What our clients have to say...

"Michelle came highly recommended by a professional in a similar field and we were not disappointed. She worked with our advisory board for three hours in a strategic planning meeting aimed at creating or generating a fundraising plan. Michelle kept us on task, but let us wander off topic when she felt it would be beneficial. She was strategic in that respect."

"We found her guidance and input valuable to what our goals were for that session and its mission. As a result we were able to establish reasonable goals for our board and make key decision to our function as a board under her guidance. We found that using her as an outside consultant was beneficial."

Diane Evia-Lanevi, Board Member, Triangle Community Foundation, Founder, "The Tomorrow Fund", Raleigh, NC

What our clients have to say...

"Michelle worked with our organization at a critical time. Consultants had come and gone and given bad advice to our board prior to her facilitation. It was imperative that we have someone who could provide thorough explanations of responsibilities and functions of non-profit boards. Michelle did just that. Not only was it a great experience for our board, but it led to wonderful leadership for the coming year and a great working relationship for me, the Executive Director at that time, and the board."

"Our board was impressed with Michelle's information. I think they were surprised at how much they learned. Not only did they realize where they could improve, but also how to best use each member's strengths and weaknesses."

"Michelle would be a wonderful consultant to work with any board. She is great to provide board development as a refresher for tenured groups or standard practice review for younger trustees. She has diverse professional experiences to draw from and can relate to most any situation."

Regan J Brown, CFRE, lake 5 enterprise, Former Executive, Director Davie County Arts Counci, Mocksville, NC

What our clients have to say...

"I always feel encouraged after listening to your words of advice and encouragement. I look forward to working with you again in the future. Your comments are invaluable and your knowledge of the non-profit industry is astounding."

Pam Quinn, Director of Development, Habitat for Humanity of Pitt County, Inc., Greenville, NC

What our clients have to say...

"Michelle knows development inside and out and has an incredible knowledge of the playing field in North Carolina. It was a pleasure to work with her because she is direct, articulate, fair, quick and very good at what she does. I learned a lot."

Olivia Alison , Special Project Consultant , Old Salem Museums & Gardens, currently Director of Development, Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Birmingham, AL

What our clients have to say...

"Nonprofit Business Solutions is a Kansas City-based nonprofit. Our main product is an online service to assist nonprofits in identifying their assets and the open market opportunities they present for earned-income. Rich was instrumental in designing and developing a unique online system that offers small and large nonprofit operations a comprehensive, low cost method of analysis and interactive business planning www.nbsolutions.org. Rich Hobson and his team of professionals provided a clear multi-year developmental path for this project. Their hard work and database insights resulted in a customized one-of-kind system of analysis, evaluation, business plan application, system and account management and maintenance of which we are very proud. We highly recommend their work."

Kevin Flattery, Project Coordinator, Nonprofit Business Solutions

What our clients have to say...

"Campus Management Corporation was faced with a significant decision around buying, building or partnering to add an Institutional Advancement module to our CampusVue administrative system. We engaged Hobson Renaissance Solutions LLC to provide strategic counsel, needs assessment, product requirements, and market research throughout this process. Rich Hobson helped develop a product design and prototype for an Institutional Advancement module that could integrate to the CampusVue system and compete with the leading solutions on the market. His work included detailed requirements, interactive web and file-based screen models, a functional SQLServer database model, and pro forma cost and timeline estimates. He then conducted product research to assess a variety of third party vendors that might be suitable to our strategy. What is most notable, however, is that Rich acted as a true partner. He set aside the mercenary instincts we’ve all seen from other consultants, and he helped us make fact-based decisions that ultimately led to our successful choice of Donor2."

Tim Gilbert, Vice President of Marketing, Campus Management Corporation