Areas of expertise
We provide research counsel for those who want to push development boundaries and accelerate impact. We’ll help you tackle the following issues:

Strategy and Communications
Bring a compelling
story to life
through data
What change do you want to make in the world? Let’s work together to ensure that the right evidence is in place to tell your story. Show the world how you’re testing your assumptions, basing decisions on evidence, and demonstrating impact.
- Evidence to influence funding, policy, and program design
- Research that raises the bar in best practice and supports internal strategy
- Technical communications and hard numbers for donors and policymakers
- Multi-media and creative storytelling
Areas of expertise
We provide research counsel for those who want to push development boundaries and accelerate impact. We’ll help you tackle the following issues:
Strategy and Communications

Bring a compelling
story to life
through data
What change do you want to make in the world? Let’s work together to ensure that the right evidence is in place to tell your story. Show the world how you’re testing your assumptions, basing decisions on evidence, and demonstrating impact.
What change do you want to make in the world? Let’s work together to ensure that the right evidence is in place to tell your story. Show the world how you’re testing your assumptions, basing decisions on evidence, and demonstrating impact.
- Evidence to influence funding, policy, and program design
- Research that raises the bar in best practice and supports internal strategy
- Technical communications and hard numbers for donors and policymakers
- Multi-media and creative storytelling
Team and Leadership Engagement
WORK WITH OTHERS FOR CHANGE
We work best when we work with others. You and your partners may be working on a common solution, or you may want to harmonize your efforts to demonstrate greater impact. We can help your team understand the problem you’re trying to solve and then how to best measure and talk about success.

- Group facilitation for arriving at critical decisions
- Common metrics to harmonize your work
- Compelling storytelling backed by data
Team and Leadership Engagement

WORK WITH OTHERS FOR CHANGE
We work best when we work with others. You and your partners may be working on a common solution, or you may want to harmonize your efforts to demonstrate greater impact. We can help your team understand the problem you’re trying to solve and then how to best measure and talk about success.
- Group facilitation for arriving at critical decisions
- Common metrics to harmonize your work
- Compelling storytelling backed by data

Resource Planning
THE RIGHT RESOURCES AND TEAM FOR YOUR NEEDS
We’ll help you work smarter. Whether you’re just starting to build a team or have an established research program, we’ll start by ensuring that the proper measurement plan is in place to support your strategy. Then we’ll identify the team and resources needed to deliver it.
- Measurement planning linked to strategy
- Recruitment and team building
- Translating results into practice
Resource Planning

THE RIGHT RESOURCES AND TEAM FOR YOUR NEEDS
We’ll help you work smarter. Whether you’re just starting to build a team or have an established research program, we’ll start by ensuring that the proper measurement plan is in place to support your strategy. Then we’ll identify the team and resources needed to deliver it.
- Measurement planning linked to strategy
- Recruitment and team building
- Translating results into practice
Study design
RESEARCH THAT’S FIT FOR PURPOSE
We love evidence, but it should be the right evidence. We always start at the end – what you want to do - and then work backward to identify how to best get there. We combine rigorous methods with pragmatism to reach those important breakthroughs.

Study design

RESEARCH THAT’S FIT FOR PURPOSE
We love evidence, but it should be the right evidence. We always start at the end – what you want to do - and then work backward to identify how to best get there. We combine rigorous methods with pragmatism to reach those important breakthroughs.
Occurs before a program is designed and implemented, or while a program is being conducted. It helps us define a problem and understand target populations.
Looks at trends in behavior and triggers that can increase the effectiveness of a product, service, or program for the consumer.
Assesses the changes that can be attributed to a particular project, program, or policy.
Examines the benefit of different delivery mechanisms (e.g., primary healthcare) as well as the contributions of different actors for strengthening a health market (e.g., total market approaches).
We identify existing or new measures that can be used across an organization or sector to support decision-making and demonstrate impact.
Where we work
Making a difference around the world
Change is our drive. We have worked in several countries, on a wide array of development issues, from global health, to adolescent girls’ rights, sexual abuse prevention, and many more.
