Our Projects

Avaki Consulting Founder and Principal, Eryn Johnson, has been a part time Independent Consultant since 2007, and began working full time as a consultant in 2020. Projects have included:

Training and Capacity Building

Training for Youth Workers:
- Creative Youth Development: LA Philharmonic, Julliard School of Music, New England Conservatory
- Youth Supports Training (incl. Positive Youth Outcomes, Caregiver Engagement, Curriculum Development, Classroom Management): Massachusetts Afterschool Partnership, Guild of St Agnes
Training for Leaders/Administrators: Health Resources in Action (City of Boston Racial Equity and Leadership Initiative), Linde Family Foundation/Mott Philanthropic (Getting Real About Self-Care for Nonprofit Professionals), National Craft Organization Racial Equity Peer Learning Group (Thoughtful and Equitable Organizational Leadership), Massachusetts Cultural Council (Balancing Stressors and Finding Supports for Leaders, Strategic Self-Care During Difficult Times, Work from Home Best Practices)
Cohort Facilitation & Management: Massachusetts Cultural Council (Music Education Teaching Artists Fellowship), LA Philharmonic (Partners in Music Learning), Mott Philanthropic (Creative Youth Development Fellowship)

Fundraising

Development Strategy: Eliot School of Fine Arts (Grant & Funder Strategy & Planning), YOLA National Partners in Music Learning (Grant Panelist), Massachusetts Cultural Council YouthReach (Grant Panelist), EdVestors BPS Arts Expansion (Grant Panelist)
Grant Writing (Incl Proposals/Reports to Government, Foundation & Corporate Entitities): Eliot School of Fine & Applied Arts, Shattuck Partners, Cambridge Economic Opportunity Community Council, Inquilinos Boriquas en Accion, In Control Family Foundation, Project Place, and more.

Organizational Development

Planning & Evaluation (incl Focus Groups, Data Interpretation & Reporting): Youth Orchestra of LA, Harmony Project Phoenix, Winston-Salem Youth Orchestra, Eliot School of Fine and Applied Arts
Writing & Research: National Network of Public Health Institutes/Health Resources in Action (Youth Development and Public Health Training Modules), LA Philharmonic (Mission-Driven Teaching Practices: A Toolkit)