I know how hard it is when
- No one’s quite sure what the secretary is supposed to do
- The constitution was written in 1988
- The board is full of good people and no one has been trained
- Someone just said “we’ll lose our funding if we don’t fix this”
I’m passionate about helping you grow and make an impact.
“What we’re proposing is a comprehensive, stakeholder-driven strategic alignment framework that leverages synergistic capabilities across governance layers to optimise operational sustainability.”
Says very little, wastes everyone’s time, and is exactly what Plain Sense isn’t.
For NFPs who don’t have time for consultants who talk in circles.
Most small not-for-profits are doing big work — with limited time, tiny budgets, and a rotating cast of volunteer board members. Governance gets messy. Policies get lost. Strategic plans gather dust. And everyone’s just trying to get through the next grant acquittal without falling over.
That’s where I come in. I started Plain Sense because I got tired of watching everyday organisations get buried in admin, acronyms, and advice that didn’t make sense.
I’ve spent years in the arts, education leadership, community engagement and public service roles across regional Australia. I’ve chaired meetings, rewritten constitutions, untangled policies, written strategic plans that actually got used — and I’ve worked with the kind of people who keep the local footy club, gallery or family support centre running while juggling a million other things.
What you won’t get
- Buzzwords
- A 90-slide PowerPoint
- A $20k quote for a plan no one reads
- Policies full of surplus words
- Corporate talk that makes your team feel stupid
Who I work with
- Volunteer-run groups who feel overwhelmed
- Regional and rural organisations with big hearts and small boards
- NFPs who have outgrown their systems and don’t know what’s next
- Anyone sick of being told to “redefine their strategic pillars” when they need a risk register and a better agenda template
The behind-the-scenes work
- Governance and meeting procedures
- Strategy and planning
- ACNC and state government reporting
- HR systems and role clarity
- Policy writing that makes sense
- Bookkeeping, reporting and annual reports
- Or just figuring out where to start