You’ve got plans to change the world.
Let’s work together to make it happen.
I help people understand their impact, win grant funding, and build capacity in their teams.
I love working with people who make a difference, and I want to help turn your idea into impact.
When you have bold goals, you need the right support to help turn your vision into reality. With a friendly approach, deep expertise and a genuine commitment to your success, I’m here to help.
Whether it’s writing a stand-out grant application, evaluating your project, or equipping your team with the skills they need to achieve their goals, I’ll help your project succeed every step of the way.
Drawing on over a decade of experience in government, not-for-profits and social sector consulting, I offer a strategic and practical approach to help turn your ambitious possibilities into real-world results that can change lives for the better.
Martina brings clarity, thinking and precise knowledge to the conversations around projects. She gets the job done. You can trust that she will go out, do the work and deliver something that is of high quality. And that’s exactly what I need from an external collaborator.
Gerard Atkinson
ARTD Consultants
A unique blend of experience, knowledge and perspective to help you steer your project to success.
A proactive, adaptable, problem-solving approach to work with you in a way that best supports your project needs.
The know-how to deliver high-quality results and provide comprehensive support to help you meet your objectives.
A dependable, friendly attitude and an unwavering commitment to help you achieve your project’s goals.
Specialising in qualitative and mixed methods evaluation for large and small projects, I bring a deep understanding of the entire program cycle – from inception and design to funding, delivery and evaluation.
I was new to the evaluation space, and Martina took the time to listen and understand my objectives and challenges and then worked with me and the team to help build our capacity and produce a really sound, perceptive and detailed evaluation plan and report. We all really value Martina’s input on our evaluations and look forward to working with her again in the future.
Laura Bayndrian
NSW State Government
I design and run workshops on evaluation, grant writing, and program delivery topics for various organisations, including the Australian Evaluation Society. I’ll equip your team with skills and knowledge to succeed with in-house evaluation practice, project design and epic grant applications.
Your knowledge and ability to teach someone with such little understanding of the grant world is just outstanding and I feel as though I now have somewhat of an idea of what I am doing, so thank you very much!
Nina Denham
Blues Train
With years of specialist experience, including as a grant assessor, I can help you navigate the overwhelming world of grant funding, ensuring your applications and projects have the best possible chance of success.
Martina has been an incredible help to our organisation and significantly increased our grant-winning success rates. She has an incredible brain that helps us really understand the specifics of what the grant questions are asking and ensures we are answering them properly. She has an incredible ability to distil grant requirements and ask insightful, discerning questions from myself and relevant team members to ensure the highest quality grant applications.
Grainne O’Loughlin
Karitane
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To build a national perinatal mental health navigation service.
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To co-design online safety resources for vulnerable young people.
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To establish an innovative dementia support program.
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To help a VR start-up transform work experience in schools.
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To introduce a national early childhood nutrition education program.
I love being a grant writer, and I want to give others that opportunity, too! That’s why I’ve put everything I know about being a highly capable grant writer into my easy-to-follow, self-paced course.
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Applying for the FY26 Perpetual Impact Grant? Save yourself time, effort and heartache by using my FY26 Perpetual Drafting Document. Drafting your document directly into the online form is bad practice. The form might fail to save, and you’ll lose all your work. You won’t be able to share the draft with collaborators, or the…
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AI transcription software is changing the ways we do qualitative data analysis, and we’re not paying attention. That’s the title of the Ignite presentation I delivered at #aes25cbr the 2025 Australian Evaluation Society International Conference in Canberra. I thought I might try transforming that presentation into a blog post, too. Ignite is an interesting presentation…
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As part of my Master of Evaluation studies at the University of Melbourne, I wrote a book review of Michael Quinn Patton’s Blue Marble Evaluation. I think it’s an interesting read, so why not repurpose my assignment as a blog post? 😊 First published in April 2021. Expanding perspectives on evaluation in the Anthropocene: A…
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