Bring Us to Your Community
The Harwood Institute seeks to forge
relationships with individuals and
organizations that want to pursue an alternate
path in public life and
politics. If you are one of those individuals
or organizations, contact
us.
You may be wrestling with how to authentically
engage people when so
many have retreated from public life; how to
help your community grow
and accelerate its progress; or, what it takes
for you and others to be
trusted and authentic public leaders when
people are so deeply
skeptical of their leaders. Or, you may want to
generate pockets of
change, and successfully spread those pockets;
or, shift the ingrained
negative stories in public life to ones of
genuine self-trust and hope.
Whatever the specific challenge, or combination
of challenges, we want to work with you.
- Who we partner with:
individuals and organizations,
from the single community group, to a
collaborative of organizations,
to national organizations, to groups that are
networks of individuals
and organizations.
- What our partners share in
common: the desire for change and the
willingness to step forward. We call these
change makers, 'public innovators.'
- What we focus on: The Harwood
Institute brings to the
table years of experience and knowledge on the
sensibilities, practices
and tools necessary to understand and address
public challenges in a
way that creates possibility and hope - and
genuine progress (download
the pdf file "Our Intellectual
Capital").
- What form the work takes: typically, our work involves a combination of site visits, ongoing support, and creative workspaces where Institute staff and partners team up to apply our sensibilities, practices, and tools to specific situations. We also customize our Harwood Signature Events for communities where such an approach may be especially powerful.
- What are your aspirations for your
community?
- What challenges do you face in
fulfilling your aspirations?
- What conditions do you need to create in order to move ahead?