Our work. Our impact.

Complex Challenges. Practical Strategies. Measurable Results.

We help organizations understand challenges, engage the people closest to them, and turn insights into strategies that strengthen performance and create lasting impact.

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Selected engagements

  • Dartmouth College
  • Maine DHHS
  • Granite United Way
  • ARMI
  • City of Manchester

Work with a visible impact

Complex challenges.
Concrete work.

Explore how DMC turns employee voice, community expertise, and organizational evidence into action.

Dartmouth College Campus Services

Five-year partnership

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28 pts

gain in employees feeling heard

Employee voice. Stronger leadership. Measurable change.

  • Employee voice rose from 49% to 77%.
  • Trust in the leadership team rose from 49% to 71%.
  • Feeling included rose from 69% to 85%.
  • Recurring assessments, leadership coaching, and employee expectations training.
Read case study: Dartmouth College Campus Services

Granite United Way / NH Public Health Network Regions

Three-region needs assessment

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100+

community partners contacted

Understanding what happens when a community tries to get help.

  • Assessed service access across three public health regions.
  • Reached more than 100 potential community partners.
  • 51% of individual respondents reported COVID affected access to SUD services.
  • Developed recommendations for referrals, integrated services, and regional collaboration.
Read case study: Granite United Way / NH Public Health Network Regions

Maine Department of Health and Human Services

Statewide public service

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IMPROVEMENT ROADMAP

workforce and service strategy

A workforce strategy built around the people Maine serves.

  • Delivered an integrated recruitment and retention roadmap.
  • Assessed staffing, workload, hiring, and communication barriers.
  • Developed talent pipeline and manager effectiveness recommendations.
  • Designed a customer-feedback framework and service-access recommendations.
Read case study: Maine Department of Health and Human Services

City of Manchester — 360 Small Business Support

Business capacity building

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75+

small businesses supported

Turning public investment into practical business support.

  • Helped design a $2.8 million initiative.
  • Supported more than 75 businesses over three years.
  • Combined approximately $2 million in direct grants with professional support.
  • Connected owners with marketing, websites, technology, legal, and accounting services.
Read case study: City of Manchester — 360 Small Business Support

Lebanon School District

District assessment and strategic planning

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1,298

completed surveys across students, employees, and families

Connecting school community voice to three-year strategic planning.

  • Gathered 1,015 student, 220 employee, and 63 parent/family survey responses, complemented by listening sessions and individual conversations.
  • Informed the district’s 2022–2025 strategic plan with findings on school culture, communication, learning support, and participation.
  • Connected community feedback to priorities for school improvement, professional learning, student support, and family engagement.
Read case study: Lebanon School District

Granite United Way

Grassroots partnership strategy

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22

community organizations engaged

Bringing community expertise into organizational strategy.

  • Engaged 22 community organizations through interviews and onsite visits.
  • Identified funding, staffing, transportation, and facility barriers.
  • Convened partners to validate findings and explore collaboration.
  • Developed recommendations for capacity support and ongoing community input.
Read case study: Granite United Way

Endowment for Health

Board + staff alignment

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100%

rated the retreat effective or very effective

Strengthening board alignment and strategic decision-making.

  • 100% rated the retreat effective, and 100% expressed confidence in the Board’s ability to manage risk.
  • Engaged Board members, leadership, and staff to strengthen strategic alignment and decision-making.
  • Developed a Risk Assessment Framework to guide decisions, manage risk, and support long-term sustainability.
Read case study: Endowment for Health

ARMI — Manchester Transportation Study

Transportation and workforce access

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487

residents engaged

Connecting transportation planning with workforce opportunity.

  • 183 interviews and 304 survey responses.
  • Three listening sessions captured resident perspectives.
  • Multilingual outreach included housing-community engagement.
  • Recommendations included parking improvements and frequent Millyard shuttles.
Read case study: ARMI — Manchester Transportation Study

Co-op Food Stores

Culture, leadership + board

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110+

employees engaged across four locations

Strengthening employee culture, leadership alignment, and board effectiveness.

  • Led a 12-month engagement supporting organizational change during a senior leadership transition.
  • Assessed employee culture and climate through interviews and listening sessions with more than 110 employees across four locations.
  • Translated employee feedback into recommendations and executive training to strengthen communication, accountability, and employee support.
  • Assessed and trained the Board of Directors to strengthen governance, collaboration, and alignment with the new general manager.
Read case study: Co-op Food Stores

The DMC approach

Understand the people. Change the systems.

We combine quantitative research with lived experience. Our work moves from assessment to practical implementation, with trusted relationships at every stage.

For community needs assessments, we work through local partners to understand how underrepresented and underserved communities experience access to care and social services.

  1. Listen

    Build trust and gather evidence

    Surveys, interviews, listening sessions, and field observation make room for the people closest to the challenge.

  2. Understand

    Find the causes behind the data

    Identify organizational, systemic, and regional gaps to clarify what needs to change.

  3. Co-design

    Create practical solutions together

    Engage employees, leaders, and community partners in strategies suited to their operating realities.

  4. Implement

    Build capacity and track progress

    Support leaders, strengthen processes, and use feedback to measure and adapt the work.

Why organizations partner with DMC

Experience You Can Build On

“Work with Deo Mwano Consultancy was an exceptional experience. DMC was professional and operated with a genuine commitment to clear communication and delivering quality results.”

Maine DHHS
Project Lead

Let's work together

Let's Talk About Your Challenge.

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