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    External Partners by Service Area

    MAD contracts with management consulting firms through a master contract to provide services that both complement and supplement those provided by our consultants. The firms are listed here, by their master contract service areas.

    If you are interested in working with one of the firms on our master contract, contact Beth Bibus at 651-259-3820 or Beth.Bibus@state.mn.us.

    Specialized program/public policy analysis and evaluation

    • Program quality assessment
    • Program evaluation
    • Reviewing and analyzing regulatory and enforcement processes
    • Applying specialized analytical or design frameworks (such as Human-Centered Design, Return on Investment, and Cost-Benefit Analysis)
    • Developing and/or validating performance measures
    • Marketing programs or services
    • Designing or redesigning government services
    • Developing sustainable funding strategies for services or organizations
    • Market-based approaches or outsourcing

    Qualitative and quantitative research and/or survey design

    • Interviews and analysis
    • Data visualization
    • Statistical analysis
    • Designing, administering, and analyzing surveys
    • Recruiting, facilitating, and analyzing focus group discussions

    Meeting design consultation and facilitation

    • Engagement of customers, program participants, communities, or the public
    • Facilitating board and advisory group formation and performance
    • Facilitating interagency or interdisciplinary collaboration
    • Planning and facilitating online and in-person meetings
    • Planning events or large meetings (more than 100 people)
    • Designing and facilitating participatory decision-making processes

    Specialized organizational development and consultation

    • Change management
    • Team building
    • Employee engagement
    • Capacity building
    • Administering 360-degree reviews
    • Planning and facilitating reorganizations
    • Leadership team development
    • Executive and leadership coaching
    • Analyzing organizational behavior and functioning
    • Conflict management
    • Administering and interpreting various assessment tools for individuals and groups (e.g., MBTI, Strengths Finder, DISC, Belbin, INSIGHT Inventory, Intercultural Development Inventory, True Colors)

    Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging consultation and facilitation providers

    • Organization assessment with a DEIB perspective
    • Research design, policy analysis, or program evaluation with attention to DEIB
    • Consulting on disability accessibility issues for employees, program participants, or the public 
    • Culturally and linguistically specific facilitation, data collection, or community engagement 
    • Coaching and capacity building to improve DEIB

    Planning

    • Strategic planning
    • Operational planning
    • Business planning
    • Workforce planning

    Writing and communication

    • Grant writing/grant compliance
    • Graphic design
    • Plain language editing
    • Planning and developing video productions
    • Consultation on messaging and public relations
    • Graphical recording/visual facilitation
    • Technical writing (including technical manuals)
    • Report development, editing, and publication

    Project management and process improvement

    • General and specialized business analysis
    • Continuous improvement
    • Process evaluation and improvement
    • Project management
    • Portfolio management and related consultation
    • Records management in a government context
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