Our Impact

Through a unique combination of network building, consulting, facilitation, leadership development, and training services, IISC builds the collaborative capacity of organizations, schools, communities, coalitions and social change agents to take collective action for greater social impact. We partner with clients to ensure focused and comprehensive planning, efficient use of time, inclusive decision-making, broad stakeholder involvement, creative thinking, deep learning, and innovative strategies to effectively address complex social and environmental challenges.

Our impact is conveyed through stories of our work describing our remarkable clients and their efforts to achieve change on a variety of issues and at many different levels.

Making Change on Global and National Issues

The Peace and Security Initiative
IISC designed and facilitated a collaborative planning process with activist organizations, scholars, and funders to reframe peace and security issues post 9/11… Full Story

Making Change Across a City

Cherish Every Child Springfield
IISC designed and facilitated a process to focus the community on helping young children thrive, causing a ripple effect of momentum and commitment… Full Story

Making Change at the Neighborhood Level

Making Connections Providence
IISC designed and facilitated a neighborhood-based initiative to strengthen families… Full Story

Making Change at the Organizational Level

Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts (PPLM)
IISC worked with PPLM to develop a unified vision and concrete steps for making the organization a mainstream player around reproductive rights… Full Story

Making Change in School Systems

North Carolina Network
IISC trains North Carolina Network trainers to offer Facilitative Leadership® with the ultimate aim of creating collaborative school cultures for increased student performance… Full Story