“MPS Assists” Provides Strategic Planning Support to SMANA

Earlier this year, the Social Marketing Association of North America (SMANA) applied to MPS Assists, the pro bono division of MPS’ nonprofit services, for help in defining the next phase of its organizational direction. The mission of the Arlington-based nonprofit is to connect and support change agents who use commercial marketing techniques to promote positive behavior change for social good. Since their founding in 2016, they had made a lot…

MPS’ Program Development Work with Points of Light Results in ServiceWorks 2.0

For over a year, MPS staff has dedicated hundreds of hours in various capacities to the ServiceWorks program at Points of Light (POL).  This groundbreaking national program helps underserved youth and young adults from low income families develop leadership and life skills needed to prepare for future careers.

Two years into the program, POL wanted to build off lessons learned and readjust their strategic goals. Using a detailed gap analysis…

MPS Assists Points of Light with Service Enterprise Initiative Business Model Development

This past spring, MPS Business Analysts Ashley Rezai and Shannon McGuire worked with Points of Light (POL) to identify areas for improvement in the business model for their Service Enterprise Initiative (SEI). SEI is a national certification program run by POL to help nonprofits effectively manage volunteer resources and create skills-based volunteering opportunities.

In an effort to reduce the time and expense required to complete the…

MPS Helps ServiceWorks with Curriculum Design

ServiceWorks is a program run by Points of Light to help disenfranchised youth – many of them raised in the foster care system – to develop the skills needed for college and a career. They were interested in incorporating a Project Management component to their curriculum that met the standards of the Project Management Institute Educational Foundation (PMIEF), so last December, Points of Light came to M Powered Strategies requesting a…

MPS Assists Local Nonprofit

M Powered Strategies recently finished a pro bono engagement with The P.E.A.R.L.S. Inc. (Purposefully Empowering and Reaching Little Sisters), a nonprofit based at a school in Prince George’s County, Maryland, which serves girls in grades 3 through 6. In existence since 2011, P.E.A.R.L.S. was experiencing some common nonprofit growing pains, so they came to MPS for help.

Arezu Hadjialiloo, Mariana Enriquez, and Karli Kloss of MPS all share…

MPS Team Assists Partnerships for Parks

M Powered Strategies’ pro bono contributions continue to mount. Over the last couple months Kat McDonald, Community Engagement Manager at MPS, along with Jimmy Church, Mara Goldberg, Patti McMullen, and Brian Wenzler, worked on a project with Partnerships for Parks (PfP), a public-private program that supports community leaders who care and advocate for neighborhood parks and green spaces in New York City. The team conducted stakeholder…