New Commons: Think, Link, Do

The projects of New Commons can vary in length from a one-time engagement to a continuing relationship. These projects represent New Common's capabilities in urban design, local economies, community engagement, convening and facilitation. The projects presented below are highlights of over 500 consulting projects designed and delivered by New Commons since it began in 1982. The projects listed are recent from the past five-to-ten years, except where we have noted long-term relationships.

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Planning and Organizational Development The QUILT Timeline: Sept 2009 - Dec 2010 The QUILT is the national association of regional IT collaboratives, including our clients OSHEAN, MAGPI and MCNC. We are currently engaged in Phase Two of Planning and Organizational Development. The focus is on planning, organization building and executive leadership development.	Transitioning of Executive Director The Quilt Timeline: Aug 2009 - Dec 2009 The Quilt is the national association of regional IT collaboratives, including our clients OSHEAN, MAGPI and MCNC. The Quilt seeks to be a dynamic forum where leaders from throughout the advanced research and education network community build on the intellectual capital and best practices of network service providers worldwide. In this project, The Quilt, wanted to move forward on several strategic and organizational fronts. The primary focus of this effort was implementation of a strategic action plan to transition to organization from an interim executive director to a permanent hire. Our role was to facilitate, coach and help manage the process.
Governance Model HELIN Library Consortium HELIN, a regional higher education library network, wanted to redesign its governance model and align its committees to the go-forward strategic priorities as outlined its strategic plan. The project built a hybrid goverance model drawn, in part, from these sources: 1. High Performing Governance by New Commons 2. Board Policy Manual by Michigan Library Consortium 3. HELIN Strategic Plan Framework 4. Crafting a Charter to Help People Work in Groups by New Common	Designing a Fresh Vision for the Future HELIN Library Consortium Timeline: 7 months Challenge: Helin wants a fresh design and vision for its future – a clear look forward for the next 10 years. As one board member put it, “The next 25 years will be a lot different than the last 25 years.” “Everything is speeding up; the types of change are changing.” “We plan every year, but it tends to be operational – what we think we can get done.” “And the committee structure operates as it always has without overall integration or alignment with larger goals.” New Commons Delivered: 1) Workroom to share best practices 2) Committee and full board meeting 3) Planning process and facilitation 4) Outcomes report
The Future of Sustainable Tourism in Rhode Island Blackstone Valley Tourism Council Robert Leaver led the cafe conversation in this day long retreat for 100 key leaders and stakeholders. Dowload the report here: http://www.sustainabletourismlab.com/conferencejan.pdf (Note: the PDF is 15.66 MB so it takes some time to download, please be patient.)	Staff Change Process and Strategy United Way of RI Timeline: 3 months On December 4, 2009, New Commons began working with United Way of RI to design a process for all staff to re-engage in the process of change begun some years ago, but put on hold during the move and reorganization. The centerpiece of this process was a day-long retreat held in January. New Commons delivered the following: • Provide guidance on the production of the staff interview summary • Designed the retreat • Facilitated the retreat using a 2-person team of facilitator and visualizer • Integrated the retreat outcomes into a summary report • Debrief meeting with the change team that planned the process
Strategic Plan and Board Development Jeweler's Board of Trade Timeline: 10 months Outcomes desired are: • Creating a strategic plan as a living document • An outline of a yearly planning cycle with a focus in guiding implementation Our process to achieve this was: Ongoing planning with the Board/Executive Committee Collaboration with Executive Director to Produce the Plan Design and execute Staff Planning Workshops: New Commons engaged the staff to develop two elements of the plan: draft conditions analysis and first cut of possible strategic initiatives for considering including in the matrix.	EDC Strategic Planning RI Economic Development Corporation Timeline: 2 months On March 6, 2010, the RIEDC board will finalize “Immediate Priorities Roadmap for Economic Development” in a three hour workshop. The design of the workshop will be based on the February 28, 2010 “Immediate Priorities Roadmap” memorandum prepared by Keith Stokes and submitted to the Governor and the Board. The final Roadmap that emerges from the workshop will be action-oriented and focus on the priorities presented in the memorandum as well as additional contributions from the board. New Commons provided the following: • Planning on the workshop with the RIEDC leadership • Design of the discussion agenda for the workshop • Worked with the RIEDC to determine the format of the final Roadmap • Facilitated the workshop • Produced an integrated draft Roadmap using the RIEDC outline
Advancing the Green Economy RI Economic Development Corporation Timeline: Ongoing New Commons was honored to have been selected to facilitate this crucially important project. The project included two initial phases with the third still in activity. Phase One involved a comprehensive process of multiple stakeholder meetings to develop core input. Foundational work completed at an earlier roundtable event identified four "acceleration initiatives" and New Commons organized and facilitated workshops for each. We also facilitated follow-up sessions that dug deep into areas of overlap, producing a set of "meta-projects" that are currently underway (comprehensive energy strategy, access to capital for green companies, workforce development). Phase Two involved an extensive drafting and editing process to create the actual roadmap, both the summary version and the full, 20-page verion. This included a graphical layout with the addition of some image. Phase Three is currently evolving a network of partners to develop capabilities and take 'ownership' of specific projects.	Member Advisory Meeting MAGPI Timeline: January 2010 - April 2010 Based in part on our ongoing work with OSHEAN here in RI, its counterpart in the Philadelphia region, MAGPI, held its first “Member Advisory Meeting” on March 22, 2010. New Commons produced three deliverables for the meeting: • Define the role of the MAGPI advisory • Assessment of value provided by MAGPI • A visual representation of mutual dependencies and potential collaboration opportunities among the MAGPI member segments

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