About Us
Big Insights. Big Change.
Our analytics finally make this possible.
Interlink is focused on radically increasing the collective performance of organizations, companies, schools, collaboratives, and communities of practice. New research-driven methods now make it practical for organizations to include the systemic dimension of social connectivity in an organization’s strategic improvement plan.
Optimally connecting people and groups will increase information sharing, norm sharing, and the use of under-leveraged expertise that drives innovation, effectiveness, and efficiency. Interlink’s mission is to assist organizations in using this powerful new edge to advance their ability to generate unprecedented outcomes.
Interlink uses specially designed technology and methods to bring the best insights to organizations, recognizing that every organization is unique. Everything we do is focused on meeting the particular needs of each organization for maximum benefit.
Tom Bartholomay, Founder & CEO
Tom Bartholomay has been pursuing improvement in areas of organizational development, adult education, K-12 education, and multi-organizational collaboratives for over 20 years. As a researcher and program evaluator, he has found that network science provides a uniquely powerful way of understanding the hidden and complex systems that shape a program’s climate and outcomes.
Tom has presented on network analysis at numerous workshops and conferences, including the U.S. State Department, American Evaluation Association, and the National Council for Education and Community Partnerships. He has worked with a wide range of organizations wanting to utilize network analysis, including the University of Minnesota, eXtension’s Internationalizing Extension program, Planned Parenthood, schools and school districts, and the Minnesota’s Clean Energy Resource Teams project. For an article related to one of these projects, see https://www.joe.org/joe/2011december/a9.php. Tom’s goal for Interlink Insights is to utilize the unique power of network analysis to assist programs in maximizing their resources to generate new levels of collective impact.
Tom Bartholomay’s career as a researcher and evaluator includes the University of Minnesota’s Institute for Community Integration, the University of Minnesota Extension, and most recently as evaluation director at Minnesota Office of Higher Education. He has also participated as the evaluator on multi-state initiatives, federal grant selection committees, the national College and Career Readiness Consortium, and consulted on a wide variety projects. His personal goal has always been to increase program effectiveness through critical insights. Interlink Insights endeavors to reach this goal.
Project Associates
Interlink Insights utilizes a small network of highly qualified evaluators, researchers, and content experts to complete its projects efficiently and effectively. Each program has its unique focus, concerns and goals. Project associates are selected based on the specific needs of each unique project in order to deliver the most useful information to a project’s purpose.