Shared Resources

Civica Initiatives believes in the power of collective action to solve problems and pursue opportunities.

Strategic planning

Facilitating strategic conversations

We create adaptive action plans by:

  • Identifying the key issues we seek to address

  • Assessing the political and policy landscapes

  • Analyzing a community’s strengths, challenges, and opportunities

  • Developing immediate and long-term goals

  • Identifying and facilitating engagement with key stakeholders

  • Creating action plans with specific deliverables

  • Ensuring clear feedback loops

  • Creating frequent adaptive action reviews

  • Identifying lessons learned and shifting strategy as needed

Public affairs

Supporting educational efforts

We refine our messaging and communications by:

  • Identifying the synergy between organizational goals and stakeholder needs

  • Assessing external engagement priorities

  • Commissioning polling and focus groups when needed

  • Improving messaging to stakeholders 

  • Creating fact sheets and impact reports for policy and opinion makers

  • Promoting news coverage by media outlets  

  • Developing social media and advertising campaigns 

Training

Building capacity and sharpening skills

We empower our team by:

  • Reviewing our external engagement needs

  • Assessing current skill and experience levels

  • Providing advocacy and media outreach training

  • Sharing organizational development tools and strategies

  • Facilitating team building  

  • Supporting professional development plans

  • Sponsoring mentorship programs 

  • Providing professional coaching opportunities

Advocacy

Mobilizing stakeholders, engaging key officials

We organize educational and advocacy efforts by: 

  • Identifying key decision makers

  • Aligning messaging and advocacy tactics with that audience

  • Providing information and resources in accessible formats

  • Recruiting and supporting key policy champions

  • Enabling targeted grassroots and grasstops engagement

  • Adapting to rapidly evolving environments

  • Supporting resiliency through achievable goals