WORKING WITH US
Flexible, collaborative support built around your goals.
Concrete Flowers Grow provides practical support designed around your organization’s priorities, existing strengths, internal capacity, and preferred ways of working.
Whether you are planning a defined project, coordinating a larger initiative, or seeking ongoing capacity, the process begins by identifying what your team wants to accomplish and what kind of support will help move the work forward.
THE PROCESS
What to expect when we work together.
How does a project begin?
A project begins with a conversation about your organization’s goals, priorities, timeline, and available resources.
- Identify the goals and highest priorities.
- Clarify the expected deliverables.
- Confirm responsibilities, timing, and communication preferences.
- Develop and approve the scope of work.
- Complete the agreement and initial payment requirements.
- Gather relevant access, files, and background information.
- Begin the first task or project phase.
Can services be combined?
Yes. Services can be combined when they contribute to a shared goal, timeline, or workflow. A website project might include content strategy, copywriting, project coordination, and a maintenance procedure. A campaign might combine messaging, content production, digital asset organization, and partner coordination.
Larger initiatives can also be organized into phases, allowing your team to move through priorities and deliverables in a clear sequence.
Is support project-based or ongoing?
Concrete Flowers Grow can support a defined project with a specific outcome or provide ongoing capacity for recurring work.
A project-based engagement may focus on a website, annual report, toolkit, campaign, grant proposal, operational system, or cross-team initiative. Ongoing support may include communications, coordination, website maintenance, or recurring content.
Does Concrete Flowers Grow work remotely?
Yes. Concrete Flowers Grow primarily works remotely using written communication, shared documents, project-management tools, and scheduled check-ins.
This approach supports focused, flexible collaboration while keeping responsibilities, decisions, files, and progress visible. Communication methods, meeting preferences, and time-zone considerations are discussed when the scope is developed.
Does Concrete Flowers Grow work with organizations nationwide?
Yes. Concrete Flowers Grow can support organizations throughout the United States through remote collaboration.
Jen brings particularly deep experience with Michigan-based nonprofits, advocacy organizations, criminal justice initiatives, reentry programs, and statewide coalitions. That experience informs her work with mission-driven organizations in many locations and sectors.
Can Concrete Flowers Grow work with an internal team or lead consultant?
Yes. Concrete Flowers Grow can collaborate with internal staff, an existing communications team, a lead consultant, a designer, or another specialist.
Jen may lead a defined workstream, coordinate related deliverables, or provide behind-the-scenes support within an established project structure. Roles, communication expectations, approvals, and handoffs are clarified at the beginning so everyone can contribute effectively.
Who performs the work?
Jen leads Concrete Flowers Grow’s strategy, writing, coordination, systems, and client-facing work. This gives clients direct communication and consistent leadership throughout the engagement.
Independent specialists may contribute when a project benefits from additional design, production, or administrative capacity. The scope identifies who is responsible for each part of the work.
What information should I provide when I reach out?
Share whatever information you currently have about the goal, desired result, important dates, known deliverables, people involved in approvals, available budget or budget range, and any relevant links or documents.
A polished project brief is welcome but never required. A clear goal or idea is enough to begin the conversation.
How long does a project take?
Timing is shaped by the scope, number of deliverables, review process, access to information, and availability of the people involved in approvals.
A focused task may be completed within a few weeks. A larger communications, website, systems, or cross-team initiative may be organized into phases over several months. Once the project components are clear, Concrete Flowers Grow will develop a realistic schedule with defined milestones.
How are reviews, revisions, and approvals handled?
Each project includes a clear review process that identifies who will approve the work, how feedback will be collected, and when decisions are expected.
Consolidated feedback supports an efficient and collaborative revision process. The scope identifies the planned review rounds and provides a process for incorporating new ideas or expanding a deliverable when opportunities emerge.
What does working with Concrete Flowers Grow cost?
Pricing reflects the type of work, level of responsibility, timeline, deliverables, meeting needs, and whether support is project-based or ongoing.
After the initial conversation, Concrete Flowers Grow can recommend a scope aligned with your organization’s priorities and available budget. Work can often be organized into phases so your team can begin with the most valuable or timely priority.
Can I reach out without a fully developed project plan?
Yes. You can begin with an idea, goal, opportunity, or area where additional capacity would help your organization move forward.
The first conversation can help clarify the desired result, identify useful support, and determine whether Concrete Flowers Grow is the right fit. You are welcome to reach out at any stage of the planning process.
Let’s explore what your organization can accomplish.
Tell Concrete Flowers Grow what your team is working toward, what you would like to strengthen, and what kind of support would help bring the vision to life.