Our Services
Service 1:
Strategic
Foster purposeful ‘out of the box’ thinking that strategically builds on existing strengths while challenging corporate and individual resolve to be responsive to an ever-changing environment using their own assets.
Strategic Thinking
Work with partners to develop a framework (overall process) to have meaningful dialogue and effective discussions to produce targeted outcomes. (I.e., Vision statement, mission statement, goals, objectives, community engagement sessions, planning, etc.)
Strategic Facilitation
Lead group-based activities to engage all participants in providing input (contributions) on topics or issues of relevance in a safe, open, and time-friendly manner.
Strategic Synthesis
Compile and summarize the main points and/or ideas made during the group-based activities.
Strategic Consensus
Lead the group in setting priorities to a obtain collective will on moving towards the targeted outcomes.
Strategic Recommendations
Provide feedback, orally and in writing, to share with the groups the next steps based on the agreed framework.
Service 2:
Training
Provide corporations and individuals skill development and skill enhancement opportunities to improve service delivery, foster trust, build teams, and maintain and grow their client base.
Cultural Humility
Provide an overview of a variety of cultural contexts that practitioners may consider in the delivery of products and services. This includes but is not limited to the following: language, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual identification and orientation, religion, abilities, and literacy. Also, provide strategies for practitioners to use in engaging their clients with products and services. Standard trainings available include:
BaFa BaFa:
This is a cultural simulation where participants are divided into two different groups that learn their own respective cultures, Alpha and Beta. Each member of a group will spend some time trying to navigate the culture of the other group. Afterwards, both groups are united to debrief about their experiences and then are lead in a discussion about its application in their respective work contexts. Strategies for approaching the issues and challenges identified are also provide during the discussion.
Cultural Humility in Practice:
This provides participants with basic knowledge of cultures in the United States, approaches to consider when engaging these cultures, and interactive opportunity to apply the approaches using case studies or scenarios. Group and Facilitator feedback during the activity is used to strengthen participant confidence in engaging individuals of culturally diverse backgrounds.
Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Standards (CLAS):
This provides participants an overview of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health practice standards regarding culture and language. Practical applications of each standard with scenarios and other examples are used to further illustrate and clarify the principle of the standard.
Implicit (Unconscious) Bias
Define what is implicit bias and why it is important in influencing the bottom line of a corporation. Also, provide tools and ways that biases may be identified as well as managed by individuals and businesses.
Governance
Provide an overview of the roles and responsibilities of those serving on a non-profit board of directors. Provide specific examples of the importance of fiscal oversight, policy development and review, and fundraising. Provide distinction of governance roles versus staff roles in non-profit organization.
Service 3:
Program Innovation
Provide corporations and individuals with tools and guidance in the development, execution, evaluation and dissemination of programs that either are new or augments an existing program for improving targeted outcomes.
Program Design
Provides strategies within organizational strengths to develop programs incorporating research (scientific and anecdotal), design, program piloting, and redesigning. Also, assists organization in defining the targeted populations and outcomes.
Program Implementation
Provides strategies for ensuring program fidelity, validity and reliability resulting in conclusive outcome evaluations.
Program Evaluation
Provides strategies for developing formative evaluations in the initial phase(s) and summative evaluations after the program has been solidified procedurally to demonstrate gainful advancements towards targeted outcomes.
Program Dissemination
Provides strategies for sharing program outcomes with the broader community with the purpose of replicating the promising practice or best practice model created.
Service 4:
Research
Build capacity of corporations and individuals to create voice for and engage diverse and marginalized communities in order to better understand and respond to their needs and mutually address systemic processes that may contribute to adverse outcomes.
Community Assessments
Develop and administer an assessment of needs targeting specific communities based upon organizational interests, community feedback, and emergent issues.
Research Design
Provide strategies for conducting population-based research in disparate populations to prove these phenomena encountered by these populations of interest.