Program Impact
Measuring and communicating the difference your programs make for the people and communities you serve
What this looks like in practice
Designing impact frameworks and measurement plans
Strengthening grant and funder-aligned language
Developing impact reports and storytelling
Supporting strategic planning and program growth
Aligning programs with long-term goals
Your Work Matters
It deserves to be clearly communicated. We help you measure, articulate, and share the impact of your programs with confidence. From impact frameworks to funder-ready language, we support you in telling your story with confidence.
What Partners Are Saying
Too often we see a revolving door of low-impact school partnerships by organizations and individuals who want to save the world without getting their hands dirty. When I first came to PS161, the school had 40+ cultural arts partnerships, and even had made the news with recent school celebrity appearances by Yo Yo Ma and Beyonce. And yet, we were struggling to get real arts programming off the ground - the kind where kids are really singing, acting, dancing, designing, and developing as artists. That's where Dr. Katona's vision was different. She did not impose a program but worked with us to learn what our community needed and helped us build something immersive and authentic
Arts Education Liaison PS 161, NYC
Case Study · Starlight Community Theatre
“Dr. Jennifer Katona has worked with Starlight for years as a choreographer but in 2013 she joined our team as curriculum advisor. We had just completed the musical “Little Mermaid” with a cast of 46 ranging from second to twelfth grade. It was a great show but the question out there was, are we meeting every single children’s developmental needs and are the older students being challenged?
That’s when Dr. Katona sat with us and helped us define our mission statement and articulate what our goals are for each student. This concluded with Dr. Katona laying out the lesson plans for two different age group shows. One for students 1-6th grade that was an hour junior production designed specifically for that age group and where the students who were 4-6th graders could take on lead roles. The second group would be for 7-12th graders, allowing them to present more challenging productions such as Les Miserable, Into the Woods, Newsies and Starlight Express on roller skates.
Dr. Katona held workshops for the teens on audition monologues for college applications, explored with them all the different career opportunities for a theater major and defined the difference between a BFA and a BA. She also arranged for a meet and greet with cast members of “Come From Away” in NYC.
Through the years, Jennifer’s guidance has been the rock we stand on especially now during Covid-19, as we learn how to do theater classes on Zoom. Today, because of Jennifer, we are holding 11 different Zoom theater classes and last spring our musical grew from a total of 46 students to 140, 78 in the younger group and 62 in the older group.
These examples are just a small drop in the ocean of knowledge and guidance Dr. Katona has shared with us, for which we will forever be thankful.”
- Starlight Community Theatre
