business tools
Creating Communities has designed and developed a range of business tools to achieve the outcomes that our clients seek.
Research and consultation
Community audits
Consultation strategies and reports
Focus groups
Visioning
Community inventories
Community surveys/questionnaires
Wellbeing benchmarking
Project evaluation/assessment tools
Open/information days
Briefings/workshops/meetings
Strategic planning, organisational development and policy
Community development strategic plans
Corporate strategic plans
Community action plans
Community development charters/frameworks
Stakeholder management plans
Risk assessment/audits
Workshops/conferences/round-table forums
Community governance plans
Program plans (e.g. art projects, youth projects, environment projects)
Reference/focus groups
Partner agreements/ Memorandum of Understandings
Approval applications
Structure plans
Sustainability plans
Policy frameworks
Terms of Reference
Communications, marketing and media
Communication/public information programs
Stakeholder communication
Newsletters
Public relations activities
Publications
Media plans
Logo design
Marketing collateral
Media releases/ media statements
Film documentaries
Industry award submissions
Grant/funding applications
Sponsorship/grant programs
Advertising campaigns
Community services and facility directories
Welcome kits/packs
Information fact sheets
Public information phone lines
Community engagement and building social capital
Training modules – events, newsletters, community associations
Resident Association health check
Public speaking engagements
Training workshops/seminars
Briefings/workshops/meetings
Mentorship programs
Organisation constitutions
Reference/working groups
Facilities planning and management
Strategic community infrastructure plans
Facilities needs analysis/infrastructure audits
Facility concept plans and concept design briefs
Residents/user group surveys
Operating budgets
Capital funding strategies
Preliminary capital cost estimates
Feasibility studies
Management structures/business plans
Provision agreements
Public open space analysis, audits, plans
Estate management models
Memorandum of Understandings
Infrastructure funding/grant applications
Reference/working groups
Events, activities and programs
Community celebration events/activities
Estate marketing events
Welcome events/functions for residents
Purchaser information forums
Client hospitality functions
Arts/cultural projects
Sport and recreation programs
Youth participation/development initiatives
Environmental initiatives
Business, economic and employment generation
Local employment/economic development strategies
Reference groups
Business associations/networks
Local business/trade directories
Business development forums
