Making the world a better place takes clarity. To be successful, communities and campaigns must rely on sound strategy and well-designed plans to keep everything on track. It’s a lot to juggle.
We see how inspired vision can become reality. We’ve helped scores of groups develop Creative Action Plans that stay focused on goals while deeply engaging people along the way. These are practical skills we’ve learned from more than 30 years in grassroots outreach. But what makes these efforts really work, is the passion, creativity, and drive we have to see dedicated people succeed.
Read on to see how “designing for social impact” provided the foundation for real and lasting social impact.
Design-Thinking vs. Over-Thinking
Are you digging a trench or making gold thread out of hay? When is enough designing enough?
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The Power of Planning. . . when you don’t know what the heck is going to happen.
Planning is PART of communication. It doesn’t have to take long AND it can help you feel more certain.
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Thinking About Their Future: Paterson Pre-K
Kids who go to Pre-K are ready when they start kindergarten and do better in school. Paterson NJ is paving the way with free quality pre-K.
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Connecting Culture: Tribe 12
Tribe 12 is connecting 20s/30s to Jewish life and community in Philadelphia with a fresh new Action Plan and public Identity.
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CERF+ The Artists Safety Net
From readiness to relief, CERF+ is dedicated to making sure that studio artists practicing a craft are able to do their work, protect their legacy and their lives.
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Making Time for Craft
Five leading craft schools in the US have joined together for this national initiative that celebrates the meaningful and sometimes life-changing “craft school experience.”
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Building a Movement: Buy Fresh Buy Local
In 20 states, through 75 local chapters, the “Buy Fresh Buy Local” message has been promoting local food since 2002.
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Arts Ed Now!
Probably the two most important ingredients for the hope of the humanity: Art. Education. Together, they can transform our future.
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A Community Campaign
Partners for Health Foundation promotes health in 15 towns in northern New Jersey. To help “make the healthier choice the easy choice,” they launched an initiative to bring together organizations under one umbrella “Eat.Play.Live…Better” – and they started it in their own hometown of Montclair, NJ.
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Meatless Monday
You’ve probably heard of Meatless Monday by now. According to a 2011 Gallup poll, over 50% of Americans said that they had! This public awareness campaign originally kicked off in 2003 in conjunction with John’s Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
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