The Community Investment Model (TM)
The Community Investment Model can help you make intelligent strategic decisions about investing in community projects. The Model includes 22 questions which enable the decision making team to specify and clarify the purpose, value proposition, expected return on investment, and strategic risks inherint in the investment. In the process, organizations develop a common language of community investment which helps to streamline discussion and analysis of investment decisions now and in the future. The Community Investment Model can be especially helpful for equipping boards to become effectively engaged in strategic decision making.
The Community ROI Model (TM)
The Community ROI Model can help you produce programs that deliver a demonstrable return on investment to the community. This is a strategic approach to program design & evaluation which begins by articulating the ROI requirements for each community stakeholder, including clients, partners, investors, and the community at large. Next, every design decision is made with an eye toward optimizing community ROI, and the evaluation Likewise, the evaluation is structured to measure ROI achievement. By keeping community ROI at the center of decision making, The Community ROI Model keeps program leaders focused on optimizing the investment in the program, which sets the stage for long-term sustainability of the program.
The Practical Leadership Model (TM)
The Practical Leadership Model can help you build your leadership capacity without spending a fortune on external leadership development programs. The Practical Leadership Model is a research-based, practice-tested guide to leadership in the nonprofit and community setting. In clear and practical terms, it lays out the fundamentals of organizational leadership, coalition leadership, and collaborative leadership - all from the distinctive perspective of the nonprofit or community leader. The Practical Leadership Model complements virtually all of the major leadership models in widespread use today, and it comes with training and a simple set of tools to help you apply the model in your daily leadership practice.