Economic + community development professional services
Confluo Global helps economic and community development organizations strengthen research, prepare for AI, activate effective networks, and build the strategies and skills required to lead in a changing economy.
Why Confluo
Economic and community development organizations are being asked to interpret more information, adopt new tools responsibly, work through broader networks, and deliver results with limited capacity.
Confluo brings senior field experience, research, emerging practice, and professional development together to help teams meet those demands practically.
How Confluo supports the work
Three focused ways to help economic and community development organizations move important work forward.
Capacity
Add experienced leadership, advisory support, and program development capacity without adding a full-time position.
Core services
Strategy
Use evidence, local knowledge, and stakeholder insight to set direction and build programs suited to your community.
Core services
Training
Build the shared understanding, practical skills, and learning resources people need to apply new approaches confidently.
Core services
"We are pursuing a strategy here in Clay County based upon some of your suggestions. Some of the initiatives are a task force to bring a research facility, an angel investor group, and a cooperative event with Kauffman to bring the 1 Million Cups program to the Northland."
"As a result of your last presentation, we decided to get more creative in our outreach to Micro Black businesses. We have partnered with the FDIC and several banks and we are aggressively identifying and outreaching financial literacy training along with loan capital to Black Micro businesses in central Florida."
Research cited by
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
I founded Confluo Global after leading professional development, research, and emerging practices at the International Economic Development Council, the largest professional association for economic developers in the world.
I built this firm for small to mid-sized organizations because that is where I saw the biggest needs at IEDC. Teams doing serious work without the staff or budget to match it.
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