Consulting Services

  • Forest path in Cotswolds, England, © 2017 Tonya Rawe

    Organizational Management

    Strategy development, Landscape analysis, Stakeholder consultations

    I help mission-driven organizations navigate often crowded advocacy space, set clear, resource-sensitive goals and priorities and maximize effective cross-team collaboration. I do this by supporting organizations to develop focused strategies and plans and build healthy workplace culture that enables dynamic teams to thrive. By designing and facilitating inclusive processes, consultations, and planning meetings, I ensure efficient operations, wide engagement, and firm understanding of the vision and way forward. I am successful because of my ability to see the big picture yet break it down into a step-by-step plan and to communicate complex ideas clearly and simply. I also create a welcoming and open environment for dialogue and can pay equal and high attention to details and to the energy and engagement among a team.

  • Forest walk in the Cotswolds, England, © 2024 Tonya Rawe

    Coalition Coordination

    Meeting management, Action tracking, Member outreach, Consensus building

    My expertise is helping coalitions of similar organizations collaborate effectively to identify and achieve shared goals. I do this by actively facilitating dynamic conversations among organizations, creating clear and inclusive processes to build a shared agenda and strategy, and keeping a close eye on details and progress to ensure the group stays on track. I am successful because of my superior organizational and planning skills coupled with high emotional intelligence, my skill in seeing commonalities among different actors with competing priorities, and my ability to build trust with a diversity of players. I bring value by leveraging my own experience as a member of coalitions and my deep understanding of the importance of collaboration to achieving results. Together we can go further.

  • Forest walk along a stream, Yorkshire, England, © 2018 Tonya Rawe

    Meeting Design and Facilitation

    Agenda creation, Consultations, Inclusive Facilitation, Meeting Summaries

    I support teams, organizations, and coalitions to design inclusive, dynamic, and productive annual meetings, dialogues, and planning workshops. I recognize the equal importance of the process, for building relationships and fostering buy-in, and the outcome for ensuring the value of meetings amidst packed schedules. I promote open dialogue, self-awareness, mindful and respectful listening, and a willingness to ask and answer potentially tough questions. I’m successful because I rely on structured but flexible facilitation and a deliberate range of activities and approaches that keep to the agenda, create a welcoming, open environment, and enable equitable participation that accounts for styles of communication, comfort levels speaking in groups, and roles and expertise among participants.

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    Copyediting and Proofreading

    COMING SOON!

    My detail-oriented nature enables me to help organizations and individuals get their report, white paper, journal article, website, or even book to the finish line. I help writers with copy editing to tighten a piece or with proofreading to apply that final polish. My own report and paper writing and wide reading choices position me well to support an array of writers and their particular needs.

    • Copyediting: reviewing documents for clarity and concision; refining word choice; ensuring consistency for the intended audience

    • Proofreading: checking documents for spelling, grammar, or punctuation errors; ensuring adherence to a style guide or reference system; confirming consistent formatting

Let's work together to achieve great things

  • "Tonya has been an incredible asset as our organization navigated the jump into international climate work. She has such a rare gift for bringing together a diverse range of organizations and making everyone feel genuinely heard and appreciated. For those of us newer to this space, her patience has been a lifeline; she is always happy to answer any question and creates an atmosphere of trust where no one feels out of place. Her upbeat energy and humor turn what could be a stiff process into a space of genuine connection, allowing us to share information freely and move our work forward from a perspective of climate justice."

    —Lisa Sullivan, Senior Program Officer for Integral Ecology, Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns

  • "Tonya is excellent at keeping groups of people and organizations working together, especially amidst crazy and busy schedules. Without Tonya's guidance, organization, strategic planning, and understanding of the value of collaboration, we would have been lost. And that is not hyperbolic. She truly knows how to herd cats! Tonya keeps us and our joint work going."

    —Nathan Cogswell, coalition member

  • "It's been an absolute pleasure working with Tonya over the years. She goes above and beyond in every project, bringing in a high degree of professionalism and subject-matter expertise. She is especially skilled at facilitating groups and chairing meetings — with a unique ability to collect multiple, often disparate, viewpoints during discussions and offer an actionable path forward. You can safely leave a project in her hands knowing it will be completed on time."

    —Shravya Jain-Conti, climate communications expert and a coalition member