Changing the World is More Fun
With Birds of a Feather

We partner with nonprofit leaders to create strategic plans, streamline operations, and provide inspiration, so you can move mountains.

Inspired by Dr. Seuss’ Oh, The Places You’ll Go, we believe nonprofit leadership is a great balancing act—but it’s a lot more fun when you get mixed up with some strange birds along the way.

Strange Bird Consulting partners with nonprofit leaders to step with care and great tact. Turn to Strange Bird for help in devising strategic communications and fundraising plans, streamlining external relations operations, and for ongoing support, training, and inspiration – so you can move mountains.

Changing the world isn’t easy—but you don’t have to do it alone. Let’s flock together!

You Don’t Have to
Fly Solo

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What we do

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    Planning

    Our strategic communications planning process builds consensus among your staff and board – getting everyone on the same page – and develops an actionable plan that emphasizes engagement of key audiences and develops relationships for both marketing and fundraising.

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    Operations

    Providing ongoing support to implement plans and oversee activities for all external relations – including the nitty-gritty back end stuff – so that you can trust that each step on the plan has been considered and evaluated.

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    Inspiration

    Offering an important sounding board for you, your board, and your staff to re-engage with your vision and spotlight your organization’s impact on the community, providing an important reminder of why you do what you do.

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“Robin draws from a deep well of first-hand industry experience, matched only by her her personal problem-solving instincts and integrity.  Her services have been a huge asset to our organization.”

— Edward F. Speck
Artistic Director at Theater in the Open

“Robin brings peace of mind on development database integrations with financial systems and cleanups. She also brings decades of experience of development and nonprofit expertise to the table, making her understanding and sympathetic to the challenges nonprofits face.

— Amity Ollis
Captain at Lifeboat Accounting LLC

The companies we’ve worked with along the way

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    Circus Smirkus

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    Vermont Youth Orchestra

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    Theater in the Open

  • Massachusetts Educational Theater Guild Logo

    Massachusetts Educational Theater Guild

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    Puppet Showplace Theater

  • The Free Library Foundation Logo

    Philadelphia Free Library Foundation

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    Front Porch Theater

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    Emily's Entourage

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    Design Challenge Network

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    Friends of Mascoma

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    Upper Valley Humane Society

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    Vermont Symphony Orchestra