Champion.
Purpose Driven.
Feisty.
The Blue Squirrel’s passion for creating impactful and sustainable change is at the heart of our work. As entrepreneurs, our goal is to equip nonprofits and businesses with strategies to elevate their leadership, fuel their funding efforts and streamline their operations so they can effectively accomplish their mission.
Why The Blue Squirrel?
The Blue Squirrel is a Champion:
One who encourages and stands for the cause and mission of your organization.
The Blue Squirrel is Purpose Driven:
One who is moved by a greater source of power and passion – the reason why Genna does what she does.
The Blue Squirrel is Feisty:
One who is lively and determined, ready to take a challenge head-on.
Most of us see people around us who have needs but we don’t have the time or the understanding of how to help. That’s what makes Genna so uniquely generous.”
-Roberta Baumann, Editor, Waunakee Tribune
Leadership
Leadership. It’s the single most important component in determining the success or failure of an organization. Successful leadership sets a clear direction, champions purposeful vision, and creates impactful strategies. As a former executive director and board president and having served on multiple boards, Genna’s expertise focuses on strengthening the leadership of your organization. Whether it’s board governance, executive coaching, succession transition, or strategic planning, The Blue Squirrel enhances leadership capabilities to fully inspire others.
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Fund Development
Your organization’s legacy is sustainability. You need funds to realize your vision.
But it’s not just about the money that makes an impact, it’s how you organize, strategize and optimize what you’ve been given. Practicing good stewardship, engaging donors, understanding the value of a comprehensive database or mastering specialty campaigns, The Blue Squirrel supplies your organization with the necessities. Our services also include designing signature events, laying the foundation for planned giving and endowments and partnering through community collaborative grants.
And we even make it fun!
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With all the moving parts that go into growing your organization and into making an impact in your community, it can feel like an uphill battle. Analyzing the budget, building intentional community relationships, or recruiting and retaining qualified volunteers, The Blue Squirrel addresses these day-to-day scrambling of operational challenges.
Transparent policies and procedures including easily accessible information openly conveys your organization’s mission and activities to current and potential stakeholders. The Blue Squirrel is along for the ride.
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