Services

Project Management and Process Facilitation

Getting from “here” to “there” is not as easy as it sounds, especially when working with individuals in a group. SPPG prides itself on our core service of project management and process facilitation because we understand that the process of “getting there” is just as important as the end product. SPPG has the experience to keep the overall project goals in mind while helping your group to navigate the waters and get the work done effectively.

Surveys and Research

Collecting information and presenting it in a way that makes sense to your audience is an essential part of forwarding your issue. In addition to classic research, SPPG conducts focus groups and develops unbiased survey instruments that obtain the information you need from the people to whom you should listen.

Program Evaluation and Assessment

Whether it is to satisfy a project funding source or to demonstrate program outcomes, SPPG’s evaluation and assessment services are aimed at providing timely and constructive information about how your work is acheiving results. If you are not getting the results you want, SPPG helps you get back on track.

Community Outreach

With our history as a company working diligently at the grassroots level, SPPG has connections all over the state for hosting outreach activities and getting people to show up.  Outreach has been a part of SPPG’s toolkit for so long precisely because it helps to build consensus and ensure transparent and practical decision making.

Issue Advocacy

Recognizing that important issues affecting real people often take a back seat to more glamorous ones, SPPG works with you to determine the best ways to develop and advance your agenda.  Whether it is leveraging our contact list, training grassroots advocates, or developing an effective and unexpected strategy – SPPG steps up to become true policy entrepreneurs on your behalf.

Organizational Development and Planning

Organizational development is the systemic strengthening of an organization’s efficiency and effectiveness. Creating and sustaining organizational identity, pulling together overlapping efforts, or helping you figure out where to start – SPPG is your resource for enhancing your organization from the ground-up.

Facilitation

A good facilitation results in a group-based decision. SPPG uses specific procedures to guide discussions, ensuring wide and honest participation. SPPG is known for consensus building – helping diverse groups reach concrete outcomes to which everyone can agree.

Training

Organizations understand that to be effective, their members and supporters may be called upon to take on new roles or responsibilities. Whether it is learning how to complete a complex assessment process, become a more skilled facilitator, complete a strategic plan, advocate a position or to understand the ins and outs of a specific policy issue, SPPG can work with your leaders to develop or polish their skills and capacity.

Marketing and Publications

SPPG demonstrates the power of readability and appeal in moving issues forward.  Clients come to SPPG when they need accurate, cost-effective electronic or published materials with impact.  Because if no one wants to flip past the first page of your work, it is unlikely to change the world.

Public Affairs

Public affairs largely centers on coordinating grassroots or grasstops support for a specific piece of legislation or policy initiative. In SPPG’s public affairs projects, the client’s position is communicated using a variety of techniques to engage contacts in building support from constituencies and the public.

Conference and Events Planning

Clients continually ask SPPG to plan their conferences because experience makes us so conscious of details. What sets us apart from other event planners is our engagement with the issues behind a conference.  Whether it is site selection, negotiating with vendors, or procuring speakers – SPPG engineers amazing conference outcomes.