Read what clients have to say…

“Few collaborations in my career parallel working with Amanda. She’s that rare type of individual with exceptional analytic, strategic, and tactical abilities — a triple threat in any professional setting. She deftly absorbed the most important parts of our mission and values, unpacked the strategic advantages, mapped the landscape of work ahead, and coached a tiny team through each step… making sure every part had appropriate follow-through. Her methods are careful, deliberate, and focused. Sharing them brings heightened value to everyone else’s labor. Her engagement brought youth to our enterprise.”

~ Jason Van Nest, LOGIC Building Solutions and New York Institute of Technology

“I hardly know where to begin to share what an amazing resource Amanda has been for me. Her support has helped me transform myself and how I lead my business to a way that is more efficient and effective, all the while being authentic to who I am. She does not bring a system to teach; she works with who you are and what you have. It was particularly useful to have her help me reflect on what was working with my own systems and what wasn’t, and to make adjustments and then re-evaluate. In doing so, I have been able to fine-tune and even make major overhauls through my own “a-ha” moments. This has had the side-effect of being very empowering as well. In working with Amanda, I make better use of my time, am more organized with my priorities, am clearer with my staff, and (most weeks) am much less frenzied, even when very busy.”

~ Jennifer Jacobs, AdaptivaHR (formerly Thrive, LLC)

“As I was retiring as the business manager for Douglas Cox, violinmaker, Amanda came on board to shepherd us through the transition. She helped us to clarify our goals and needs; she was sensitive to the challenges, practical and emotional; she supervised the changing of the guard so that when the time came, I left things in good shape, moving along sweetly, and nobody called me for anything but the merest, “Where did you put that one piece of paper that we need?” Her light touch is straightforward and respectful, you hardly know you have been guided, but everything works better than before.”

~ Laurie Indenbaum, Douglas Cox Violins

“I have gone from being frantic to being deliberate in my work. I needed help managing the many moving parts of my job because I had recently become the managing shareholder of the company I work for. Taking on managerial duties on top of my regular work had me spinning in many directions and getting little done. Amanda helped me organize my space, my time, my tools, and my mind. There is no doubt that my work with Amanda has made me more efficient, more productive, and happier. She is worth her weight in gold!”

~ Cece Bozetarnik, Business & Tax Consultants, Inc.

“Amanda was a  useful advisor as she helped me navigate a new shift in my career as a professor and business developer. Amanda worked with me to build leadership and interpersonal skills to expand my social circle and build alliances in my academic work. She is flexible in her work style; an excellent listener, strategizer, and problem solver. She understands the entrepreneur world and the busy, varied lives we lead. Amanda provided good support in identifying concrete, actionable next steps, and providing follow-up. Her notes were super helpful. I meant to work with her once or twice, but now I’m addicted and look forward to continuing to work with Amanda as a long term ally and support. She is highly recommended.”

~ Tamara Stenn, Landmark College

“Amanda is absolutely the best! She quickly understood the goals of the business and has been proactive in her approach to solving the many puzzles that come up on the administrative side. She provides thoughtful and focused guidance as she helps me in identifying priorities, seeing the big picture, and working in the most efficient way possible. Quick, thorough, wise, savvy, always striving to find the best solution to any situation. Not to mention, she’s fun to be around! I highly recommend Amanda as a guiding force in organization, creative problem-solving, scheduling wizardry, editing, you name it. She is certainly well worth every cent!”

~ Bridget Struthers, Brattleboro School of Dance

“Amanda’s greatest strength as an administrative consultant is her ability to listen to and tease out your WHY as a business owner. She holds onto that WHY, and from there, she effortlessly (and almost like magic) analyzes your company’s systems, assesses what’s holding you back in your business, and creates NEW, incredibly efficient systems to help you grow and expand your business. Her interpersonal skills are top-shelf, which in this work means she will hold you accountable to your own goals in the most loving, supportive, I-believe-in-you kind of way. It’s easy to get overwhelmed as a small business owner, but Amanda will be right there by your side, encouraging you to create the change you know your business needs to thrive. Working with Amanda has held me accountable to my OWN dreams, enabling me to live them with a lot more ease and a lot less crazy.”

~ Stasia Savasuk, Stasia’s Style School

“Amanda and I hit the ground running on our Save NECCA project with zero personal or professional history. She absolutely blew me away with her attention to detail, well-crafted messages, judgement, understanding of the audiences’ needs, and the lightning speed at which she worked. It was like meeting an old best colleague. I would jump at an opportunity to work with Amanda again.”

~ Beverly Stone, Beverly Stone Communications

“I am so happy to have Amanda on my team. In our recent work together, Amanda was easy to communicate with; conversations to clarify the work that needed to be done were brief but fruitful; she was not reluctant to offer ideas, but also not wedded to her ideas. She listened well to my directions, shared her greater expertise when asked, and completed everything in record time!”

~ Becky Graber, Musician & Storyteller

“I worked with Amanda for several years, collaborating on web content and educational articles. Her innate sense of the needs of the target audience helped her focus on the essential information and convey it in an accessible, encouraging way. Amanda’s solid communication skills paired with her ability to respond to feedback and adapt her style to fit the task make her a pleasure to work with.”

~ DeeDee Hughes, Owner, WordWise Manuscript Critique Service