Strategic Advisory
Program & Project Engagement Services
Advisory and facilitation services supporting targeted stakeholder engagement, public participation, and collaborative decision-making for public, private, and nonprofit initiatives.
Scope of Services
Rhodes-Porter LLC provides advisory and facilitation support for a Client’s targeted stakeholder engagement and public participation activities. Services are delivered under a task order or engagement agreement scoped to the Client’s program and issued in one or more delivery formats, including executive advisory sessions, facilitation, technical assistance, executive workshops, or executive webinars, across public, private, and nonprofit client environments — including, but not limited to, government agencies and authorities, member/trade and business associations, economic and community development organizations, higher education institutions, and workforce development programs, alongside architecture & engineering, urban & regional planning, and energy & utility sector engagements.
Engagements typically include engagement and participation planning, stakeholder mapping, structured facilitation of working sessions or public meetings, and a documented decision-support record sufficient to guide resource allocation and/or withstand leadership transition, audit, or funder review.
Typical Outcomes
Clients receive a documented engagement record and stakeholder input trail sufficient to guide a decision, withstand leadership transition, and/or support audit or funder review.
Optional Add-Ons
Additional service products may be added to this engagement under the same task order, where relevant to the Client’s program.
Period of Performance & Engagement Model
Period of performance is scoped per task order and sized to the engagement — from a single facilitated session to a multi-month program. Billing model (Fixed Price, Time & Materials, or Retainer) and cost unit (project, month, or meeting) are established at task order issuance.
Typical Deliverables
- Engagement Plans
- Stakeholder Maps
- Meeting / Session Reports
- Action Logs
Specific deliverables, acceptance criteria, and milestone schedule are defined in the task order issued under this engagement.
Assumptions & Exclusions
- Client provides timely access to leadership, program contacts, and stakeholder lists.
- Facilitated sessions are scoped and priced at task order issuance; additional sessions or travel beyond the agreed scope are priced separately.
- Excludes content creation, public communications drafting, and implementation labor. Client retains ownership of all public-facing voice and content; Rhodes-Porter LLC does not act as content creator or spokesperson.
IP / License & Acceptance Terms
Proprietary frameworks and methodologies developed by Rhodes-Porter LLC and deployed in the course of this engagement remain the exclusive property of Rhodes-Porter LLC and are licensed to the Client for the specific engagement referenced by the applicable service contract number only. Client owns its data and the delivered work product for internal use.
Client has 10 business days to accept or reject each deliverable in writing against the stated acceptance criterion; silence constitutes acceptance unless superseded by the ordering agreement. Invoicing follows the milestone schedule set out in the task order.
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