Transforming
Non-Profits, Fulfilling Leadership and Organization Potentials
We help mission-driven organizations maximize their impacts and create sustainable growth through strategic planning, tactical operationalization, leadership development, and operational excellence. With deep experience in nonprofit and for-profit sectors, we guide leaders and boards in aligning their vision with actionable strategies to scale impact.
Let’s connect and explore how Open Frame Partners can work with your organization to fulfill its mission.
Open Frame Partners collaborates with you and your teams to develop and implement effective growth strategies and tactics.
Our approach is tailored to your organization’s unique needs, strengths, and challenges. Because we work with only a select number of highly mission- driven clients each year, our engagement with you is deeply individualized.
We focus on solving immediate challenges while strengthening your organization’s internal capacity for long-term success.
ERIC ISSELHARDT, PhD
Dr. Isselhardt is a senior executive with over 35 years of leadership experience in both non-profit and for-profit education venues. His interests focus on narrowing the opportunity gap, building distributed leadership organization cultures, creating strategic and tactical plans …
DAWN EIDELMAN, PhD
Dr. Dawn Eidelman is a visionary strategist, executive leader, curriculum architect, and transformational educator who helps mission-driven leaders and organizations bring their highest contribution into coherent and meaningful form…
Our Expertise
Open Frame Partners is comprised of highly accomplished professionals that include current and former Chief Executive Officers, Chief Marketing Officers, Chief Financial Officers, Chief Technology Officers, and Chief Academic Officers. Depending on the project, we engage those individuals as part of the bespoke team we build to solve your challenges.
Years of Excellence
A demonstrable track record in guiding non-profits to achieve their audacious goals.
Innovative Strategies
Creative solutions grounded in metrical tactical activities in order to not confuse activity with progress.
Client-Centric Approach
Integrative processes that go beyond the typical “consultant” relationship.
Tailored Solutions
Professional development and coaching for leader and board members ready to unlock their potential.
Transformational Services
INNOVATION
- School creation and management
- New program development
- Replicability and scaling
- New revenue vertical development and implementation
- Increasing impact
- Fulfilling mission goals
ORGANIZATION
- Strategic and tactical planning
- Aligning Mission, Vision, and Values
- Creating collaborative and problem-solving cultures
- Focusing the team on measurable goals
- Growth
- Turn-around
LEADERSHIP
- Executive and Board development and best-practices
- Executive coaching
- Executive evaluation
- Distributed leadership paradigms
- Change management
- Measuring achievement
About
What does Open Frame Partners actually do?
Open Frame Partners collaborates with you and your teams to develop and implement effective growth strategies and tactics. Our approach is tailored to your organization’s unique needs, strengths, and challenges. Because we work with only a select number of highly mission- driven clients each year, our engagement with you is deeply individualized. We focus on solving immediate challenges while strengthening your organization’s internal capacity for long-term success.
What is the “Partners” aspect of Open Frame Partners?
Dr. Eric Isselhardt and Dr. Dawn Eidelman have earned national and international recognition in the education non-profit and for-profit sectors, collaborating with top experts in the field. Open Frame Partners brings together many of these accomplished professionals to create customized teams for each engagement. Your team is carefully selected to address your specific challenges and goals, maximizing both organizational impact and professional potentials.
How is Open Frame Partners different from all the other consultant groups out there?
We are highly selective about the organizations with which we partner. Our criteria include:
- Do we have the expertise to effectively address your organization’s needs?
- Is your organization making a meaningful impact in its mission-driven space?
- Are your leadership and organization teams ready and motivated for change?
By focusing only on organizations where we can create real and lasting value, we ensure that our work drives transformational results.
What can I expect from working with Open Frame Partners?
We don’t offer one-size-fits-all solutions. Every engagement is designed from the ground up to meet your specific needs—whether it’s organizational turnaround, leadership coaching, strategic planning, or another area within our three practice domains.
We work closely with you and your teams, prioritizing open and frequent communication, progress reviews, and alignment with your mission. Our goal is to ensure that effort translates into meaningful progress, building on your existing strengths to propel your organization to the next level.