funding proposals.
- Prepare budgets and financial plans for businesses and projects.
Program implementation
- Start up and manage programs and projects.
- Provide technical assistance to improve manager and staff knowledge and skills, implement best practices, and build capacity.
Training and development
- Develop and implement customized training and development in higher education fields, including board governance, law, finance, human resources and management.
- Develop and implement customized training and development in leadership, agile/lean project management, oral and written communications, including interpersonal and small group communication, public speaking and legal and technical writing.
Research and evaluation
- Provide formative and summative assessment services for educational programs and projects.
- Develop and implement research plans and evaluation instruments, including surveys, interviews, and focus groups.
- Assist higher education institutions with accreditation self-studies and program reviews.
Government relations
- Assist organizations to develop and implement advocacy plans, including coalition, relationship, and image building and grassroots outreach.
- Draft position statements, legislation, and rule-making comments.
- Monitor and provide updates and alerts concerning legislative and regulatory activities.