Our Services
TWO DECADES OF EXPERIENCE
With over two decades of experience, Hovland Consulting specializes in providing expert consulting services to impact-driven organizations and philanthropies. Our data-driven solutions are tailored to meet your unique needs, help you make informed decisions, and achieve your goals.
Make Informed Decisions
Prioritizations
FOCUS ON THE RIGHT TOPICS AND PLACES
We provide analysis using the best available research, data, surveys, expert input, and your data. Distill diverse data to support your decisions, such as what geographies or topical areas to prioritize for the greatest success. Decision tools include visuals, charts, maps, and scenarios to help you see potential priorities.
Bring disparate data together
Survey experts
Modeling
CONSIDER SCENARIOS AND IMPACT
We are adept at modeling impact and pathways, such as climate abatement scenarios that consider many policy options. This can help organizations fundraise and inform policy choices.
Explore scenarios
Assess opportunities
Supporting Analysis
UNDERSTAND COMPLEX TOPICS
We create business models and analytical estimates to help you understand a problem,
see gaps and opportunities, or publish research.
Scope out a problem
Understand opportunities and challenges
Tell Your Story
Visuals and Charts
COMMUNICATE CLEARLY
​We communicate complex information by using a variety of creative visuals.
Represent your information in a visually appealing way
Communicate complex information
Maps
FIND VISUAL TRENDS
We love maps and how they tell stories, supported by GIS analysis when appropriate. We provide publication-ready documents that showcase changes over time and future forecasting.
Overlay related topics
Show threat or impact
Branding
CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE VISUAL IDENTITY
We develop a consistent and recognizable identity for tools or campaigns. We engage your team and stakeholders to ensure branding is reflective of the work.
Develop the brand, including logos, fonts, and colors
Design websites
Understand Complex Data
DATA DASHBOARDS
DEMOCRATIZE DATA FOR ALL
We design data dashboards from start to finish including sourcing data, analysis, building the dashboard, and building a unique brand and website.
Show progress to goals
Support user scenarios
Enhance the global view and allow filtering
Track and Improve Performance
Monitoring, Evaluation, Lessons
IMPROVE AND SHARE IMPACT
We bring together quantitative and qualitative analysis, surveys, expert interviews, and synthesis in products aimed at learning lessons. Monitoring and evaluation to assess progress against goals (outcome-oriented or financial) on an annual or regular basis can help you track and improve performance, inform strategies along the way, and set interim priorities.
Learn from world-leading policies
Create best practices and show progress to goals
Refine approaches based on local context
Invest Wisely to Achieve Goals
Strategies and Business Plans
DEFINE PLANS AND STRATEGY
We help you establish your theory of change, geographic priorities, niche, and achieve your programmatic goals with concise recommendations for strategies and business plans that incorporate stakeholder input, the latest research, and tailored analyses.
Set a global strategy
Refine your niche
Take a fresh look at threats and opportunities
Increase Equity, Inclusion,
and Diversity
Approaches, Input, and Data
IMPROVE EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND DIVERSITY
We help you consider equity from strategic and organizational viewpoints, including understanding important communities, elevating diverse voices, and increasing the impact of your efforts. Create better outcomes, processes, and workplaces by being more equitable, inclusive, and diverse in how you approach problems, who you engage, and how you go about the work.
Create frameworks
See disdvantaged community data
Facilitate Growth
Organizational Growth
ADVANCE KEY AREAS
We support our client's growth through knowledge management, process, and board support.
Engage Boards and set strategy
Develop groups, lessons, and processes
Workshops and Convenings
PROVIDE OVERALL SUPPORT
We support in-person and online strategic planning sessions and engagement including setting goals, preparatory materials, presentation, facilitation, and synthesis.
Convene in-person
Facilitate online convenings
