Kara Bixby

WithInsight

43 LINDEN ST, SALEM, MA 01970 | (978) 846-2891 | kara@withinsightgroup.com
Works in: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont

Last updated:
Monday, Aug 18, 2025

WithInsight is a consulting firm that helps social sector organizations improve through evaluation. Our approach is people-centered and data-driven, tailoring our services to each client's needs. Our clients include nonprofits, foundations, intermediaries, and education institutions. We are skilled in facilitation and continuous improvement — engaging organizations to use a variety of data to inform decision-making and strategy. Our services include coaching, external evaluations, evaluation capacity-building, program design, needs assessment and facilitation.

Areas of Expertise:

Evaluation training, Organizational evaluation, Program evaluation

Diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI), Leadership training and development, Team building

Managing change, Meeting facilitation, Organizational assessments, Strategic planning, Organizational development, Collaborations and mergers

Data management

Deep expertise in these issue areas: Child Abuse and Neglect, Education (K-12), Foundations / Grantmakers, Youth Development

Past Clients:

  • Organization: Foundation for MetroWest
    Description of services provided: Evaluation capacity building training for nonprofit partners
    Year services provided: 2019
  • Organization: The Minneapolis Foundation
    Description of services provided: Strategic planning, governance and program design expertise for start-up program ConnextMSP, focused on college and career readiness
    Year services provided: 2018-2020
  • Organization: Jeremiah Program
    Description of services provided: Evaluation capacity building and development of organizational measurement framework and evaluation philosophy
    Year services provided: 2018-2019
  • Organization: One2One Mentoring
    Description of services provided: External evaluation and evaluation capacity building for two pilot programs
    Year services provided: 2017-2020
  • Organization: Generation Next
    Description of services provided: Logic model and measurement framework development for collective impact initiative; facilitation and evaluation of literacy action network; facilitation and planning for leadership council retreats
    Year services provided: 2016-2019
  • Organization: City of Cambridge
    Description of services provided: Strategic consulting and evaluation services to select a focus area for the Family Policy Council and guidance on how to research and develop a recommendation for the city
    Year services provided: 2020-2025


Training & Workshops:

  • Name: Data to Action: Evaluation Reimagined
    Duration: 3 hours
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  • Name: Who are you? Designing for Organizational Alignment
    Duration: 2 hours
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  • Name: Creating Your Theory of Change
    Duration: 3-4 hours
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  • Name: Actionable Data: How to Collect & Use It
    Duration: 3 hours
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  • Name: Building an Evaluation Philosophy
    Duration: 2-3 hours
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  • Name: How to Design and Deliver High Quality Trainings
    Duration: 3 hours
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