Small Business

What our clients are saying about us

Karen Dietz, Ph.D. Past Executive Director
National Storytelling
(NSN is a national organization whose programs nurture storytellers and storytelling throughout the U.S.)

I worked with Alan and his colleagues for over a year producing our Annual Conference. Not only was Alan thorough and professional, his deep sense and knowledge of both communities and storytelling made working with him a treat. His creativity and follow through were a huge plus. I learned a lot from Alan and very much enjoyed the experience. The event was a wonderful success.


Ed Riegelhaupt, Member. Board of Advisors
Music Performance Fund

I worked with Alan Siege for nearly a year when he was a consultant to the Music Performance Fund, one of the largest underwriters of free music in North America with a grants and operating budget of more than $12 million on whose Advisory Board I served. During this time, Alan played a pivotal role working with the Trustee & Executive Director and the Advisory Board in reevaluating our mission and our principal strategic programs. He was also very effective in creating a fundraising plan that complemented our strategic planning process and opened up a whole world of possible institutional relationships to the MPF. MPF is in a stronger and sounder position as a result of his work. All in all, Alan brought creativity, energy and professionalism to his role as a consultant.

In the process of implementing the work we did with Alan we found that we have been more successful in reaching our business goals. We are continuing to work with Alan Siege and Small Business Management Consulting periodically to insure that we are staying on track, evaluating the direction of our business and adapting strategies as our business expands and changes.


Susan Caruso-Green, Founder
The Resource Development Network, LLC, Proposal Writing, Program Evaluation, and Prospect Research for Non Profit Organizations

Alan Siege has provided an "outside the box" approach to the creation of grant proposals for the Resource Development Network's clients. His ability to drive home the importance and impact of the donor's funds has proven vitally important in the grant proposals and letter-based solicitations for funding he has created. I recommend him to anyone interested in revitalizing their fundraising materials.


Debi Clifford, Communications Director
The Mohonk Preserve

Thanks Alan. I’d really like to have a phone conference with you and have our Development Director on the line too so we can take a look at that Audience Development plan outline we’ve developed. The work we did in the [Support Center] workshop I think will fold in nicely into that conversation.  Thanks for a thought-provoking morning!


Christina Bruno, Affiliate Operations Coordinator
Dress for Success Worldwide

The attendees at Dress for Success’ annual affiliate leadership conference enjoyed Alan’s presentation on creating a successful marketing plan.  He provided useful information and resources that these women could take home and use to more effectively market their organizations.  One attendee noted, “Great info—fun presentation style, thoughtful, useful.”  We hope to have Alan participate in future conferences.  Thanks for helping make our 2007 conference a success! 

 


Kristina M. Leonardi
Founder, the Women's Mosaic - "Recognizing Our Unity; Celebrating Our Diversity

" Alan is a passionate business consultant who has a keen ability to help you focus on what are the most important and realistic steps to take in order to get your business to the next level. His creative and practical insights and suggestions have given us much needed clarity and have made a significant impact on the direction we are currently taking."