Who Steve Works With

What I might do with you is described here. A full CV is here.  Payment for some services can come in a traditional client-service provider form of contractual engagement. Other times, the engagement is as a project partner peer who is interested in addressing a particular issue or developing an opportunity; goals, actions, and funding strategies are co-developed. And other times a project is defined and money raised from a funder to develop a particular initiative. Sponsors request presentations, papers and other knowledge-sharing.

On-Going

• With GOLDEN I am acting as strategist for community development – communications – collaborative learning.  GOLDEN is an emerging global network of leading research institutes and corporations working to advance corporate sustainability.  
• With Ashoka I am assisting an initiative to create large scale transformation in four fields:  nutrition security, ecosystem services, aggregation and talent. 

2011 Projects

• I advised a team to develop a strategic plan for the Communications in Disaster Affected Communities global network of major government, civil society and private sector agencies.  

• As part of my on-going participation with The Change Alliance to develop a global network of change practitioners, I co-developed a workshop on multi-stakeholder processes for systemic change in The Netherlands.   

• For the International Land Coalition, I co-lead an assessment for their 2007-10 work and contributed to their next strategic plan.  Read more here. 

• With the staff of the Global Compact, I led a workshop to investigate application of core Global Action Network frameworks and tools to support further strategic development.  Read more here.

• I also developed a paper for the Compact for their use to explain their strategy and organizational distinctiveness as a GAN. 

• As part of a team working with Renew Boston, I developed maps and led a workshop discussion with them to support the climate change initiative’s development.  

• In Toronto provided a keynote presentation and strategic guidance to a meeting of representatives of laboratories involved with food testing, to support development of an Integrated Canadian Laboratory Network (ICLN).
• I provided a workshop webinar to the Network of Network Funders, on the topic of power issues in networks. 

Earlier Projects were with:

• Association of Social Network Analysts
• Boston College
• BPD for Water and Sanitation
• Business for Social Responsibility
• CIVICUS
• European Conference for Community Psychology
• Ford Foundation
• Forest Stewardship Council
• GHK International
• Global AIDS Alliance
• Global Finance Initiative
• Global Knowledge Partnership
• Global Reporting Initiative
• Global Water Partnership
• Harvard International Development Conference
• Humanity United
• International Bridges to Justice
• International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development
• International Youth Foundation
• International Development Research Centre
• International Association for Business and Society
• iScale
• MacArthur Foundation
• Marc Lindenberg Center for Humanitarian Action, International Development and Global Citizenship
• Metanoia Fund
• Mott Foundation
• Mvula Trust
• National Community Reinvestment Coalition
• Omidyar Network
• Oxfam America
• Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences
• Strategy-Structure-Governance Community of Practice
• Synergos
• The Access Initiative (TAI)
• UN – Department of Economic and Social Affairs
• USAID
• University of Utrecht
• Vancouver City Savings
• World Bank
• World Resources Institute
• Youth, Enterprise and Sustainability (YES)