Our Services
Tools, strategies, and guidance for organizations and individuals ready to deepen their community impact.
Our Menu
Free Discovery Consultation
A focused, one-on-one session providing expert guidance, problem-solving, and tailored recommendations to address an organization’s specific challenges, needs, or goals.
Organizational/ Individual Offerings
Mini -Organizational Assessment
A focused review of a nonprofit’s programs, operations, leadership, community engagement, and organizational capacity to identify strengths, gaps, and opportunities for improvement.
90 minute planning session
A focused strategy session that helps nonprofits assess their current community engagement efforts, identify priorities and opportunities, and develop actionable next steps for building stronger, more meaningful community relationships.
Strategic Learning Sessions
One 3-hour session; virtual or in-person. A high level overview of topics focused on systemic issues and the response of organizations.
Full Day Seminars
Two- 3 hour sessions; plus a 30 min lunch break. An immersive learning experience that helps organizations strengthen their understanding of community needs, explore effective engagement practices, build collaborative strategies, and translate insights into actionable steps for greater community impact.
Strategic Planning Retreat
A comprehensive evaluation of a nonprofit’s mission, strategy, leadership, operations, programs, finances, partnerships, community engagement, and organizational capacity to identify strengths, challenges, and opportunities for sustainable growth and impact.
Two- Day Engagement Intensive
Two sessions per day plus lunch break. A community specific hands-on, facilitated experience that equips teams to develop a practical strategy for meaningful, sustainable community impact.
Organizational Assessment
A facilitated session that brings organizational leaders together to clarify priorities, align goals, strengthen strategy, and develop an actionable roadmap for sustainable growth and community impact.
Community Survey & Report
A structured tool for gathering community perspectives, needs, experiences, and priorities to help nonprofits better understand the communities they serve and strengthen their programs and engagement strategies.
Our Packages
Provide a short summary of your recent projects, highlighting the most important things.
The Compass
Designed for smaller churches.
Includes: Discovery session ~
Mini organizational assessment
Leadership meeting
Written recommendations
The Pathway
Everything in The Compass +
Full assessment
Half-day Seminar up to 10
Journey Guide as an Administrator
Everything in The Pathway +
Assessment ~Surveys ~ Strategic planning
Monthly meetings ~Seminars/Intensives
The Transformation Partnership
Everything in The Journey +
Organizational transformation~ Community engagement process ~Leadership coaching
Partnership development ~Systems analysis
Stakeholder mapping/Partner Database
Program evaluation ~ Annual retreat
Annual impact report
Journey Guide provides a team that functions in the community as the organization.
The organization provides funding toward initiatives and compensates Journey Guide for its services.
The Journey
3 mo. partnership
6 mo. partnership
3-5 mos. partnership
One year partnership
One year partnership
Guiding organizations toward stronger relationships, better strategies, and regenerative community impact.
From Learning to Action
Half-day or one-day learning experiences. Each seminar has a version for individuals and one for organizations. These include:
The Dumbing of America
When Justice is Found Wanting
The Flip Side of Volunteering
The Law of Zeus-Welcome the Stranger
One Size Does Not Fit All
Seminars
Intensives
Two- or three-day facilitated experiences designed for leadership teams. Intensives are provided to organizations that select The Journey or The Transformation Partnership package. Any individual wanting to participate in an Intensive must have formed a coalition or have partnered with an organization.
These include:
Beyond Charity: from Programs to Partnerships
Listening Before Leading: Becoming a Neighborhood Organization
Measuring What Matters