Our Focus
Our Community Works, Inc. co-creates programs designed to enhance the competitive advantage of corporations that understand the value of aligning their core competencies with social issues. The Scotts Company is aligned with community gardening and beautification; Arm & Hammer and the environment; Johnson & Johnson and health care; Scholastic and education. Bryan Thomlison's successes in this field are referenced in a dozen books.
OCW generally works in the community economic development and sustainability fields, but its social-venturing model can be applied to virtually any company and any social issue. Opportunities are limited only by the imagination.
Partnerships are most effective and efficient when …
the company is committed to a long-term strategic alliance with its key stakeholders rather than a short-term promotional flight;
a broad array of diverse stakeholders are invited to join the partnership, offering complementary skills and resources;
the partnership program has the potential to provide a significant, favorable impact on a community or society-at-large;
the partership program is replicable and easily rolled out to additional geographic regions and/or business sectors;
it offers measurable and publishable, favorable impact for all participants.
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