Collaborative Connections worked with Main Street America to provide training to nearly half of their staff on facilitation tools and techniques and participatory design to support the work they do in community planning across the US.

Collaborative Connections supported Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF) by facilitating three interactive and participatory feedback sessions to gather grantee input on current and potential changes to DCF’s Domestic Violence funding.

Collaborative Connections designed and facilitated co-creation sessions for Thinkinc to gather input and ideas on how Chicagoans representing the arts, environment, and community development sectors could amplify environmental work in Chicago through the arts and placemaking and create clear parameters for a cross-city + collaborative series of art projects.

Collaborative Connections is supporting Riverworks Development Corporation in the creation of a Quality of Life Plan (QLP) for the Harambee neighborhood in Milwaukee. We have supported a steering committee of local organizations and residents and will soon facilitate community engagement sessions to design the QLP.

Collaborative Connections facilitated a participatory strategic plan for Passive House Alliance Chicago for 2021 and beyond.

Collaborative Connections is supporting Multicultural AIDS Coalition through facilitating a participatory strategic plan for 2022 and beyond.

Collaborative Connections provided facilitation to the Advisory Committee of The Fund for Equitable Business Growth to co-create a plan for 2022 and beyond.

Collaborative Connections facilitated long-range planning for End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin. We supported the multi-sector long-range planning committee in creating a community-led and informed long-range plan.

Collaborative Connections facilitated a participatory strategic plan for Angelic Organics Learning Center for 2021 and beyond.

Collaborative Connections supported AMPT Advancing Nonprofits through two different scopes of work. In 2021, we facilitated a session to review their mission, vision, and values. In 2022, we facilitated a participatory strategic plan for the organization with AMPT staff and board.

Collaborative Connections supported Advocates for Urban Agriculture through facilitation and anti-racism training. We facilitated their 2020 organizational strategic plan and subsequently provided anti-racism training to apply anti-racist frameworks to organizational change efforts and their newly created strategic plan.

Collaborative Connections supported Austin Coming Together by facilitating a process to-create a way to implement a unified vision for the North Avenue business corridor with three community entities and community residents.

Collaborative Connections partnered with Meeting Intentions to provide introductory facilitation training to NGA staff.

Collaborative Connections offers public training as part of the ICA’s ToP Trainer network.

Collaborative Connections supported Crossroads, a renowned national anti-racism training organization through facilitation training for their staff, and supported them as they created a more collaborative working environment for their staff.

Collaborative Connections provided facilitation training to staff and leadership of Georgia Tech University’s Office of Undergraduate Education

Collaborative Connections supported Illinois Action for Children by providing facilitation training to staff of their statewide partner, Birth to Five Illinois.