community engagement services

  • Define your aims

  • Build your capacity

  • Establish partnerships

  • Implement ethical programming

  • Measure impact

I support researchers, organizations, and public programs in their work to build and maintain positive relationships with the communities they serve. We’ll work together to ensure that your process and operations align with your mission, to assess and expand your capacity to achieve your objectives, and to establish mutually beneficial partnerships. Our work together will provide you with the tools and resources to measure and clearly communicate how you are addressing community priorities.

  • Initial Assessment

    • Identify the communities your team intends to serve

    • Assess community needs, resources, and priorities

    • Align program objectives with community priorities 

    • Assess organizational capacity to meet program objectives

  • Outreach & Engagement

    • Plan strategic outreach, recruitment, and public events

    • Identify key stakeholders and community leaders 

    • Utilize tools for meaningful community input, involvement, and representation

    • Distribute accessible informational materials

  • Strategy & tools

    • Establish systems with appropriate metrics to track and communicate progress, impact, and success

    • Develop implementation timelines with contingency planning

    • Facilitate meetings and utilize tools for collaborative decision-making

    • Build team capacity with best practices for DEI and accessibility 

  • Impact evaluation

    • Evaluate the impact of your projects with customized qualitative and quantitative metrics

    • Assess recruitment and retention strategies

    • Review and support team capacity and motivation

    • Integrate community and participant feedback