Hello, I'm Nader.
I help public initiatives deliver, for everyone they were promised to.
I train and coach the people who run them, help them see and show what is working, and speak about what makes them work.
For program leaders in government, the community organizations that deliver with them, the funders behind the work, and companies with public commitments.
How We Work Together
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Bring a live initiative and we work on it together. Sessions can support you to build and run more effective teams and initiatives. These can help you with the following:
Staff who do the work but do not believe in the goal. We write the one sentence that says what the initiative is for, with your team, so they can say it and defend it.
Deadlines that keep slipping. We define what "done" looks like and plan backward from it, with a rule for what to cut when time runs short.
Money you have to spend well, and a scope no one is sure about. We design the funding round so the scope, eligibility, contract terms, and reporting fit together, with fewer rounds of review and fewer surprises a year later.
Engagement you are required to do, without the resources to do it well. We match each decision to the right method, set up a way to keep listening, and plan how you report back to the community.
Managers who were never taught how to run an initiative. A one- or two-day course, one module per question, on their own initiatives. Counts toward required leadership hours.
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Knowing what is working should not take three years. I help you build measurement in from the start, or run a quick review after, so you can see what is working, show it to the people who will ask, and carry the lessons into the next initiative.
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Keynotes and conference sessions on delivering public initiatives, agency and community collaboration, and measuring what matters. From twenty years in government, nonprofits, industry, and startups.
Why initiatives that everyone agreed on still don't deliver.
The plan was fine. The money was approved. Then it slowed down somewhere between the announcement and the neighborhood.
After twenty years of running, funding, and evaluating public work, I keep finding the same four things underneath. Each one is a question you can ask today, of any initiative you are responsible for.
Stories
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![A colorful diagram titled 'Measuring What Matters: A Success Framework for We Prosper Together' with three interconnected circles in red, green, and blue, illustrating strategies to achieve equitable access to high-quality jobs. The diagram is labeled 'The Goal' at the center, with the overarching goal of 'Equitable access to High Quality Jobs.' The bottom section features logos for 'We Prosper Together,' 'California Jobs First,' and 'Valley Vision,' along with the text 'The Triangle April 2025.']()
Program Design & Evaluation: Valley Vision
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![Cover page of a document titled 'NEOM' with Arabic script beneath it, featuring a colorful abstract geometric design of intertwined shapes, and text about a study on emerging and emergent city technologies.]()
Program Design: The LINE, NEOM - Saudi Arabia
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![Cover page of the Community Economic Resilience Fund (CERF) Data Toolkit, featuring logos of the Labor & Workforce Development Agency, California Office of Planning and Research, and California Department of Finance, dated April 2023.]()
Data Toolkit Design: California Jobs First - California Governor's Office
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![A modern multi-story housing building with white and wood exterior, large windows, and a concrete driveway. Text overlays read: 'Measuring & Communicating Success Connecting affordable housing & mental health,' 'Supportive Housing Community Land Alliance,' 'Outreach by Design,' 'The Triangle,' and '2025.']()
Program Design & Evaluation: Supportive Housing Community Land Alliance, Oakland, California
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![Cover page of a data toolkit document titled "How to Use Data to Drive Community Impact," featuring an illustration of diverse people gathered around a table, and a graph with an arrow pointing upward.]()
Activate Data: The ACT framework & Data Toolkit
Valley Vision worked with Nader to develop measurable goals and metrics for a multi-county inclusive economic development initiative. Nader brought extensive expertise to our project and was able to walk us through a process that engaged our core stakeholders and resulted in a comprehensive set of measurable and prioritized metrics for our work. This work clarified our purpose and set the stage for deeper work to ensure accountability towards the types of community change we want to create. Nader was personable and accessible for our staff and our stakeholders and we appreciated the experience and results of working with him.
Evan Schmidt, CEO of Valley Vision
It's often easy to think that we just need more data or information to answer resilience questions, but in Nader's half day workshop focused on developing regional climate resilience profiles for community impact, our students gained valuable skills for asking a targeted questions, performing rapid assessments using free online tools, and drawing preliminary conclusions from the exercise. We are excited to work with the Triangle team again!
Sarah Eminhizer, Director, of the Coastal Climate Resilience Program at UC Santa Cruz
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