We work with groups on all kinds of processes, including collective decision making, visioning, strategic planning and more. We will work closely with you to determine the need and design a thoughtful, collaborative and creative process that helps your group tap into your collective power and find your own answers.

Facilitation and Support

WHAT WE CAN HELP YOU WITH

Strategic planning

We work with organizations and communities to think through and document how a program, intervention or project is supposed to work, why it will work, who it will benefit, and the conditions required for success - crucial precursors to strategic planning. Our participatory approach generates plans that are relevant, realistic and can be integrated into your workflow as a living document.

Community Engagement and Participatory Planning

We specialize in engaging the wisdom and expertise of community members in participatory processes to solve pressing issues. Working together, communities can design thriving neighbourhoods and cities, cultivate places of belonging, push back against gentrification and socio-economic exclusion, address health and environmental concerns, and so much more. We help create the conditions for creativity, ingenuity and collective intelligence to emerge.

Organizational Support

We assist organizations in the design, implementation, maintenance and evaluation of processes while also embedding an anti-oppression lens.

For example;

Organizational Structure and Governance
Organizational Reviews
Change Management and Supported Transitions
Funding Planning and Execution
Human Resources Planning and Development

Individual and Team Coaching

Coaching offers space for individuals and / or teams to explore their current realities, visions and leadership challenges. Through powerful questions, active listening and supportive tools and structures, coaching offers a confidential space for reflection, self-empowerment and action.

Conflict Transformation and Mediation

Conflict is a natural part of being a human relating to others, and can often be so generative if we give it space. We tailor-design processes to work with conflict, with a focus on facilitated conversations and mediation.

Community Arts Based interventions

We support collaborative art interventions that help communities appropriate space, change narratives, tell stories about important issues and create a shared vision for change.

Campaign Planning

Campaigns bring together a clear goal, strategy and actions to make change in the world. We will support your group, organization or campaign team with participatory and energizing facilitation to collectively plan your winning campaign.

Government Relations

We will guide you through best practices to lobby your municipal, band, regional, provincial, territorial and federal representatives on public policy issues. Whether you are looking to create a petition, delegate at a town or city council/committee, raise awareness on an issue of importance with any elected official, you will have our support to build an advocacy-based relationship.

Evaluation and Community-Based Research

Evaluating our collective actions makes us stronger - and it’s a form of social research, creating new knowledge we can use for future action. We help groups build and implement empowering evaluation processes that are appropriate, doable, and useful for you, not just your funder.

Community Based Project Management

Managing complex projects that are consensus-based where everyone makes decisions together - instead of just a few managers - is a tricky art. We help groups set up structures, policies, and tools that can support workflow and keep things organized in a participatory, horizontally-managed context.