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Introducing Our New Model: Innovating for Optimal Social Impact
A new and powerful approach aimed at improving organizational
effectiveness for philanthropic, nonprofit and government groups.
We're proud to launch a five-point model called Innovating for Optimal Social Impact,
which enables Community Science to work with organizations where change management
is an ongoing process and finding solutions for complex social problems
is an urgent mission.
 Innovating for Optimal Social Impact improves upon traditional knowledge management and learning organization approaches by emphasizing the goals of innovation and impact.
It borrows from systems theory and models by emphasizing the
how different organizational functions are connected and the necessity of having feedback
loops between the functions. It was developed to help organizations move beyond their typical
"siloed" practices and think and act more systematically and
holistically about innovation.
The model guides organizations to assess and take action in the following five areas... 
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In Print: Strategic Factors for Building Community
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The Five C's: Community, Connections, Control, Cash, & Collective Action First published in 2006, this Community Science publication continues to resonate with capacity building practitioners today. The Austin, TX chapter of the Community Associations Institute highlighted the article on the cover of its Q2 journal. The article describes the strategic factors for stimulating community-wide health
and well-being. It illustrates how each of the Five C's "can be put
together to develop an effective, broad-reaching, and sustainable
community development strategy." To download a copy of the article  |
New Employee Spotlight x2!
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We're proud to welcome Senior Associate Joy Amulya, Ed.D. and Associate Zachary R. Miller, MPA, to the Community Science team! We look forward to their contributions and impact.  Joy
Amulya, Ed.D.is an evaluation, learning, and technical writing
specialist with 20 years of domestic and international experience managing
evaluation and capacity building projects. She has worked in domestic and international settings in the areas of
health, women's development, vulnerable children, HIV/AIDS, education,
immigrant and refugee support, community building, intercultural learning,
technology innovation, and microfinance. Through pioneering research at the Center for Reflective Community
Practice at MIT, she developed tools for learning from practice that
have been widely implemented. View her resume. Mr. Miller is a public administration professional with professional experiences pursuing social change throughout the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. He specializes in nonprofit management and has knowledge of program evaluation, qualitative and quantitative analysis, strategic planning, development, and systems change initiatives research. Resume link here.
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Conferences of Note:
| The Evaluators' Institute, July 12-24, Washington, DC; for information, click here
CADCA's Mid-Year Training Institute, July 26-29, Phoenix, AZ; for information, click here
Health
Literacy 2nd Annual Research Conference, October 18-19, 2010,
Bethesda, MD; for information, click here
BoardSource Leadership Forum, Nov. 10-11, San Francisco; for information, click here
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At Community Science, our group practice of social change professionals is committed to building healthy, just, and equitable communities. Our practice areas include:- Community & Systems Change
- Immigrant Integration
- Innovating for Social Impact
We are dedicated to providing tools that make a difference in communities. This ensures that our work is a true reflection of research turned into real results. Our services include:
- Advisory Services
- Capacity-Building Products and Services
- Initiative Management and Support
- Research and Evaluation Services
Connecting Knowledge with Social Change |
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Out And
About: CS in the Community
Last month, David Chavis was invited to speak at Collaborations in Early Care and Education:
Establishing a Framework for a Research Agenda, sponsored by the Administration for Children and
Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
The purpose of the meeting was to construct a
framework for research and evaluation regarding collaborations in early care
and education.
Dr. Chavis was invited to speak at the session entitled Defining
and Measuring State-Level Collaboration in recognition of his research and evaluation work in this area.
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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
-Margaret Mead
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Community Science's award-winning research and development group helps philanthropic, nonprofit and government organizations use science to build the capacity of communities to innovate and implement solutions to complex social problems. We bring to this work a unique ability to apply the science of community, a participatory and collaborative approach to problem solving, a culturally diverse staff and a commitment to social justice and equity.
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