Interaction Institute for Social Change
Greater Boston
Mission
IISC works for social justice and sustainability. We ignite the power of collaboration by building leadership capacity, fostering connectivity, and facilitating concerted action.
What We Do
IISC provides proces design and facilitation and consulting and training services to a diverse array of clients – including networks and coalitions, nonprofit organizations of all sizes, public sector agencies, schools and school systems, and foundations – in all disciplines of the social sector.
At the core, we practice and teach Facilitative Leadership® , a model rooted in a whole systems approach, shared power and decision making, and collaborative skills. Our work is informed by our commitment to equity and inclusion and enhanced by a deeper analysis and understanding of the role race, class and power play in social transformation
IISC builds collaborative capacity to achieve greater social impact. Our services can be combined and tailored to meet client needs –from individual leadership development to large-scale social change. Specifically,
• Our consulting services guide clients in developing organizational and community change initiatives, strategic and operational plans, inter-agency collaborations, field-building initiatives, and cross-sectoral partnerships. Our work emphasizes diversity, inclusion, racial justice, and other forms of equity and the application of network theory and mapping to the design and facilitation of multi-stakeholder, small- and large-scale social change initiatives.
• Our facilitators design and facilitate retreats and learning experiences, problem solving sessions, high stakes meetings, and public dialogues around issues of social concern.
• Our leadership development programs offer a more expansive learning experience grounded in our core leadership and collaborative methodology.
• Our workshops transfer a broad range of skills including Facilitative Leadership® , designing and facilitating change initiatives, facilitation and collaborative problem solving, and strategic thinking and planning. Workshops are offered on an open enrollment basis and to groups of individuals from our client organizations.
At the core, we practice and teach Facilitative Leadership® , a model rooted in a whole systems approach, shared power and decision making, and collaborative skills. Our work is informed by our commitment to equity and inclusion and enhanced by a deeper analysis and understanding of the role race, class and power play in social transformation
IISC builds collaborative capacity to achieve greater social impact. Our services can be combined and tailored to meet client needs –from individual leadership development to large-scale social change. Specifically,
• Our consulting services guide clients in developing organizational and community change initiatives, strategic and operational plans, inter-agency collaborations, field-building initiatives, and cross-sectoral partnerships. Our work emphasizes diversity, inclusion, racial justice, and other forms of equity and the application of network theory and mapping to the design and facilitation of multi-stakeholder, small- and large-scale social change initiatives.
• Our facilitators design and facilitate retreats and learning experiences, problem solving sessions, high stakes meetings, and public dialogues around issues of social concern.
• Our leadership development programs offer a more expansive learning experience grounded in our core leadership and collaborative methodology.
• Our workshops transfer a broad range of skills including Facilitative Leadership® , designing and facilitating change initiatives, facilitation and collaborative problem solving, and strategic thinking and planning. Workshops are offered on an open enrollment basis and to groups of individuals from our client organizations.
Causes
COMMUNITY AND SERVICE
EDUCATION
I JUST WANT TO DO GOOD