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Big Thought Institute partners with educators, organizations and systems to reimagine learning by leveraging proven best practices in creativity, instruction, learning systems and continual improvement that have been established over Big Thought’s 30+ years of practice.

We provide professional learning, consulting, design and evaluation services to empower clients to effectively teach, engage and support youth in reaching their full potential.

OUR APPROACH

Empowering Clients with Innovative Learning Solutions

We are consultants, coaches and analysts who will collaborate with your team to create unique learning experiences that foster creativity and develop future-forward skills for all youth.

Consulting & Design

Consulting & Design

We provide strategic planning, technical support, program design and curriculum writing for youth-serving organizations focused on creating exceptional learning experiences.

Professional Learning

Professional Learning

Our learning and development team supports capacity building through training and coaching supports for educators and practitioners on a wide-range of evidence-based topics and practices. Our services are engaging, youth-centered, and based in the science of effective learning.

Research & Evaluation

Research & Evaluation

We’ll support your continual improvement efforts and the efficacy of your organization’s programs through analysis and by delivering actionable insights.

Our Impact

Since 2020, we have supported 90+ projects representing over 50 different clients. Through these, we have impacted more than 500,000 youth and 50,000 adults.

27 Local Education Agencies
16 Nonprofits and Institutes of Higher Education
10 Corporations and Venues
6000+ Professional learning hours delivered
72.5 Net Promoter Score indicating excellent client satisfaction
50+ Clients served locally, regionally and nationally

CLIENT TESTIMONIALS

Resources & NEWS

Big Thought Institute regularly creates and curates resources that help our partners create exceptional, innovative and engaging learning experiences. View our latest research reports, guides, case studies, blogs and more.

Six Dimensions of Quality Teaching & Learning

Q & A

We’d be happy to discuss your project and it’s easy to get in touch with us. Just fill out the contact form on this page and someone from our team will follow-up with you promptly!

Big Thought has staff experts in a variety of categories. Additionally, we can identify and retain experts to support individual aspects of your project who will work alongside our staff.

Each project we work on is unique. Our process involves us listening to your core needs and deliverables, and then coming back with a few options to help you best meet your timeline and budget goals, alongside your stated objectives.

At Big Thought Institute, we measure our success and impact based upon our ability to help you achieve your core objectives. We work to develop a strong understanding of your goals, outputs and outcomes and then put together a plan to achieve those goals.

As with any non-profit organization, raising funds to support our deep organizational goals and community needs is an ongoing effort. Big Thought is able to reduce the costs to families of our best-in-class programs by diversifying our revenue streams. This enables Big Thought to better safeguard itself against economic downturns that can negatively impact traditional fundraising, while maintaining high quality, broad reaching programs.

Let’s Connect

If your organization is interested in learning more about how it can tap into the Big Thought Institute, we’d love to hear from you.

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KEY CONTACTS

Greg MacPherson

Greg MacPherson
Chief Big Thought Institute Officer

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LeAnn Binford

LeAnn Binford
Director of Consulting Services, Big Thought Institute

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Lela Bell Wesley

Lela Bell Wesley
Director of Professional Learning

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Toni Freeman

Toni Freeman
Consulting Services Project Manager, Big Thought Institute

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Chris Evetts

Chris Evetts
Consulting Services Project Manager, Big Thought Institute

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Shannon Epner

Shannon Epner
Director of Impact & Advocacy

Poonam Lunker

Poonam Lunker
Data Analyst

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Julia deLeon

Julia deLeon
Professional Learning Manager

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Dèjá Bailey

Dèjá Bailey
Professional Learning Partner

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Tiffany Self

Tiffany Self
Professional Learning Partner

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Myi’a Sanders

Myi’a Sanders
Professional Learning Partner

Email Myi’a Sanders