Sixteenth Letter Collaborative is a multi-disciplinary consultancy headed by Jonah Pearce.

We can provide advisory, analytical and creative insight to make you, your project or organization shine.

We are available to help you streamline processes, better capture your impact, and support you to serve your community, your members or your staff. Through collaboration, our goal is to make the world more empathetic, livable, and just. 

“I am known among colleagues for inspiring confidence and creativity. I want to hold space for weary change-makers to find their source of passion and their commitment to social or economic justice. And I want to support them to see better, with clarity or longer-term perspective,” says Jonah.

Advice

Whether you are a board chair, or a first-time executive director needing a sounding board, we have over ten years of experience providing written feedback or verbal advice in the nonprofit and charitable sector.

Impact Measurement and Research

With a PhD in the social sciences (Human Geography) and a multi-disciplinary background (curriculum studies, media studies, feminist and anti-oppression studies), we can lead or support the development of a customized research agenda (qualitative research), work with you to develop a sound methodology for data collection, and support your organization to understand and measure your impact.

Development and Planning

With over a decade supporting operational development, strategic planning and collaboration among diverse groups, we can support your efforts to improve efficiency and effectiveness, or help you bring cohesion to your team.

See also:

A list of services offered and academic subject areas here.

Hi,

My name is Tyler Jonah Pearce. I’ve worked in the non-profit sector for over a decade, am a writer and editor, and a not-quite-reformed academic. I’ve supported the growth and operational development of social enterprises and regionally-based teams, and I’ve helped the charities I’ve worked for understand themselves better, and increase their impact.

Thing is, I like this variety. I want to edit books, undertake original research, and work with(in) nonprofits who want to serve their communities and get systems changed. I want to be drawing a concept map in the morning and holding a discussion group in the afternoon.

So I became a consultant. “Hi!”

Most consultants pick a niche and “niche down.” What I have to offer is very much not that. I have a broad base of knowledge, experience, and interest that I’d like to share. And, as someone who thinks our policies, practices, and politics are stronger when textured knowledges and ways of being are brought together, one of my gifts is helping bring other people’s voice and insights to the table.

My approach is relationship-based, grounded in truth-telling and honest reflection. We need to do the work to figure out what we have going for us, what is no longer working and, with our strengths in mind, we need to go be brave and ambitious.

So let’s start with the particulars of you. The best way to know if I’m the right person to support you, your project or organization is with an introductory meeting. Please reach out!

Sincerely,

See also:

• Jonah’s resume here.
• List of research experience here.
• List of publications here.