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“Since our great experience with bookkeeping with Workstream, we’ve gone all in with fundraising consulting and services with Deena and her associates. The vibe on our calls is immaculate– none of the stodginess and unexplained jargon of traditional nonprofit advisors, but responsible and knowledgeable guidance. I truly feel that we are collaborating with Workstream rather than consuming services as a client. Deena and Penina feel like members of our team :)”

“Deena’s expertise is invaluable. She has supported our organization in streamlining workflow processes and as a result, saved us over 1,000 employee hours per year through increased efficiencies. She is extremely skilled at distilling processes down to their core steps and defining the actions necessary to move work through to completion. I can’t recommend her highly enough!”

“Deena has been an invaluable partner in keeping CAIS running smoothly during a critical transition period. She stepped in seamlessly and ensured that operations, hiring, and financial processes stayed on track. She played a key role in hiring across multiple areas—including our COO, program manager, communications director, policy lead, and operations associate—helping us build a stronger team. She also handled complex HR challenges with professionalism and care.

Beyond that, Deena provided the stability and operational backbone we needed to keep moving forward, making sure nothing fell through the cracks. Her ability to step into a fast-moving organization and provide immediate structure and support has been a huge asset. I highly recommend her to any organization looking for experienced operational leadership.”

“If you’re feeling overwhelmed with trying to run an organization, I can’t recommend Deena enough. She’s been a great help with both the strategic and tactical levels of management. She has a knack for getting to the heart of the matter. She can help you not only improve how you manage your tasks but also give you insight into how to think about your approach as a whole. Best of all, no matter how stressed you might be feeling, a call with her calm, warm, and competent personality will leave you feeling freshly motivated, reminded you that you’ve got this.”

“I was skeptical about whether a consultant could be helpful to us without their spending countless hours first trying to understand the nuances of our processes and job roles. Deena really impressed me with how quickly she got a handle on our work dynamics. She helped us map out visually where bottlenecks were choking our workflow and how we should apportion resources. She was able to propose changes to serve the bigger picture in a way that our employees so entrenched in the day-to-day couldn’t.”

“Deena really helped me realize that the way I was going about writing proposals was a time suck for my business. I was spending about 2-3 hours pouring myself into what I thought was a highly customized process that I couldn’t avoid. With her help, I’ve automated this process and drastically cut down the amount of time I spend on proposals while still crafting meaningful ones for my clients.”

“Deena has been extremely helpful in creating a program to bring the cost of payroll hours down significantly. Deena quickly understood what our business required to save time and money. The result was the program that made payroll so much less hectic. Deena’s program made calculating payroll a breeze! Working with Deena has been a joy and I’m always amazed out how fast she created the program for us and how it works exactly as we needed it to and more!”

“We have been in business for nearly 20 years as a national online real estate platform and lead generator for local real estate agents and loan officers. In that time I have never come across anyone that comes close to Deena in regards to understanding a complex issue and distilling it to its most essential elements and providing solutions that are easily understood and actionable. I don’t recommend most companies as a rule which makes Deena the only one I would recommend to anyone in search of a better and faster way to achieve their goals.”

“I have been working with Deena for awhile now and I am so impressed and grateful to her! She is constantly helping me to restructure my business so that it works in the most efficient way and continuously challenges me to grow to the next level. Her response time is incredibly fast which makes her even more of a pleasure to work with. I would highly recommend her services to anyone who is looking to better organize their business and/or take it to the next level.”

“We operate a consulting business that is heavily driven by data and we are required to analyze the equivalent of hundreds of pages of information. The smartest move we made was to hire Deena. She has implemented a CRM that has been tailored in a way that allows to generate analysis reports in the blink of an eye, where before it would take us hours upon hours. She continue to work with us and helps us fine tune our workflow, and our office has been more efficient and has benefited greatly from Deena’s service!”

“Let me start by saying, I don’t often make product recommendations. This is because my standards for systems we use within our business are very high. WorkStream and Deena Englander exceeded my expectations and I would recommend them to anyone looking to streamline their office operations.

Our company was transitioning from a paper system to a paperless system that involved 15 employees working in the system daily. There were many moving parts, and a need to coordinate a smooth transition to the new system, and to educate staff on its use.

Deena sat down with us in consultation and learned the entire process and the part it played in our company operations. She then proposed a database system to replace our paper system. Within a few weeks she delivered a prototype, and we were testing the database. I personally contacted Deena several times per day with requests for additional features and tweaks to the database, all of which were responded to in a timely fashion and to my satisfaction.

The end result has been exactly what we needed, and it is working smoothly. We are savings dozens of hours each week due to Deena’s database solution, and on the rare occasions that I require troubleshooting, she has been available to make changes or hop on my computer to diagnose the issue and quickly fix it.

As I said, I am not able to make this type of recommendation very often, but in this case, it is well-deserved. I look forward to my next project with WorkStream.”

“The program that the team at Workstream Systems has put together has had an immediate positive impact on my work and my organization. The experts she brings in each session have been really knowledgeable and the hands-on applied nature of the course makes the value of the content very apparent.”

“I especially appreciated that this was an org that was familiar with EA/non-profits…it was very beneficial to me as an early career ops person because I learned how to develop structures for a more professional and anti-fragile organization.”

“I’ve been working with Deena for several months now. She’s been very helpful and supportive; providing concrete, actionable suggestions to improve my work and focus. Her advice is well calibrated, and compliments my natural strengths well. It has been very insightful.”