Because great education requires healthy schools.
OSC + Actionable
Organizational Sustainability Consulting (OSC) is collaborating with Actionable Institutional Research & Data (Actionable) to help independent schools struggling with the financial and organizational sustainability challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our two firms are offering a combination of financial modeling and consulting to leadership teams and boards of trustees.
Reach out to learn more about how we can help in your institutional stewardship efforts.
Recognizing that not all organizations have the internal funding or philanthropic board support necessary to benefit from external consulting expertise, we have developed a COVID-19 Financial Sustainability Tips Sheet.
Featured Webinar and Podcast
Independent Schools on the Brink
A Confidential Webinar for Schools Struggling to Survive the COVID-19 Pandemic
Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Panelists: Ari Betof, John Gulla, Jim Hulbert,
Kristen Power, Debra Wilson
Video available on the SAIS website.
A collaboration of thirty-three state, regional, and national associations in support of their member schools.
Featured Article
Articles
Articles relevant to the COVID-19 Pandemic from
Org Sustainability — Insight and Advice for Leaders of Organizations that
Change the World
Black Swan & Thin Ice:
How Colleges & Independent Schools Can Survive the
COVID-19 Pandemic
April 9, 2020
Radio silence…and leaning into remote conversations
March 13, 2020
Coronavirus: 5 Steps Colleges & Independent Schools Should Take Now
January 28, 2020
Stewardship & Optimizing Organizational Capacity
June 13, 2019
Antitrust & Organizational Sustainability:
A Perspective on Competition and Collaboration
May 9, 2019
Be a hedgehog…but also lift your peacock feathers
March 25, 2019
Fiscal fire bubbles —
The case for financial crisis simulation
February 22, 2019
Escaping the Venus flytrap—
Five suggestions to avoid the seduction of false optimism
February 13, 2019
The seduction of false optimism
February 5, 2019
Webinars
CALISBOA-MISBO-PAISBOA Roundtable
Viability - Stability - Sustainability: Where are you??
Ari Betof & Kelsey Vrooman
Past Webinars
Independent Schools
on the Brink:
A Confidential Webinar for Schools Struggling to Survive the COVID-19 Pandemic
Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Panelists: Ari Betof, John Gulla, Jim Hulbert, Kristen Power
Video available on the SAIS website
A collaboration of thirty-three associations in support of their member schools.
Financial Sustainability and the
COVID-19 Pandemic
Ari Betof & Kelsey Vrooman
More than 700 Heads of School and CFOs have attended this webinar series hosted
by the following associations:
FCIS
Monday, April 20, 2020, 11:00 am Eastern
ACIS
Friday, April 17, 2020, 2:00 pm Eastern
AISNE & ISANNE
Thursday, April 16, 2020, 3:00 pm Eastern
AIMS & AISGW
Association of Independent Maryland & DC Schools
Association of Independent Schools of Greater Washington
Tuesday, April 14
NYSAIS
New York State Association of Independent Schools
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
ADVIS
Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools
Friday, April 3, 2020
NJAIS
New Jersey Association of Independent Schools
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
SAIS
Southern Association of Independent Schools
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Governance, Financial Sustainability & COVID-19:
The Board of Trustees' Role in Navigating Fiscal Challenges During the Global Pandemic
Ari Betof & Kelsey Vrooman
ADVIS
April 17, 2020