I'm Matt Visser, a Senior Design Partner at Design Group International. My passion is empowering nonprofit leaders to flourish and build flourishing teams and organizations.
I bring a wealth of experience to the table, having previously helped college students find their purpose and now focusing on guiding nonprofit leaders toward personal and organizational transformation.
As a process consultant, I walk alongside leaders to navigate challenges, discover creative solutions, and achieve their goals through a transformational process. I believe in building trust and collaboration to cultivate a lasting impact. I aim to see leaders and their organizations flourish, moving beyond simply surviving to truly thrive.
I empower Leaders, Teams, and Organizations of all kinds to flourish and design their path toward transformation. This includes Nonprofit Leaders in community impact organizations, K12, colleges and universities, and faith communities, Business Leaders who desire growth, and Boards and Leadership Teams seeking to strengthen their collaboration and effectiveness.
Clarifying Your Purpose as a Leader and Organization
As a leader, you face the immense challenge of managing the many demands of running an organization with limited time and resources. This reality makes it difficult to work on a long-term vision. I can help you and your organization gain renewed clarity of purpose through strategic visioning for the future. The process requires leaders to engage their constituents in new ways and be open to surprises and opportunities. In the end, leaders gain confidence in the direction and purpose of their work and what is required to move forward together.
Building Financial Sustainability and Deepening Donor Relationships
Raising money can be challenging and stressful for leaders and organizations. With seemingly scarce resources and endless need, it feels daunting to build sustainable funding streams to fuel your mission. I can help you build an authentic fundraising movement that deepens donor relationships and capitalizes on the unique strengths of your organization. The process isn’t always easy and requires a willingness for you to face your fears about fundraising. In the end, you will gain a clearer vision for how authentic development efforts can transform your organization and generate the sustained resources to further your mission. For nonprofit organizations, fundraising and development are the lifeblood of ensuring the sustainability of the mission for the future.
Deepening Relationships through Listening and Community Discovery
Finding time as a leader today is challenging and often seems to be near impossible. When your time is scarce, the idea of slowing down and listening is stressful. I can help you pause in order to intentionally listen to your stakeholders through a process of discovery. The Discovery process will change your perspective, realign your time and resources, and deepen your relationships with your staff, board, supporters, and community. Listening requires an openness to learning alongside your stakeholders yet produces amazing insights and clarity that can propel your mission toward a vibrant future. The stakeholders of your organization, customers, donors, families, staff, board, or community leaders, are essential partners in advancing your mission.
Strengthening the Capacity of Leaders and their Organizations
Leaders today face immense challenges, decisions around prioritizing scarce resources and navigating the loneliness and isolation of leadership. My greatest joy is walking alongside leaders through providing a ministry of presence, engaging in deep listening, asking powerful questions, and helping build an action and accountability process.
“Coaching is an active partnership walking alongside a client to move them from where they are to where they want to be in a trusted relationship that maximizes their potential, growth, and momentum.”
Matt has been incredible to work with! Matt's process consulting engages organizations and teams in a way that is more holistic and comprehensive than traditional "product consulting" for strategic planning. He elicits feedback from the organization and its constituents, creating a truly comprehensive plan that serves as a living document, rather than collecting dust. I highly recommend Matt for your consulting needs!
Matt clearly understands what motivates people and how to design a strategic planning process which unearths the challenges and the opportunities facing an organization. We are better off because we worked with Matt and are implementing a clear plan to accomplish our goals.
The (POP) Fundraising Lab is a year-long listening, helping, and learning community for nonprofit leaders and fundraisers.