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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. Browse by Client Type or Project Type |
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Branding, Change, Leadership, Learning, Strategy, Technology |
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Boston College
Timeline: Ongoing Robert Leaver is a co-founding partner in Boston College's Leadership for Change program, a post-graduate seminar offered within BC's Winston Center for Leadership & Ethics. Each spring Leadership for Change recruits a learning community of participants who integrate responsible and accountable leadership skills into their workplace. Each cohort of twenty-five working professionals meets for eleven monthly learning modules, workshops, and team meetings starting in September. Participants of Leadership for Change represent several levels of management and different sectors of business and society that include race, ethnicity, culture, age and gender. Such diversity and collaboration of experiences and skills create a microcosm of society and a strong learning community. |
Providence Foundation
In 1992, the Providence Foundation convened a series of workshops to create a vision of Providence in the year 2010. in 2009, Providence Foundation again convened a series of workshop to envision a future Providence. This time, the foundation invited young and emerging leaders to share their thoughts on what Providence could be in 2030. Participants came from large and small businesses, non-profit and advocacy organizations, and from within city government. In late July, the emerging leaders presented their vision document to the Providence Foundation's Board of Directors. The vision was subsequently presented at Pecha Kucha Night: Providence. At present, the visioning process is in transition to become an network that can begin to implement some aspects of the vision. |
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EPSCoR
Timeline: 03/01/09 - 05/01/09 On an annual basis, EPSCoR hosts a Diversity Workshop for a variety of stakeholders to further augment their efforts to attract and retain students of color in the STEM disciplines. Michelle Gonzalez of New Commons was engaged to facilitate the workshop in order to enhance the sustainability of this project. In previous years the Diversity Workshop engaged participants in principles of diversity, but didn't create a plan to further make the diversity initaitve a systemic one. the agenda started with a panel presentation from the following individuals to futher amplify the question of "What is diversity and how do we harness this iniative for our students."
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Strategic Planning- Northeast Sustainable Energy Association Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA)Timeline: Ongoing This professional association is for practitioners who are furthering green and sustainable buildings and communities. In 1994, a design charrette was done to build a new sustainable building for their headquarters. Currently, New Commons is engaged in a strategic planning and a governance process. |
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The Cape Cod Economic Development Council
Timeline: 2008 - 2009 The CCEDC serves the entire Cape. Having facilitated a strategic planning process and drafted a plan in 2003, New Commons was recently re-engaged to facilitate the process of updating the plan. |
Creative Providence: A Cultural Plan for Providence, RI City of Providence, Department of Art, Culture + TourismTimeline: Ongoing Creative Providence Cultural plan will:
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Community Outreach and Social Media Providence College IT DepartmentTimeline: Ongoing
New Commons has helped the PC IT Department develop tools and processes to deliver better Help Desk services to the Providence College user community. Currently, we are working to train student Help Desk workers to facilitate focus group conversations. An ongoing series of focus groups cover a variety of topics including TV on campus and the use and management of email communications between the college and its community. Ultimately, these focus group seek to identify thought-leaders on campus who can contribute to a Student Advisory, providing input on how computing affects their learning and living. |
Strategic Planning - Economic Development Plan RI Dept. of Statewide PlanningTimeline: 2006 - 2008 Today, design and design mindfulness are a critical capabilities and dimensions of planning - especially in relation to the creation of liveable and sustainable economies and built environments. The intention of the Statewide Planning design project is to begin reframing Statewide Planning's approach to economic development policies and planning by understanding and creating design capability within the agency. Following this initial pilot, it is intended to expand the adoption of design into other planning areas including implementation of the Land Use 2025 plan. |
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City of Providence
Timeline: Ongoing This is a citywide, human and technology network for the Mayor of Providence that connects jobs to people, people to jobs, businesses to each other, and to opportunities: Involved with implementation of this initiative through outreach and coordination. |
Timeline: 1996 - 1998 Design and conduct summits on the future economy and quality of life in each of the three Aquidneck Island communities and an integrating summit for the island; developed a dashboard of measurable indicators for sustainability of the Island. |
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