“I just wanted to reach out to you to let you know how pleased I am with the work Amanda (and you) have done with YCHC. Amanda really made it happen, even at the most difficult time of year to engage with students and educators! The combination of surveys, interviews and focus groups offered more-than-credible data from which to draw takeaways and recommendations.

The project brought home exactly the data I hoped for, made more credible by the messenger. Thank you! ”

“Thank you SO MUCH for your work with us. I felt like it went very well, and we are on our way to a shared vision and a plan for getting there! For a couple of years I have been thinking that we needed to do this planning work and it was just too hard to get going with all of the everyday work of the board. I’m so grateful that we partnered with you and excited about the work ahead! ”

“Dani, I just watched the webinar that you sent…it was excellent and was chock full of good information. Thank you for providing these resources!”

“Thank you so much Dani! Your presentation was just the right amount of group participation and engagement with neighbors and listening to you. You made the time fly by. And thanks for the advice on helping get my BOD excited about some new ideas.”

“Dani Beam offers community benefit organizations her unique blend of professionalism, freshness and fun as she guides and coaches CBO leaders and boards. She brings expertise in all facets of effective non-profit management, including leadership and governance, board development, fundraising, program management, organizational sustainability, and succession planning. Dani is a complete joy to work with as a consultant and has the skills and knowledge to help any non-profit organization rise to new heights of impact and effectiveness. I highly recommend her!”

“I appreciate your expertise more than I can express. The things I have put into place for Mom’s House because of you have not only saved time, raised money but also improved my sanity!”

“Dani Beam is a valuable resource to Lancaster Farmland Trust! The Trust has grown by leaps and bounds in the last few years, and Dani is helping the organization to explore how to capitalize on this growth, streamline processes and expand capacity to further the mission of preserving Lancaster County’s beautiful, productive farmland.”

“Dani asked the right questions to quickly get at the heart of what our organization’s greatest needs were, followed by a menu of bite-sized, workable solutions.”

“Working with Dani I was able to move my organization’s and my own sights toward a new rewarding perspective, guiding us to move toward a challenging, new direction while rolling up her sleeves to help me layout and communicate the steps to get us there.”

“The major gift training was so fun! Dani makes everything fun.”

“I feel like you take the time to truly understand the organization that you are working with. I feel like you offer unique resources to all of the clients, because you have taken the time to understand them and can easily shift resources based on what you know from the clients.

In addition, I have always appreciated how organized you are. I know exactly what our organization will receive from a contract and I know exactly what is expected from us to make the contract work. You stick to the contract and the timeline and are super reliable.”

“I appreciate the work you have done with us and feel that we have gotten great value from you! It has been a true pleasure.”

“Dani Beam brought value to the Lancaster County Conservancy during a time of leadership transition by serving as Interim Development Director, during which time she revamped our development program. She refreshed our appeal process, which allowed us to touch more donors and increase our unrestricted giving. She created a comprehensive fundraising plan and involved our board members in fundraising in new ways. She oversaw the implementation of a new database which allowed us to set ambitious goals for the year. She was also able to help us identify and facilitate a process to add new staff to the organization as well. I highly recommend her!”

“It was great listening to your lecture yesterday. I really appreciate the authenticate, engaged approach…your advice was great. Beyond that, it was a great space to connect to others; I found myself chatting at the reception with people in my class and we recounted your talking points with joy.”

“Thank you very much! The strategies you gave us were well-received...we received the ‘fruits’ from one of our initiatives, while another is still pending.”

“Your proposal, qualifications and presentation were truly outstanding. You have such tremendous skill, energy and capacity to be client centered. As a deep listener, you’re nimble in making recommendations that not only align with best practices but with what a unique organization needs.”

“Dani’s talent lies in quickly understanding your revenue model and helping you focus on the best opportunities. She’s got a great approach to development that makes it fun and engaging.”

“One of the many things I appreciate about working with Dani is that I can be honest, without having to be perfect or ‘on’ all the time. With Dani I get to have frank conversations which allow for more strategic discussions and useful, reality based solutions.”

“As interim Development Director at Zeno, Dani knew exactly how to use her time with our organization as a catalyst for our development team to tackle new initiatives. From crafting mission-centric giving circles, developing ways for staff, ED and Board to have more facetime with donors, and evolving our sponsorship campaigns and committee work, Dani coached our organization how to work smarter to meet our development goals. As a manager, she provided incredible mentorship to staff on everything from the grant writing process and workflow management, to tangible ways to maximize our strengths as a team. And, to top it all off, she’s a blast to work with!”