Community Development Products

Our two flagship community and economic development products are:

• Distilled Collabortive Community Change
• Distilled Community Business Assist

Information on each follows.

Distilled Collaborative Community Change

Do you seek better collaborative community engagement and action?

Many communities have reached the limit of what can be achieved by individuals and organizations operating in isolation. What is required to take them to the next level is collaboration.

This product facilitates that collaboration. Where required, it enables engagement, collaborative conversations and/or collaborative action.

The focus can be ‘whole of community’ issues (eg creating a community vision or strategic plan). Or it can relate more specifically to such things as economic development, prosperity, health, mental health, sustainability, youth, education, or transportation - to mention just some.

At the core of this product is one or more of our extraordinarily powerful, diverse and structured large group community meetings based on leading edge designs and tailored to suit the needs of your community.

Where needed, these meetings are supplemented by surveys, interviews focus groups and online communication. But nothing has anywhere near the power to facilitate community collaboration and change as much as these large group community meetings.

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Distilled Community Business Assist

Do you have a desire to support small business development in your community or professional network?

Small business development represents the heart of economic and business development for many communities and professional associations and networks.

Most communities and professional associations are conscious of the need to support small business but most lack a co-ordinated, collaborative, systematic approach for doing so.
 
In turn, small business owners often feel isolated with only limited support.

This product enables communities and professional associations to develop an agreed plan to help local small businesses succeed using what some regard as the world’s leading edge small business marketing approach, Duct Tape Marketing.

The plan is systematically developed with the input and involvement of all relevant stakeholders.

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