Connection. Clarity. Creation.
Bringing light to your organization’s next stage of growth and evolution.
“Often the decisive turn is preceded by an apparent emphasizing of and raising to their extreme of things which seem the very denial, the most uncompromising opposite of the new principle and the new creation.”
~ Sri Aurobindo
How Ellara Group can help you
You are doing work that people need: creating new ways for humanity to live and be together, to care for each other and for the Earth.
Your work is based on the knowledge that we are all equally valuable. Your work is based on the knowledge that we are all equally necessary to be included in the creation and the flourishing of new systems. Rooted in these principles, your work is inherently sustainable and fulfilling.
Comprehensive alignment of vision, people and processes are the necessary foundation for working in this way: your team and your organization’s processes are how your vision becomes real.
We support you in creating spaces to access the wisdom of your team and stakeholders. For them to be heard, for you to re-connect with each other and the purpose of your work together.
We explore the challenges and opportunities that will come with the next stage of progress of your work.
We then work with your team, drawing from their experience, research on industry benchmarks and best practices, as well as our team’s experience. In this way, together, we create the strategies and systems that give a workable form to your vision.
How we work together
Stakeholder Engagement
Together we create the meetings, workshops, seminars and conferences to engage with your stakeholders, funders and supporters. We design sessions to invoke, share and capture the richness that comes from a diversity of perspectives.
Strategy Development
Through facilitated group sessions we receive from your team input on what is working and what is not. Guided by this, our team’s own experience and research on industry best practices, we work with you to create the plans and strategies to bring into being the possibilities for evolution of your work.
Operational Planning
Together we review and refine your financial, operational, human resources, communications systems, processes and policies so they support the actualization of your mission.
Project/Programme Management
We create systems to implement projects and programes by clarifying budgets, timelines, accountability, responsibilities and lines of communication.
We create and update the financial tracking and reporting systems and processes needed to manage, project and report on your organisation’s progress, to support decision-making and for reporting to funders, boards and stakeholders.
Reporting and Tracking
About us
Amanda Smith
I have over 20 years of experience, including 15 years supporting the operations of charities and non-profit organisations in operations, interim leadership, board trustee and volunteer roles.
My background in engineering, project management and financial analysis allows me to grasp the financial, legal and technical implications of organisational change and operations. And my skills in facilitating diverse stakeholder groups and creating systems help me guide groups through complexity towards implementation and progress.
My experience also includes: leading the procurement of $1.5 billion of major infrastructure projects for government clients, including stadium projects for Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games, shepherding the creation of a sustainability framework for a large-scale urban development and developing conferences and resources designed to bring together disparate stakeholder groups on issues of urban sustainability.