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WELCOME!

We are a group of students from the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University who are passionate about social impact through consulting. Our talented and driven consultants spend a term developing practical, innovative, and sustainable solutions for non-profit organizations and social enterprises. At the same time, our consultants receive training with the help of our partners.

FOR CLIENTS

We provide management consulting services for social enterprises and non-profits. We have successfully delivered projects for clients such as Venture for America, the Business and Education Partnership, the Canadian Mental Health Association, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and the Kitchener-Waterloo Community Foundation. Check out our sample projects below! We are looking forward to working with you!

CUSTOMER TESTIMONIALS

91% of our clients have said that they are “very likely to implement our recommendations”

The team was great! They were patient and curious to learn about our challenges.  I am grateful to have this project in a development stage thanks to their work. – Canadian Mental Health Association

We really appreciated all of their hard work and professionalism while working on the project. Their level of communication and organization was excellent! Overall we had a great experience working with the group. – Big Brothers Big Sisters

The consultants made several very concrete recommendations that we will be able to implement relatively quickly. The team’s recommendations made it much easier to achieve our aims. – Business and Education Partnership of Waterloo

FOR STUDENTS

We welcome and encourage all students from all faculties and levels to join our organization. We value curiosity, passion for social impact, and leadership potential. At 180 Degrees Consulting Waterloo you will have the opportunity to:

  • Make a difference using your problem-solving skills
  • Receive professional training and networking opportunities with our partners
  • Get hands-on experience solving the most pressing challenges non-profit organizations face
  • Work alongside talented and interesting people who share a passion for social impact

There is no better opportunity to develop, learn, and make friends to last a lifetime!

Applications are closed for Fall 2021.

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Sample of Consulting Projects

  • Venture for America

    Area: Entrepreneurship
    Year: 2020

    Venture for America (VFA) is a nonprofit organization headquartered in New York City that was founded in 2011 with the mission to create economic opportunity in American cities by mobilizing the next generation of entrepreneurs and equipping them with the skills and resources they need to create jobs.

    VFA is a competitive two-year fellowship program for recent college graduates who want to work at a startup and create jobs in American cities.

    www.ventureforamerica.org

  • Business and Education Partnership of Waterloo region

    Area: Education
    Year: 2019

    Business Education Partnerships is a non-profit with the goal of providing high school students guidance to find the career best suited for them.
    BEP was looking for efficient ways in which they could efficiently spend the money their organization receives.

    For the first project, the 180DC Consultants produced an in-depth analysis of the current costs BEP was incurring, conducted research detailing alternative services that would incur lower costs and completed a risk assessment on each alternative.

    For the second project, BEP was looking to solidify and systematize the way they engaged with corporate donors. To achieve that, 180DC identified potential local corporate donors, identified key individuals to approach within those potential donor organizations, and provided engagement strategies to attract them to donate to BEP.

    www.bus-edpartnership.org/

  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Waterloo Region

    Area: Youth
    Year: 2019

    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Waterloo Region foster and facilitate high quality, safe mentoring relationships for children in need. They believe in delivering high quality volunteer-based mentoring programs that will change the lives of youth and help them achieve their potential.

    At the heart of their challenge was finding the funds to support additional programs and hire more staff, as only a small portion of their funding is consistent, while the rest varies every year. They were looking for ways they can save money on their operational expenses while exploring more consistent funding that Big Brothers Big Sisters of Waterloo Region can rely on.

    For this project, the 180 consultants produced an in-depth analysis of the current costs Big Brothers Big Sisters were incurring, conducted research detailing alternatives services that would incur lower costs. They looked into alternative means of funding that offer a consistent amount every year.

    www.waterloo.bigbrothersbigsisters.ca/

  • Kitchener-Waterloo Community Foundation

    Area: Grants
    Year: 2019

    Through their pilot program called, On The Table, KWCF and Cambridge and North Dumfries Community Foundation (CDNCF) hoped to understand what topics were of the most importance to individuals across the Waterloo region.

    The On The Table event was held between September 27 – 29.
    KWCF and CNDCF achieved their goal of hosting 25 sites as part of the On the Table pilot. These events were hosted by interested community members across the Waterloo region.

    180 Degrees Consulting Waterloo first made changes to the existing ‘Take Action’ worksheet that KWCF had created. This was then shared with the hosts of each On the Table session.

    Then, the Consultants created a form to gather feedback from the hosts. After the sessions had been completed, consultants reviewed the data collected and formulated a report to identify what issues matter to individuals across the Waterloo region.

    www.kwcf.ca/

  • Canadian Mental Health Association

    Area: Health
    Year: 2019

    CMHA is an organization that provides a full care system for those with addictions, mental health or development needs. This full-care system includes providing recovery-focused programs for the Waterloo community and businesses.

    The consultants analyzed CMHA's current processes, highlighted key pain points, and proposed a procedure on how to solve the problems CMHA had with their current process.

    www.cmhaww.ca/

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