Qm² is a community of consultants. Our shared mission is to help nonprofit organizations, particularly museums and cultural groups, build successful futures by implementing powerful concepts of learning, leadership, management, and design. Although we each operate our own business, we share values, our talents are complementary, and we care for and support one another. Read More
CURRENT and RECENT PROJECTS
- a sampling of ways we are helping museums and cultural nonprofits.
A community of consultants helping museums and cultural nonprofits
Knowing who to ask may be one of the most difficult aspects of fundraising. This prospect identification phase is the first step in the development process. Although most people shy away from asking an individual for a gift, the solicitation or the “Ask” is just one small step in the larger development process. Before you ask for a contribution a significant amount of work is involved. Read more.
Before a nonprofit organization can engage in solicitation, it needs both insights and solid information about the prospective donor. Typically this information is gathered overtime through conversations and other research including what can be learned on the internet or through the media. This takes place as the organization educates the prospect about its work. This cultivation stage is where relationships are forged, and it is a vital part of the development cycle. Read more.
A Plan for Texas’ Largest History Museum
Dean Krimmel is developing a comprehensive plan with designer John Crank (1717 Design Group, Richmond) that will dramatically improve the Panhandle Plains Historical Museum visitor experience, use of gallery space, and administrative, curatorial and educational functions.
Chicago's Glessner House
and Prairie District Neighborhood
Anita Durel and John Durel are working with the staff and board of Glessner House and Prairie District neighborhood residents to find ways that the house can become a valued community resource.
