Magpie has been such a benefit to Thrive over the past couple of years! They have reduced paid staff time on newsletters enabling our staff to work more on providing direct services to children and families. They have helped us establish more of a professional presence in our materials. Connecting with people is at the heart of Thrive’s mission and Magpie has enabled us to do that through writing. Magpie communicates our mission more clearly, concisely and accurately to our donors, volunteers, and participants. This communication enhances our ability to engage people with our programs increasing participation, volunteerism, and fundraising capabilities. Their services are invaluable to our organization.

Magpie provides support with paperwork and organization so manufacturers can focus on making high-quality products. I am extremely grateful for the internal audit for the HR procedures that came from Deborah McAtee and her team. She thoroughly prepared me in what changes I needed to make and what procedures I needed in place to be ready for the main audit. Our auditor was very impressed with my file system, training records and orientation process and everything she asked for I was able to provide immediately. If I was to ever leave my position here, the auditor felt anyone could walk in and follow the procedures I had in place for new hires, orientation, and training. I owe this to Deborah for her excellent feedback and suggestions to make the HR dept. what it is today.

My background is engineering. Staying true to the stereotype, writing is not a strength of mine. I also enjoy developing entrepreneurial ideas quickly with other people. At Autopilot, we often find that our minds and collaboration outpace our ability to capture all of the details, document them, and convert them into a useful document for later. When Deborah joins us, we can just go our ways and know that a short time later we will have an accurate written record of our developments. Deborah is great for business plans, grant proposals, and other technical documents. She will ask the right questions that enable her to articulate your thoughts. She has been a great help in allowing me to focus on my strengths while supporting my weaknesses.