Consulting for Organizations

• Mission, Vision, and Values Clarification
  
• Conflict Management
  
• Strategic Planning
  
• Board of Directors Support
  
• Systems Creation and Support
  
• Organizational Work Planning
  
• Leadership Coaching
  
• Fund Development Planning and Support
  
• Building Inclusive Boards and Staff
  
  

Consulting for Communities

Community Visioning - How do you want your community to develop over the next twenty years? Five years? We help you convene local partners, create an inclusive, united community vision, and action steps to make that vision real.

Linking Communities - You are not alone. We connect communities dealing with similar issues of economic sustainability for peer learning and support.

Community Analysis and Planning - SRDI data analysis tools convene local leaders to better understand and utilize their area’s community–based philanthropy, public funding, and economic options and alternatives.

Topical Skillsbuilding

• Building Strong Organizations
  
• Race and Class in Rural Areas
  
• Building Strong Financial Management
  
• Why Rural Matters
  
• How to Impact Rural Policy
  
• How to Spark Rural Philanthropy
  
• Supporting Grassroots Organizations
  
• Building Cultural Heritage and Tourism
  
• Rural Economic Innovations
  
• Effective Supervision
  
• Building Partnerships and Coalitions
  

How SRDI Support Services are Impacting Leaders and Communities

• “Enjoyed the whole process. Gave us much to think about. Thank you.”
  
• “Excellent session, great data from the Philanthropy Index and good discussion.”
  
• “[SRDI] imparted information and kept the ‘personality’ of the group in mind to encourage collaborative thinking.”
  
• “Good training – the facilitators were knowledgeable, friendly, and approachable. I liked the exercises.”
  

Community Impact

Local Community Leadership Support

• SRDI provided training to farmworker outreach staff on effective supervision.
  
• SRDI helped negotiate a “community benefits agreement” between a housing developer and a small–town neighborhood association.

Local Community Development

• SRDI provided support to a county effort to start a community foundation
  
• SRDI linked communities in GA and TN interested in starting a farmers market.
  

Regional Networks

The SRDI RURAL INNOVATION NETWORK connects rural communities focused on economic sustainability issues for greater peer learning and exchange, access to relevant innovators and innovations, and rural constituent training opportunities. We do this through:

• an on-line community bridging distance (www.ruralnetwork.ning.com)
  
• in-person opportunities for deeper conversation, training, and exchange

National Rural Sessions

We present sessions at relevant regional and national forums and participate in several national partnerships focused on rural issues.