Mandates for organisations with a public mission
Strategy and project leadership for NPOs and public organisations.
I bring open ventures into a form your organisation can decide on and work with.
I am Lukas Bärlocher: public management, project leadership, communication and impact. I work for NPOs, foundations, public bodies, education, culture and social projects.
A request does not need a finished brief. An open problem is enough.
What I take on
Concrete tasks, one profile
Prepare decisions
I turn open questions into a short paper, recommendation or presentation that a board, management team or project group can use.
Set up projects
I build roles, timing, budget logic, communication and a first implementation rhythm around an idea.
Lead temporary mandates
I take responsibility for coordination, meetings, reporting, communication and handover for a defined period.
Make impact understandable
I turn data, interviews, examples and learning into a report that supports funding, continuation or repositioning.
References
Evidence over claims
Established
from pilot to permanent institution
Zytlos
Co-built innovation project, carried into a permanent institution.
2'659'942
digital views
Digital format OMG
Co-developed digital format with 294 videos and its own rhythm.
4'500
visitors
Openair Enge
Main organiser of a community open-air in public space.
How it works
The first 30 days
This is how every mandate starts, whatever the format: understand first, then sort, then deliver.
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Day 1 to 5
Read the situation
Review documents, clarify the brief, collect open questions and name the people involved.
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Day 6 to 12
Hold conversations
Short interviews or working sessions with leadership, staff, board or stakeholders.
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Day 13 to 20
Sort the options
Condense goals, risks, roles, resources and possible paths. With variants where needed.
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Day 21 to 27
Write the basis
Draft the decision paper, project architecture, communication line or impact logic.
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Day 28 to 30
Prepare the decision
Discuss, sharpen and hand over the result so a board or team can continue.
Request
An open problem is enough.
Call, email or mandate check: what you get is an honest first assessment of whether your venture fits my profile.
Mandate check
Five questions, one recommendation: which mandate format fits your situation? At the end your answers carry over into the contact form.
Recommendation from the mandate check
Communication strategy
Your project or public mission gets a clear message and a realistic communication plan.
- Typical frame
- 1 to 3 months
- What you get
- Audiences, messages, channels, editorial plan and a pilot.
Strategy Sprint
An open situation becomes a basis your board can decide on.
- Typical frame
- 2 to 4 weeks
- What you get
- Situation view, options, recommendation and next steps.
Project setup
Your idea becomes a project with roles, timeline, budget logic and a first implementation.
- Typical frame
- 2 to 6 months
- What you get
- Project plan, meeting rhythm, pilot and handover.
Impact report
Your work becomes a clear report or presentation, with numbers, examples and a recommendation.
- Typical frame
- 4 to 8 weeks
- What you get
- Interviews, impact logic, report or presentation.
Volunteer process
Roles, expectations and communication around engagement get clarified and agreed.
- Typical frame
- 1 to 4 months
- What you get
- Role picture, conversation design, decision basis and agreements.
Interim mandate
A transition phase gets leadership: meetings, reports, coordination and handover.
- Typical frame
- 3 to 12 months
- What you get
- Ongoing project leadership, reporting and an orderly handover.