We help you harness change by designing strategic and adaptive group processes.

Services

Bringing people together is our speciality. Whether it’s facilitating a single meeting or developing a long-term engagement plan, we can help design group processes that lead you to concrete outcomes.

Facilitation

We create adaptable containers for groups and organizations to navigate change. Our facilitation approach maps complexities, develops collective foresight, surfaces conflict, and supports collaborative decision-making in shifting social, economic, and political landscapes.

Offerings: retreats | campaign strategy | strategic planning | future scenario planning | ecosystem mapping | design thinking | decision-making processes | community engagement | focus groups | facilitation support for other contractors | agenda design consultation | and more+

Event Planning

Events are as much art as they are science. We design and coordinate gatherings of all sizes—from meetings to conferences to virtual webinars—tailored to your goals, audience, and budget. Our goal is to make high-stakes dialogues or complicated logistics manageable.

Offerings: conferences | retreats | workshops | trainings | annual general meetings | fundraisers | webinars | virtual meetings | panels | fireside chats | travel logistics | Zoom operator services | and more+

Community Engagement

Meaningful engagement takes time and trust. We co-design inclusive, rights-based, and democratic processes that empower community members to learn, connect, and shape decision making. Our support includes research, process design, outreach strategies, relationship management, communications, and reporting.

Offerings: citizen assemblies | reference panels | advisory committees | community conversations | dinner table conversations | surveys | mapping | embodied placemaking | townhalls | focus groups | open houses | pop-ups | community-led dialogues | co-design | storytelling | and more+

Lenses

  • Emergent Strategy

    Drawing on the teachings of facilitator and writer adrienne maree brown, we shape change by mirroring the natural world - shifting complex systems through relatively simple interactions.

  • Conflict Engagement

    We view conflict as a generative force rather than a destructive one and invite groups to move towards principled disagreement. We draw on methodologies like Deep Democracy to transform conflict.

  • Community Organizing

    Drawing on the work of movement scholars and our own community organizing experience, we consider how to build power and connection within communities to shape change.

  • Democratic Innovation

    We experiment with new ways of engaging people in decision-making. We design broad and inclusive processes that redistribute power and uphold human rights.

Pricing

Our goal is social change, not profit. Together, we will find an hourly rate that balances access to service with our own financial sustainability. We offer pay-what-you-can services to small, underfunded, or volunteer-led groups working towards social, economic, and environmental justice.