Do you want to transform?
Are you changing direction?
Do you want to grow?
Want more time to do it all?
I’m a trusted Advisor to a diverse range of organisations and individuals. I understand the creative and ngo sectors and I’ve seen just about every kind of problem. The start of this decade has been unprecedented in its challenges.
You’re juggling day to day challenges while simultaneously catching new opportunities. It can be hard to find the brain space and time. I’ve been in your shoes. Give me a call.
Companies
From the possibilities to the practicalities I can collaborate with you to co-create a strategic visioning, operational or financing plan for your organisation or project, including grants, earned income and social enterprise models.
I can also bring together a bespoke plan of workshops, professional development, policy writing and benchmarks so that your plan becomes a motivating and adaptable and transformational blueprint for your organisation instead of ending up a pretty document buried under dust on the top shelf.
Government
Having a respected history of work in government I can provide sound advice or feedback on the development of funding programs and policy or the design of facilitation and community engagement strategies from the perspective of someone who has been on both sides of the funding paywall.
The link between policy and the resourcing of it through strategic programs is something that the nerdy part of me relishes.
Let’s create a clear through line from policy development, to programming, right through to grant application and acquittal design. Ensuring you are able to connect with and measure the impact of your policy.
“Kath’s empathy, curiosity and strategic insight mean that we have had the most invaluable mentor, facilitator and consultant over the last few very testing years (hello pandemic, funding losses, babies and team musical chairs). Kath has run strategic planning days for team and Board, assisted with major funding applications, has guided difficult transitions, and has helped us shape our ambitious and sustainable future vision.’
Kath is a positive change maker at heart, with an ability to communicate the most complex in the most simple ways. I admire her commitment to accessibility and equity. I have learnt so much from Kath about how we can apply these lofty ideals in the reality of our organisations.
Anyone lucky enough to work with Kath will attest that we all need a little bit (or a lot) of Kath in our lives, in our organisations and in our Board rooms”
Jessica Olivieri- CEO and Co-Artistic Director UTP
” Kath Melbourne is everything her website says she is – she’s a brilliant facilitator and was a trusted advisor to me and my team as we faced numerous fundraising challenges in very competitive post-pandemic times.
I completely trusted Kath to work directly with individual members of the team to guide and synthesise the ask, to make sure we were tying it to the prospective funder’s ambitions and priorities.
She identified new opportunities we hadn’t thought of and helped us articulate the synergies by getting granular and thinking more strategically.
We had a great strike rate as a result.
She’s reliable, on time, and proactive and she is also absolutely lovely to work with. Hire her! “
Caro Llewellyn outgoing CEO the Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas and Author, Diving Into Glass