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I work with corporate leaders, foundations, and nonprofits — sometimes all three on the same project. Engagements range from a focused strategy sprint to fractional leadership over several months.

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Social impact & CSR Education & philanthropy Fractional & interim leadership Speaking & workshops

01 — Social impact & CSR strategy

Programs employees show up for

I help companies design corporate giving, volunteerism, and community investment programs that employees actually show up for and leaders can stand behind — building the strategy, choosing the right partners, setting up measurement, and reporting impact in a way the C-suite trusts.

Corporate giving & volunteer program design
Partner selection & community investment
Measurement & C-suite impact reporting

Good fit if you're: launching or rebuilding a giving program, trying to connect impact to business goals, or struggling to prove your community investment is working.

Nikki Lasley at a community engagement event

02 — Education access & philanthropy

Where I started, and where my heart is

I design and scale education programs — scholarships, apprenticeships, STEM pathways, first-generation student support — and advise foundations and nonprofits on strategy, fundraising, and program operations.

Scholarship, apprenticeship & STEM program design
Foundation strategy & fundraising
Program operations at scale

Good fit if you're: a foundation rethinking your education portfolio, a nonprofit scaling a program, or a company investing in workforce and education partnerships.

03 — Fractional & interim leadership

A steady, experienced hand

When an organization is between leaders or stretched thin, I step in to run things — set direction, steady the team, and hand off something stronger than I found. I've served as an interim executive director and led enterprise programs through real transformation.

Interim executive & program leadership
Leadership transitions, mergers & turnarounds
Enterprise program transformation

Good fit if you're: navigating a leadership gap, a merger, or a turnaround, and need a steady, experienced hand.

Nikki Lasley rolling up her sleeves on community service

04 — Speaking & workshops

Practical, grounded, and usable Monday morning

I speak and facilitate on social impact, education equity, building inclusive cultures, and leading distributed teams — for conferences, leadership offsites, and boards. Sessions are practical, grounded in real programs, and built to leave people with something they can use.

Keynotes & conference sessions
Leadership offsites & board facilitation
Team development & culture workshops

Good fit if you're: planning a conference, a leadership summit, or a team development day.

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Nikki Lasley on the Women in Leadership panel at Dublin Tech Summit

How an engagement works

A simple arc, run with discipline

STEP 01

Listen

I start with the people closest to the work — staff, community, leadership — to understand what's really going on before recommending anything.

STEP 02

Strategy

We define what impact looks like, who it serves, and how we'll measure it — tied to goals leaders can stand behind.

STEP 03

Build

We design the programs, partnerships, and operations together, so the capability and ownership stay with your team.

STEP 04

Last

I measure against the goals we set and hand off something that keeps running long after the engagement ends.

Ways to work together

Engagement models

Strategy sprint

A focused engagement to shape a program, size a challenge, or build a measurement framework. Fast, senior, hands-on.

4–8 weeks

Most common

Fractional leadership

I step into a part-time executive or program-lead seat and carry it for the season you need — fully embedded with your team.

3–12 months

Speaking & advisory

A keynote, a workshop, or an ongoing thought partner to you and your board — for the decisions and moments that matter.

Per event / retainer

Let's talk

Not sure where to start?

Tell me what you're working on. I'll help you frame it and point you to the right kind of help — even if that help isn't me.

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