"The reality is more excellent than the report." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

WHAT IS THIS EXPERTISE? WHY DOES IT MATTER?

One way we learn from ourselves and one another is to write about what we have experienced.  Through writing we reflect upon our work and heighten our ability to learn from it.  By documenting how and why the work was conceived, how it unfolded, what it created and left behind, and what we make of this chain of events, we deepen the knowledge of humankind.  Ultimately, we hope to improve the ability of society to achieve success in addressing social issues by recording and explaining to others what transpired with our endeavors.  Wisdom would be the ultimate reward … not just knowing what is wise but doing what is wise.

The T. L. Hill Group works with clients to write about the work in ways that fulfill myriad purposes. 

TYPES OF PRODUCTS

All projects undertaken by the T. L. Hill Group are customized.  As a result, all products are tailored to meet the expectations specified in a scope of work negotiated with each client.  No “boiler plate” formats are used.  Therefore, in lieu of product templates, the T. L. Hill Group is able to share the examples below listed of products completed to date.  Any new work would result in a product uniquely designed to meet particular needs of the client.

  • Society of American Law Teachers Co-President and Committee Chair Perspectives on Staffing, An Internal Report prepared under a Subcontract to the Management Assistance Group, May 3, 2006.
  • Collaborative Funds:  An Assessment of Optimal Approaches, A Report Commissioned by the Ford Foundation, Prepared for the Ford Foundation and Funders Network for Population, Reproductive Health and Rights, Women of Color Working Group, Revised Draft December 5, 2005.
  • Passion with Purpose:  Promising Policies Engaging Disconnected Youth, A Report of the National Youth Employment Coalition to the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, July 25, 2003. 
  • PEPNet’s Sustainability:  An Investment in High Quality Youth Infrastructure & Practice, Background paper for the National Youth Employment Coalition to PEPNet Directions Roundtable, Columbia, Maryland, December 2003.
  • Gathering Foundations’ Perspectives on Youth and Young Adult Grantmaking:  Interviews with Members of the Youth Transition Funders Group,” Report to the Hewlett Foundation, September 2002.
  • Marguerite Casey Foundation Listening Circles, A Report of the Marguerite Casey Foundation, July 2002.  (http://www.caseygrants.org/documents/reports/listening_circle_report.pdf)

CLIENTS who have tapped into this expertise

A select group of projects implemented by the T. L. Hill Group which demonstrate skill in writing and documenting the success of social change initiatives is below listed.