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Help Local Communities and Organizations Plan For and Implement Change |
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Community Initiatives provides tailored support to community-based organizations, coalitions and collaborations. The CI team is able to: - Co-design and support implementation of effective change processes—vision driven, participative,
outcomes-focused and supported by data. - Help community-based organizations develop and implement strategic plans.
- Facilitate or co-facilitate results-oriented community meetings and dialogues.
- Guide development and implementation of policy and environmental change strategies.
- Coach community organizations or local government on public involvement strategies and processes.
- Help local boards establish effective governance practices and structures.
- Support the design, development and integration of measurement and evaluation within a broader change process.
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Support the Design and Leadership of National Change Initiatives |
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| | CI is uniquely qualified to support large scale national and statewide change initiatives aimed at community-level action and outcomes. This service is geared toward government agencies and national organizations, including foundations, that endeavor to maximize their investments and effectivenessas they work simultaneously with multiple communities (grantees). CI team members will:- Help design an effective change strategy, including planning for evaluation and sustainability.
- Consult and coach leaders who are responsible for leading and managing these larger-scale initiatives.
- Provide local groups or grantees with tailored technical assistance–such as help with building effective coalitions along with developing and implementing community action plans.
- Develop and support peer learning strategies, generally combining a mix of face-to-face and virtual learning opportunities.
- Lead learning collaboratives of groups or partnerships from different communities working on similar aims and/or issues areas.
- Help with distilling lessons learned, sharing results with the broader public and discovering implications for future
Note: CI has strong expertise and experience designing and implementing participative, consensus-based change initiatives. (Our Approach) |
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Trainings and workshops are customized and engaging. CI’s experienced professionals develop and lead these types of sessions using proven adult learning strategies. Sample content areas include: - Developing and sustaining partnerships and/or coalitions that get desired results.
- Developing effective feedback systems using performance measures and community indicators.
- Becoming an effective coach/developing peer coaching structures.
- Creating effective advocacy strategies/influencing policy change.
- Leading collaborative planning and change processes.
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Members of the Community Initiatives network have delivered keynote speeches to a wide-range of national, state and local groups. Every talk is crafted to ensure fresh material and to meet desired client/conference outcomes. CI has provided keynote presentations for: - International conferences focused on community-based change.
- Annual conferences for state hospital associations and public health networks.
- Annual conferences for a wide variety of national organizations.
- Regional forums on economic development.
- Kickoff meetings for new local and state initiatives.
- Celebratory and educational community events.
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Meeting Design and Facilitation |
Community Initiatives has extensive experience in this area, including national recognition for our ability to: - Creatively design and facilitate conferences, retreats and summits.
- Bundling large group facilitation/dialogue with keynote presentation and/or custom workshops.
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