Blog | Cyrina Thomas

How I Leverage Procurement to Help Nonprofits

As a procurement consultant and business coach, I coach and support startup nonprofits. I have a 4 step intervention method that can help...

Procurement is Directly Related to Community Development

After 5 years of seeing my career of procurement as separate from the work I do in community, I sat back and saw how closely linked they...

Using Procurement to Bring Sustainability to Grassroots Programs

I worked with a hip hop group in town called Triiibe from 2019-2021. The group had been doing community work for 5 years already. They...

Valley Folk Studios Achieves 200% Sales Growth with CT Consultants’ Strategic Mentoring

Summary CT Consultants partnered with Valley Folk Studios (VFS) during its incubation phase, offering temporary staffing, growth...

Using Procurement to Bring the Cincinnati Makers Collaborative to Life

In 2022, I participated in the beginning of Urban Manufacturing Initiative's Local Branding Initiative in Cincinnati. Over the course of...

Sourcing Materials for Upcycling Initiatives

The Remake Project is an Interdisciplinary Sustainability Design Collaborative. I started it after leading Precious Plastic Cincy which...

Procurement for Creative Reuse Centers

While working on Precious Plastic Cincy, I built great connections in the Creative Reuse space, but what I found was it was hard to find...

Using Procurement Skills to bring Precious Plastic Cincy to Life

Precious Plastic Cincy grew out of learning that 9% of plastic was recycled in the US. I began my research process into actions I could...