Join us for the fourth session in our multi-part Community and Stakeholder Engagement Learning Collaborative series, created and facilitated by Coby C. Williams of New Reach Community Consulting.
This series will be a deep dive into community engagement in a world with increasing responsibilities and workloads, changing neighborhoods, COVID-19, and on-demand streaming services. We can no longer hold an in-person meeting and expect the right people to show up. We need a different approach to community engagement.
These sessions will be interactive, with tons of time built in for Q&A, thinking exercises, group discussion, and practical examples. Come prepared to participate!
In addition, this learning collaborative will offer opportunities for extended learning outside of the workshops. Following each session, Mitzi Moody of Creative Thought Consulting Group will provide on-demand access to additional resources and space to hear about and reflect on strategies that are helpful in community engagement. Be sure to check it out!
Engaging the Community in Change
Participants will learn how to engage communities in strategic planning, program implementation, and evaluation to promote sustainable change.
Learning Objectives:
Identify strategies to engage a community in each step of the change process
Describe how community involvement in the change process increases program sustainability
Cost:
OCDCA Members: Free
Non-Members: $15
Non-member attendees will be invoiced the cost.
Future session topics include:
Advocating for a Change
Engaging with Diverse Populations
About the Presenter:
Coby C. Williams is Founder and Principal of New Reach Community Consulting. He is a strategist and practitioner that brings you knowledge, experience, and credentials. Coby has over 15 years of expertise in community engagement, group facilitation, issue advocacy strategy, and digital outreach planning. His thought leadership is regularly tapped for national topics related to community engagement. He has partnered with organizations throughout the country to help move forward local, state, and national initiatives.
New Reach Community Consulting is a Black-owned and purpose-driven small business based in Columbus, OH, and the first public affairs business in Ohio to be awarded a B Corp certification. Its mission is to help organizations connect with communities to improve lives. New Reach keeps a finger on the pulse of communities, and its work centers on adding value to society in authentic ways.
Mitzi Moody MSW, LISW-S, JD is the Founder & CEO of Creative Thought Consulting Group. She is a creative problem solver, strategic thinker, and a results-driven leader experienced in nonprofit administration, mental health, strategic planning, systems thinking, and evaluation. Her professional training and experience in social work and law combine her passion for people, community, policy, and social justice.
At Creative Thought Consulting Group, we believe in a nonprofit's power to impact the world and that when nonprofits lead, the world changes! To this end, Creative Thought provides continuing education in supervision, administration, program development, community assessment, capacity building, and social justice advocacy to social service professionals. We also provide technical assistance to social service businesses and nonprofits around grant writing, sustainability planning, systems and workflows, policies and procedures, project management, organizational assessments, organizational diversity assessments, & workforce development. Our goal is to join with you to make the world a better place.