Corner Alliance works with government leaders and the communities they serve to set a common course for creating change. Valuable change requires that organizations understand the needs of the community they are trying to affect. The government must engage in an honest conversation about where it and the community stand today, what challenges they face, where each needs to be tomorrow, and why it is important for both to achieve that vision. Once the government and communities arrive at a mutual consensus around these questions, they can develop a strategic plan outlining the specific actions to achieve their goals.

Corner Alliance believes:

• Engaging key community representatives in setting a course fosters long-term support and equips stakeholders to gain broad acceptance for the plan among their colleagues.
  
  
• Involving all levels of an organization in the course-setting process leads to a more effective outcome. Managers and leaders are essential to strategy development, while those who work on the front-line often have a very tangible perspective of the opportunities and challenges.
  
  
• Setting a viable course requires honest conversations. When participants feel comfortable contributing ideas, the final outcome is generally stronger and easier to garner support from a typically diverse community of stakeholders.
  
  
• Aligning resources to support the resulting strategy is essential for success. A successful strategy requires funding, staff, and organizational support to achieve the agreed-upon goals.
  
  
• Identifying short-term achievements that an organization and community can quickly make implement builds momentum to address the longer-term strategy.
  
  

To help clients Set their Course, our services include:

Strategic Planning
Develop a vision, mission, goals, and objectives to transform an organization and/or a community.

Strategic Communications and Outreach
Create and implement plans to help organizations better market programs to their constituencies and build support from key stakeholders.

Facilitation
Bring communities and leaders together to have honest conversations structured to achieve indentified outcomes.

Organizational Planning and Resource Alignment
Help government and communities realistically identify resources and strategically plan accordingly.