Eli provides strategic and technical assistance to grassroots community gropus, nonprofit organizations, small businesses, cooperatives, and collectives.

With more than 20 years experience in grassroots organizing and strategic consulting, Eli can help your organization in any and all of these areas:

• long-range strategic planning for strong organizational development and rapidly changing technologies;
• increasing productivity and efficiency and getting the most out of your Macintosh & Mac network;
• organizing more effective meetings, improving meeting facilitation, and enhancing group process;
• understanding, building, and nurturing structures for dynamic collective and consensus decision making.

Through his work as a contractor and a community organizer, Eli has advanced the vital work of numerous non-profit organizations, supporting them in strategic planning, enhanced operations, more effective meetings and workflow, implementation of new technologies, and ongoing technical assistance.

Some of those organizations include:

• Prison Activist Resource Center
• GreenAction
• Center for Environmental Health
• Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere
• Just Cause Law Collective
• We Interrupt This Message
• Changemakers Fund
• Critical Resistance
• National Radio Project / Making Contact
• Speak Out - Institute for Democratic Education and Culture
• DanceSafe
• Share Foundation
• Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador
• Northern California Citizenship Project
• Physicians for a Violence-Free Society
• Western States Center
• Western Prison Project
• City Repair Project
• Peoples Food Cooperative
  
  and more…

In consulting with these and other clients, Eli has created numerous helpful documents and visual aids. Here’s examples of a few of those pieces (in pdf format except where noted):

• Toward Collective Decision Making: Some Guidelines for Activists;
• Toward Collective Decision Making: Some Guidelines for Collectives (nearly the same doc, but geared more towards worker co-ops and collectives);
• Firefox vs. Camino: A Comparison of Features for Mac Users
• Install It Right The First Time: Some Guidelines for Electricians, Custom Installers, and Technicians
• Commentary for Nat’l Radio Project’s Consuming Classrooms: Private Interests and Public Education (html).

What folks say about Eli’s work:

I must say that Eli is the most organized person I have ever met. Eli has a knack for utilizing technology in an effective & efficient manner. I greatly benefited from a recent training and reference materials that Eli developed on Mac efficiency and I look forward to working with Eli to further improve how I utilize my computer as a tool for effective organization.

Eli played an integral role in the organization and coordination of our Co-management’s structure. Eli’s eye for innovation improved the co-op as he continuously developed new systems and creative solutions. Eli provided excellent interactive consensus & facilitation trainings for all new co-management staff and board members and created numerous well-received training materials on consensus, collective processes and our unique co-management structure. Eli is committed to high yet reasonable expectations, equality, fairness and consistently encouraged other co-workers to do their best.

Without hesitation, I recommend Eli’s services in supporting your organization through training, organizational development, and general consultation in any of the above areas.

—– from a letter by Lori Burge, Development Manager at Peoples Food Cooperative.

“It was very helpful to have Eli as a third party objective facilitator who was attentive, as well as flexible to the group’s needs and yet kept the group on an agenda that produced many great insights to personal visions for the organization’s future.

I would recommend Eli’s assistance in any organization that is starting up, going through organizational changes, or just looking for better communication between its core members. Eli’s understanding of cooperatives, collective groups and non-profit organizations combine to provide a great resource for bringing any group to the next level.”

— from a letter by Bob New, Earth Day Coordinator and former Program Coordinator, City Repair Project

“The work that you have done for us at the office has made our phone communications more professional to our callers, and also saved us money because we don’t pay for voicemail anymore. I also really appreciate how committed you are to providing support after it was installed. In addition, as a small non-profit organization, it was very important to us that your fees were so much less than the other estimate that we received.”

— Mike Green, executive director, Center for Environmental Health

“Thank you for your fine and careful work. I really appreciate your attention to detail and your communication skills. You didn’t make assumptions about what we needed or wanted, and didn’t make important decisions without consulting us. You gave us clear information about the system without overwhelming us with technical details. Thank you!”

— Susan Kahn, homeowner, Oakland, CA

Eli Rosenblatt installed the National Radio Project phone and voice mail systems, after consulting with us regarding our needs and desires. Eli was happy to customize the system to meet our particular needs. He also provided training for all employees after installing the system. As we have become more familiar with the system’s basic functions, Eli provided more in depth information about the system’s capabilities. Eli was always available at the other end of the phone when we needed some extra help. Our current system is far superior to the previous one and it has made our operations more efficient. Eli also played a crucial design and installation role in setting up our Ethernet LAN, and has been adding to and troubleshooting that network for many months, with excellent results.”

— Laura S. Livoti, Managing Director, National Radio Project

Contact Eli to discuss how he can help your organization:

papermail: po box 14045 portland or 97293
email: consulting at elirosenblatt dot org
ph: 503.232.6698
fx: 503.345.6698
mb:503.258.7787
aim: fogboypdx
skype: fogboypdx

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