Strategic Support
What does our Strategic Support offer look like?
We aim to support a *big conversation* that spans key influencers at all levels across your organisation and beyond. Nurture Development first works with you to scan your organisation for what is already strong regarding community-oriented practice and impulse. Cormac Russell then facilitates the big conversations, by openly inviting participants to envision a preferred future through the lens of Asset-based Community Development and the values of community-centred design.
Typically, Cormac will spend three intensive and immersive days within an organisation, understanding your context. The process is intended as a sprint, not a marathon. We understand how busy you are and how costly long-drawn research is. Our support process is rapid but thorough. Our extensive experience allows us to work rapidly and to accelerate your strategy development, saving time, money and potential reputational costs in the long run.
The *big conversation* is then platformed in a report prepared for the organisation by Nurture Development. The report is the basis for co-designing a process for implementing the strategy in keeping with agreed community-centred principles and practices. The implantation plan, which will be grounded in an agreed theory of change, then becomes the basis for day-to-day policy and practice within the organisation.
This process will be of interest to organisations that are community-facing, such as emergency/first responder organisations, hospitals, municipalities, not-for-profits, police, commercial organisations interested in corporate social responsibility, health organisations, etc.
Assessing your Impact on Citizen Space
Survey | Interview | Reflect | Strategise
Prior to the review, Nurture Development will work with assigned leads from the participating organisation to set up the surveys and interviews. organisational readiness and to ensure the course content directly supports organisational objectives.