Our Clients
Our clients are leaders and managers in dynamic nonprofits, associations, libraries, educational institutions, and government organizations.
Learn how we can help you lead more impactful projects, teams, and planning!
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Client Portfolio
Our diverse experience allows us to support a broad range of projects and planning initiatives. A sample of our work includes:
Change Management Project
Planning & Project Management
We are supporting a large community nonprofit in leading and managing organizational change, including facilitating a collaborative implementation planning process and providing hands-on project planning and oversight for key initiatives. Our approach includes preparing project managers and teams to lead change initiatives through training, coaching, and the creation of a consistent, sustainable process for managing projects across the organization. We are serving this client through a partnership with a strategy consultant.
Feasibility Study
Project Management
We are serving as project manager for a consulting firm as they lead a collaborative fundraising feasibility study for a confidential nonprofit client. We are providing project planning and monitoring and supporting stakeholder communications.
Cooperative Network Implementation Planning
Implementation Planning
We are facilitating the collaborative creation of a strategic implementation plan for a cooperative network of regional public agencies. We are serving this client through a partnership with Essentiam.
Monday.com Customization
Project WorkFlows
We customized Flow World’s project management platform (Monday.com) to meet their unique needs.
Association Implementation Planning
Implementation Planning
We facilitated the collaborative creation of an implementation plan for an association’s new strategic plan, including providing quarterly check-ins to support plan progress. We are serving this client through a partnership with Essentiam.
Organizational Development Project
Project Management
We served as project manager for a consulting firm as they managed a complex, multi-year career and pay transparency project for a confidential client. We provided project planning, monitoring, and communications and supported the revision of the organization’s career navigator and competencies and the development of manager and employee trainings.
Grant Management Improvements
Project WorkFlows
We supported a foundation in assessing and developing improved grant administration and management processes, including working with operations and program staff to document existing processes and identify opportunities for change.
Library Strategic Planning
Strategic Planning
We supported a public library’s collaborative strategic planning process. We served this client through a partnership with Essentiam.
Strategic & Staffing Planning
Strategic planning
We supported the North Carolina Council on Economic Education (NCCEE), an education nonprofit, in confirming their strategic priorities (based on an outdated strategic plan), developing a 1-year organizational plan, and preparing for changing staffing needs.
The team at [Yazdani Consulting] made the process a breeze for me. Thank you for helping NCCEE create a comprehensive one-year plan during a time of transition for our organization!
Project Processes
Project WorkFlows
We supported a nonprofit executive at a regional nonprofit to develop and implement improved operational structures and processes for program development and project management.
Jami was great to work with. She is a fantastic listener and was able to help map out issues that I needed to focus on.
Operating Model Design Project
Planning & Project Management
We supported a large nonprofit institute in planning for restructuring operating models and norms to enable organization-wide flexibility and agility and address departmental silos. Using a Design Thinking approach, collaborative planning included 14 facilitated sessions with co-creation teams from 4 diverse departments. Change management guidance for handling team challenges and implementing new structures was also provided to division and departmental leaders. We served this confidential client, an international research and technical services institute with more than 2,500 employees, through a partnership with a leading organizational development consultant.
Jami's "expertise and support in project management, people management, and facilitation significantly increased the quality of the deliverables and the enjoyment of the team in doing the work. [Jami's] project management constantly kept the team prepared and moving forwards, and her collaborative, positive style provided practical resolutions to any implementation challenges that arose. I highly recommend Yazdani Consulting and would absolutely work with [Jami] again."
Staff Planning
Program Planning
We supported a higher education leader in planning and implementing a restructuring of their departmental staffing, including aligning position descriptions with current needs and reflecting a more collaborative environment.
Technology Assessment Project
Project Management
We worked with a nonprofit partnership to coordinate technology assessments and upgrades targeting more than 30 of their nonprofit members, including facilitating timely purchasing using CARES Act funding. Acting as a liaison between technology vendors and leaders at each member nonprofit, we guided organizations through a technology assessment process and the selection of tools and platforms most appropriate and sustainable for their environment and users.
Proposal Process Improvement
Project Workflows
We supported a recruiting firm in improving processes for developing proposals in response to government RFPs.
Individual Coaching Clients
Project Coaching
We've also supported individual project coaching clients to more successfully lead their own projects and teams. Our project coaching clients appreciate our solutions-focused approach:
“[Jami] is gifted in this area and it reflects in how [she] is able to predict and offer positive, constructive feedback to overcome the common themes, barriers, and challenges that project and program managers encounter.”
“Jami really helped me to think through some of the strategies for engaging my staff to begin the process improvement and [efficiency] projects. In just the short time that we had together, I wrote down plenty of notes and nuggets to help navigate this critical conversation.”
Training & Facilitation Clients
Training
We’ve designed and led 100s of training sessions for a wide range of audiences and professionals, from nonprofit and HR professionals to dermatologists and librarians. See our recent public speaking and training events.
"Yazdani Consulting was accommodating, professional and made extra effort to ensure our training was successful. We will be looking to Yazdani Consulting for future partnerships!"
“I really loved [Jami's] presentation! I got a lot of things out of it (big and small) that I can start using tomorrow!”
“Jami was super organized. I appreciated that all of her materials were easily available to download. This made it convenient for me to print out her PPT deck, in real time, and take notes as I followed along. She was responsive to questions and clearly presented all of her [content]. The workshop inspired me to schedule some internal meetings with colleagues to set up tracking and proposal budget planning processes and workflows that will help us to be more proactive in the future."
Facilitation
We’ve also facilitated focus groups and meetings, retreats, and leadership programs.
“Thanks for making us think and helping us grow in a safe space with a gentle hand.”
“Thank you for being a wonderful facilitator…I admired how you created space for others to share their stories so we could all learn from them.”
We respect the confidentiality of our clients. References and additional case studies may be available upon request.