Jim Ayres is an innovator, facilitator, coalition builder and thought leader for high-impact nonprofit and philanthropic organizations. Jim's firm Strategies for Collaborative Impact & Justice provides consultation and capacity-building support for organizations of all types, with a specialization in those involved with immigrant, refugee and migrant communities; early care and education; basic needs and family support; community coalitions; and funder collaboratives. Jim and Strategies-CIJ brings a kind, candid, facilitative, inclusive and practical approach to helping your organization to live its values, build on its strengths, confront its challenges, chart its future, deliver on in its mission,... in short, to be its best.
Areas of Expertise:
Board assessment, structure, training, performance
Communications / marketing planning and strategy
Succession / transition planning
Fundraising / fund development planning, Individual giving / major gifts
Public policy development and strategy
Executive coaching, Leadership training and development, Team building
Meeting facilitation, Strategic planning, Organizational development, Collaborations and mergers, Managing change
Deep expertise in these issue areas: Early Childhood Education, Foundations / Grantmakers, Hunger, Food Security, Immigrants / Refugees