Services

Our approach...

At Impulsion Consulting we find that the best results come from working in a genuine partnership with our clients. Often our clients understand where they want to get to but don’t have a clear process for getting there. Step-by-step we assist clients to clarify the problem or opportunity and in a collaborative manner, undertake a process of mapping out a realistic and practical approach to achieving the desired outcome.

Our key services include:

• Project development and management
• Evaluation
• Marketing
• Communications
• Funding & grant applications
• Tender writing

Project development and management

Impulsion Consulting can provide high level project development and management expertise to maximise the impact of your project. Whether it’s developing a new idea into a comprehensively designed project plan or to provide an analysis of an existing project design for refinement, we have the tools and experience to take your project to the next level.

Using a step-by-step approach, we can assist you to:

• Take your idea from a basic concept to a fully designed project
• Critically review existing project design to identify problems and improvements
• Complete formal documentation of project plans for enhanced communication and attraction of funding…helping you to tell your story
• Develop practical and integrated approaches to embedding monitoring, evaluation, reporting and communication into each aspect of your project

Evaluation

The principles of evaluation and project logic are valuable throughout each stage of a project - from planning through to implementation and review. At Impulsion Consulting we encourage clients to be closely involved and have achieved particularly solid results from a collaborative approach to evaluation planning. Rather than a “one-size-fits-all” approach, we work with clients to develop a tailored approach to evaluation that is practical and realistic and meets their individual needs. Often, our clients know what they want to discover but don’t know what questions to ask or how to approach the evaluation.

Impulsion Consulting can provide assistance in the following areas:

• Development of monitoring, reporting and evaluation frameworks
• Critical review of existing project documentation and evaluation plans
• Completion of independent evaluation and reviews of your project or program

Evaluation projects recently completed by us...

• Evaluation of the Victorian Bushfire Information Line IVR
• Evaluation framework for DEPI’s Trade and Investment division (October 2014)
• Program logic for United Way Ballarat’s “Imagination Library” program (February 2014)

Marketing and communications

Impulsion Consulting helps organisations to develop a well-considered approach to marketing and communications. By providing guidance and advice in the planning stage, we can help you to save time and money by targeting your marketing and communications efforts in a strategic manner.

At Impulsion Consulting, we believe every business and every organisation has a story to tell. We can help you identify who needs to hear that story and how to tell it.

Some of the marketing services we provide include...

• Marketing plans
• Stakeholder and market research
• Branding strategies
• Online marketing (website development, social media strategies)

Our communications services include...

• Communication planning
• Strategic communication advice and support
• Stakeholder engagement and consultation
• Writing and editing
• Media and issues management
• Government relations including briefing papers and policy documents

Funding and Grant Applications

For many organisations, navigating the pathway to securing project funds can be daunting and time consuming. Based on our previous experience in assessing tenders, requests for quotes, project proposals and grant applications, we can assist in maximizing the attraction of resources to your project or organisation.

Our inside knowledge of how the ‘system’ works including assessment processes, evaluation criteria and our understanding of the investment priorities of many funding organisations can help you carefully target your project proposals and grant applications.

We can provide expertise in the following areas:

• designing a clear and logical project
• identifying and targeting appropriate funding/grant opportunities
• developing a tailored funding application that satisfies the funding requirements
• identifying potential collaborative partners for your idea or research
• ensuring your project is designed to provide value for money with clear goals and objectives
• completion and submission of documentation on your behalf
• award applications

Tender writing

For many small to medium sized businesses, responding to tenders and requests for quotes are a necessary but time consuming task. Writing a competitive tender that ensures your business stands out from other businesses is a critical factor in winning contracts. Writing a winning tender doesn’t just mean offering the lowest price. Most organisations are seeking confidence that the supplier or contractor will provide a quality service, often with value-added benefits.

Impulsion Consulting has extensive experience in all aspects of tendering and has a track record of assisting businesses to win contracts in a broad range of industry sectors. Regardless of the size or nature of the tender, we can provide the following assistance:

• Understanding the specifications
• Evaluating whether the business has the capability
• Development of all documentation
• Assistance with costing/quoting
• Proofreading of documentation
• Submission processes