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Very few people like the blinking cursor on a blank screen or the blinding white glare of a blank page…there’s just something that can be intimidating about “nothing.” Whether you know what you want to do and just can’t find the words, or just simply need a jump-start – there’s a solution!
The SNF Writing Solutions approach can help you to problem solve, review/develop process, plan, write, do, and review “it”…whatever your “it” may be.
“There’s a solution to every problem.” A motto carried through the years has motivated Stacy Fitzsimmons to always think through problems with an open mind and considering even the most unlikely answers. This methodology has transcended SNF Writing Solutions’ operations and approach to every project.
From documenting existing processes to a full Six-Sigma project, SNF Writing Solutions owner, Stacy Fitzsimmons, goes full-on geek mode when offered a process project. She has a great knack for finding wasted time and steps while getting to the “real” way things are done.
Utilizing the Compression Planning® technique, the SNF Writing Solutions approach brings any concept to an actionable plan in less than a day.
Bringing complex information to a general audience is a specialty.
Don’t let the plan just sit on the shelf – get to work!
How well did you do? From constituent interviews to data collection and analysis, SNF Writing Solutions can develop an outcomes and process evaluation to suit your stakeholder (funder, board, auditor) needs.
Outcomes evaluation is the common review request: did we do what we set out to do. This is an important look at any businesses progress toward meeting strategic goals, benchmarks, budgetary/cost plans, and stakeholder expectations.
Take your team to the next level with orientation, professional development, or skill building – our topic or yours.
Stacy Fitzsimmons is the brilliant mind behind the concepts and services of SNF Writing Solutions. Harnessing her ability to remember insane detail and make intuitive and academic connections within information and systems, she is a true all-around business champion in program and organizational planning and implementation. Add her persuasion for seamless process and you just start to get a glimpse of her passion for serving the business community to make every organization more…of what it wants to be.
With over 10 years of fundraising experience, we’re happy to welcome to Amy to the SNF Writing Solutions team.
Lisa Wagner is a licensed teacher, with over 15 years of teaching experience in both traditional and nontraditional classrooms, and most recently served as the Resource teacher at a school in Indianapolis, Indiana. She has vast knowledge of research methodologies, and experience writing and pursuing grant funding opportunities for educational resources.
She now serves as the Operations Director for SNF Writing Solutions, where she is both the task-master and dedicated proposal writer or editor.
Lisa holds a B.A. from DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana
An avid Early Childhood Education advocate and practitioner, Brooke is a wrangler of all things big and small. Joining the SNF Writing Solutions team Summer of 2017 as the Team Assistant, Brooke has her work cut out for herself! Meet and learn more about Brooke in June.
Leighe Disbro has proven experience in providing technical assistance on grant reporting and budgeting to ensure compliance as well as identifying opportunities for pursuit. Other expertise includes logistics, management and administration, materials management, supply chain management, as well as problem solving, negotiating, mediation, AR and AP functions.
As I finish another grant review panel (this one Federal), I found that I had to check my “crankiness” meter – where I was on the scale when I reviewed the app – during our discussion in the team-consensus calls. Upon reflection, I decided that the applicants would do certain things that immediately changed my perception of the rest of the application. While I could temper this, somewhat, in the consensus scoring – there were many things that irritated me so much that I couldn’t (wouldn’t) let it go. And others on my review panel had their irritants too!
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As we are gearing up for another round this Spring, I reflect on the process with several lessons learned.
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