The key intentions of Magnolia's approach begins with building the foundation, leading to deepening understanding, followed by reaching the goal, and resulting in designing for sustainability.

At Magnolia Consulting, our approach to working with clients begins with building a foundation for a successful partnership, deepening understanding through evidence, helping clients reach their goals, and designing for sustained improvement and success.

Building a Foundation

Building a Foundation

  • Identify information priorities and needs
  • Clarify program components and link them to intended results
  • Define anticipated outcomes and goals
  • Select appropriate, innovative, and rigorous methods and measures

Deepening Understanding

Deepening Understanding

  • Understand the effectiveness of programs, products, and services
  • Reflect on what interventions work, how they work, and why they work
  • Know how to make sound and appropriate mid-course corrections
  • Create feedback loops and continual-learning infrastructures

Reaching
the Goal

Reaching the Goal

  • Improve programs, products, and services
  • Report outcomes and impacts
  • Meet the needs of target audiences
  • Guide decision making for strategic planning and development

Designing for Sustainability

Designing for Sustainability

  • Contribute to a research base for broad audiences
  • Utilize dissemination mechanisms with proven effectiveness
  • Scale-up implementation with different target audiences and settings
  • Plan for integration of evaluation as part of continuous learning cycle