OUR SERVICES FOR HIGHER
EDUCATION ORGANIZATIONS

Franklin Solutions Services Include:

 
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Strategy

 
 

“A vision without a strategy remains an illusion.”  
Lee Bolman

  • Regional Innovation Project/Initiative Design

    • Regional Innovation Engine

    • New Special Purpose/Intermediary Organizations

    • Large-Scale University-Community Partnerships

  • Strategic Planning

  • Agile Strategy and Collaboration

  • Experiential Learning Initiatives

  • Scaled Engagement Initiative Design and Program Scaffolding

  • New Program Development

    • Regional Innovation

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Financing

“We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.” 

― Thomas A. Edison

  • Research Development – Multi-Disciplinary Proposal

  • Team Formation and Management

  • Project/Initiative Financing and Fund Development

  • Government Relations and Advocacy

  • New Business Model and Concept Development

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Collaboration

It is the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) that those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.

– Charles Darwin

 
 

  • “Collective Impact” Initiatives

  • Industry-Aligned Academic Programs

  • Pathways and Inter-Institutional Articulations

  • Team Development

  • Team Composition Assessment

  • Alchemy of Teams

  • Agile Collaboration Workshops

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Leadership and Governance

"If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader." 
-Dolly Parton

  • Executive Coaching and Assessment

  • Organizational Culture Climate Assessment and Optimization

  • Leadership Development Workshops

  • Organizational Performance Metrics

  • Community Engagement Audits (Carnegie and APLU IEP Designations)

  • Non-Profit Board Development

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Transformation

“In a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.”

—Warren Buffett

  • Project Management and Implementation

  • Agile Transformation and Change Management

  • Faculty and Staff Development

  • Regional/Community Initiative Implementation

  • Process Optimization

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Partnerships

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has."
- Margaret Mead

  • Regional/Community Partnership Formation and Design

  • Regional Growth/Engagement Coalition Management

  • Program Initiative Audits

  • University Leadership Change Workshops

“Over the past twenty-five years I’ve watched, worked, and benefitted from the leadership and thinking of the Franklins. They are extraordinary visionaries and implementers. Thinking, planning, collaborating, implementing, and impact are what you get with these two leaders in higher education!”

Kevin Snider, Ph.D., Chancellor
Penn State University – New Kensington
Former Associate VP for Institutional Research, Indiana State University