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Through OD consulting, Laura consults, coaches, and prepares organizations and leaders make strategic shifts, grow business, and launch initiatives.

Since 2009, Laura has been collaboratively partnering with businesses and nonprofits to build capacity, diversify revenue streams, increase contributed and earned revenue, and develop strategies to sustain the organization in long-term mission and vision.

She has vast experience in developing and implementing strategies and events that leverage organizational assets to achieve goals.

Laura is particularly gifted in working with executives, thought leaders, key constituents, and celebrities to produce well-attended and first-rate situations and events that effect great impact locally, nationally, or globally.

Clients - partial list ↓            Projects - representative list ↓

Our Clients

Through organization development consulting, we work with organizations to internally prepare for planned growth and launch new initiatives successfully.

Since 2009, Laura has worked with nonprofits and businesses - collaboratively partnered with clients to build capacity, diversify revenue streams, increase contributed and earned revenue, and develop strategies to sustain the organization in its long-term mission and vision. 

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Easton Consulting, LLC

Organization development is the practice of planned, systemic change in the beliefs, attitudes and values of employees for individual and company growth. | The purpose of OD is to enable an organization to better respond and adapt to industry and market changes and technological advances. | Organizations that succeed in implementing the tenants of OD often go on to exhibit higher levels of organizational agility - successfully navigating new challenges with speed and minimal disruption. 

Easton Consulting, LLC

CLIENTS & REPRESENTATIVE WORK 

Collaboratively partner and work with clients to build capacity, diversify and increase contributed and earned revenue, and develop strategies to sustain the organization in its long-term mission and vision.

Services Offered | Develop achievable strategic plans; turn your strategic plan into a success; create business, resource plans and budgets; assess development offices, processes, systems, plans, goals and staff; manage capital campaigns; create fundraising plans; strategically brand and market for philanthropy; coach executives, leaders and staff; and engage and leverage your board. Serve a variety of nonprofits, start-ups and other for-profit corporations.

Since 2009, I've had the honor of working for nonprofits and businesses serving communities through human services and programs.

The Menninger Clinic; The Council on Alcohol and Drugs Houston (now The Council on Recovery); American Cancer Society; Brené Brown PhD, MSW; Connections Curriculum (now The Daring Way); Hope and Healing Center/Institute at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church; Transcend (national), Transcend Texas and Heights Treatment; Luna Recovery; Elements Behavioral Health; Palmer Drug Abuse Program (PDAP); Lighthouse Recovery Center; Cornerstone Recovery; Center for Relational Healing; other clinical practices and service providers.

Brookwood Community; Boys and Girls Country, Inc.; Houston Botanic Garden; Literacy Advance of Houston; St. Francis Episcopal Day School; Crisis Intervention Houston.

Representative consulting work and accomplishments:

  • Brookwood Community, 501(c)(3) | Fund development consulting, advancement leadership, and special events fundraising
  • Boys and Girls Country, Inc. 501(c)(3) | Fund development consulting and executive coaching
  • Brookwood Community, 501(c)(3) | Fund development consulting, advancement leadership, and special events fundraising
  • Luna Recovery | Strategy; Executive Coaching
  • PDAP, 501(c)(3) | Fundraising; special events; leadership, transformative change, and fund development consulting (phase II); Organizational assessment (phase I)
  • Literacy Advance of Houston, 501(c)(3) | Fund development consulting (phase II); Strategic planning – development of 18-month Resource Development Plan (phase I)
  • American Cancer Society’s Hope Lodge, 501(c)(3) | Capital campaign – raised $2 million in nine months
  • Brené Brown, LLC and Connections Curriculum, LLC | Strategic planning for her enterprise; planning and launch of Dr. Brown’s Connections Curriculum certification program (now The Daring Way)
  • The Center for Relational Healing, CA | Strategic planning, organization development, marketing – transformed clinical practice, diversifying revenue streams leading to increased revenue
  • Cornerstone Recovery, Inc., 501(c)(3) | Started and built the Development Office – staffing, grants, annual fundraising event, database; tripled grants received in two years, increased grant revenue by 500%; increased event revenue 192%, and doubled event attendance in two years
  • The Council on Recovery (The Council on Alcohol and Drugs Houston), 501(c)(3) | See below for 1998-2010 highlights; contracted to finish producing the Fall Luncheon I had developed and launched
  • Crisis Intervention Houston, 501(c)(3) | Board development – recruited, trained, and engaged eight new Board Directors to a max 20-person Board in eight months; executive coaching and staff training; worked with various committees to increase board engagement; developed the Nominating Process; developed Board Orientation & Training
  • Hope and Healing Center at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, 501(c)(3) | Started and built the Development Office; did direct fundraising; developed and built a successful fundraising program – including grants and an annual fundraising event; HHC’s first annual luncheon surpassed all goals (the luncheon is still thriving)
  • Houston Botanic Garden, 501(c)(3) | Capital campaign feasibility study with pre-campaign planning and organizational consulting for the Board
  • Lighthouse Counseling Center, LA | Strategic planning, organization development and assessment, marketing – redesigned private practice, added services and service delivery, and increased revenue
  • The Menninger Clinic and Foundation, 501(c)(3)s | Prior to being hired by Menninger, I consulted for the CEO to successfully “fix” (turn around) the Development Office which had a bad reputation in the Clinic, as well as with donors and the community (see below for achievements during my total time with Menninger)
  • Francis Episcopal Day School, 501(c)(3) | Developed and facilitated annual Board Retreat
  • Transcend, Transcend Texas and Heights Treatment | Strategic planning and successful launch for start-up, business development, marketing; staff recruitment; developed “mailing list”; planned and produced successful grand opening event; far outperformed projections and at capacity far ahead of schedule
  • Elements Behavioral Health, CA | Strategic planning, marketing, crowd-building for major event in Houston
  • Network for Family Recovery, 501(c)(3) | Executive coaching, strategic planning
  • Number of Private Practitioners and Small Businesses | Strategic planning, organization development, marketing, practice-building and redesign

Client List

MENTAL HEALTH & ADDICTION RECOVERY
Brené Brown PhD, MSW
Center for Recovering Families
Center for Relational Healing
Cornerstone Recovery
Elements Behavioral Health
Group Clinical Practices (5+)
Heights Treatment
Luna Recovery
Lighthouse Recovery Center
Palmer Drug Abuse Program (PDAP)
Private Practitioners (10+)
The Council on Alcohol and Drugs Houston (2010)
The Council on Recovery
The Hope and Healing Center & HHC Institute / St. Martin’s Episcopal Church
The Menninger Clinic
Transcend / Transcend Texas
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
American Cancer Society
Boys and Girls Country, Inc.
Brookwood Community
Crisis Intervention Houston
Hope Lodge
Houston Botanic Garden
Literacy Advance of Houston
St. Francis Episcopal Day School
Variety of Small - Medium Businesses (5+)  

Client Projects

American Cancer Society's Hope Lodge Capital Campaign – Help to cultivate donors, hone the case for support and raise $2 million toward the goal
Boys and Girls Country, Inc., 501(c)(3) – Fund development consulting and executive coaching
Brené Brown, LLC  – Strategic planning for  enterprise; planning and launch of Dr. Brown's Connections Curriculum certification program (now The Daring Way)
Brookwood Community, 501(c)(3) - Fund development consulting, advancement leadership, and special events fundraising
Center for Recovering Families at The Council on Recovery - Organizational assessment with recommeded org structure and business model changes designed to strengthen brand, drive referrals, and increase revenue by investing in clinicians, train staff, improving systems including intake, billing, technology, marketing and business development; coaching
Center for Relational Healing - Strategic planning, organization development, marketing – transformed clinical practice, diversifying revenue streams leading to increased revenue
Cornerstone Recovery, Inc., 501(c)(3) - Started and built the Development Office – staffing, grants, annual fundraising event, database, tripled grants received in two years, increased grant revenue by 500%, increased event revenue by 192%, doubled event attendance in two years
Crisis Intervention Houston, 501(c)(3) - Board development – recruited, trained, and engaged eight new Board Directors, executive coaching and staff training, worked with various committees to increase board engagement, developed the Nominating Process and Board Orientation & Training
Houston Botanic Garden, 501(c)(3) - Capital campaign feasibility study with pre-campaign planning and organizational consulting for the Board
Literacy Advance of Houston, 501(c)(3) - Fund development consulting (phase II), Strategic planning – development of an 18-month Resource Development Plan (phase I)
Lighthouse Counseling Center - Strategic planning, organization development and assessment, marketing – redesigned private practice, added services and service delivery, and increased revenue
Luna Recovery - Strategy, executive coaching
Network for Family Recovery, 501(c)(3) - Executive coaching, strategic planning
PDAP, 501(c)(3) - interim CEO, interim Development Officer - fundraising, special events, leadership, transformative change, and fund development consulting (phase II), Organizational assessment (phase I)
St. Francis Episcopal Day School, 501(c)(3) - Developed and facilitated an annual Board Retreat
The Council on Alcohol and Drugs Houston, 501(c)(3) - Produce the Fall Luncheon with John Larroquette
The Menninger Clinic 501(c)(3) - Consultant to the CEO to successfully turn around the Development Office, improving fundraising performance, repairing donor relationships and strengthening team dynamics
Transcend, Transcend Texas, and Heights Treatment - Strategic planning and successful launch for start-up, business development, marketing and staff recruitment, developed a mailing list, planned and produced a successful grand opening event, outperformed projections and reached capacity ahead of schedule

Share your goals and needs with Laura to learn how her consulting, training and coaching services can help shore up key elements of your business.

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