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Cultivating Community Partnerships and Providing Meaningful Support
Background
Confluence Community is a mission-driven organization focused on building meaningful collaborations that strengthen local communities. Community Partnerships are a cornerstone of this vision, offering opportunities to align with like-minded organizations and creatives in order to amplify our collective impact.
Help us identify and outline potential collaborations with local organizations, businesses, artists, or community groups in your area. The goal is to create supportive community partnerships by proposing a specific engagement opportunity that provides actionable steps forward together.
This "Creative Brief" invites you to become an essential part of shaping Confluence Community’s growth by identifying and outlining potential collaborations and support local community development. Your contributions as a Community Ambassador will serve as an important step toward fostering meaningful connections.
Objectives
Identify one potential collaboration opportunity for Confluence Community with a local business, nonprofit, artist, or group, and outline a simple plan to engage them.
Target Audience
Potential Community Partners include:
Local businesses that are passionate about developing genuine community connections, working with the environment, and/or helping disadvantaged groups.
Nonprofits focused on sustainability, community building, education, helping others, and/or the arts.
Community groups that host events or programs that align with Confluence Community values and interests.
Assignment
Choose a Partner: Pick one organization, business, or community group in your area that aligns with Confluence Community’s mission of building and supporting community initiatives.
Example: A local farmers market, community-focused nonprofit, artist collective, or small business.
Outline a Plan:
In a short document explain:
Why This Partner?: A brief explanation of why this group would be a good fit for collaboration.
Connection Idea: One specific way Confluence Community could collaborate with them.
Example: Hosting an event together, cross-promoting on social media, or co-creating a workshop.
Create an Action Plan: A brief example of how to start the conversation by drafting a simple and engaging proposal.
Deliverables
Partner Identification:
Name and description of potential partner (e.g., mission, activities, or services).
Why this partner is a good fit for Confluence Community’s goals.
Collaboration Concept:
One specific idea for how Confluence Community could engage with this partner.
Actionable Step:
Create a clear, simple starting point for initiating the partnership by designing a ONE to TWO PAGE proposal.
Tone and Style
Approachable, friendly, and collaborative. Reflect Confluence Community’s welcoming and supportive mission in your outreach approach.
Timeline
Allow for thoughtful consideration of potential partners and ideas, we recommend spending less than 30 days developing your proposal.
Evaluation Criteria
Relevance of the chosen partner to Confluence Community’s mission.
Creativity and feasibility of the proposed collaboration idea.
Clarity and simplicity of the first action step.
Submission Process
Format: Provide your brief as a PDF or Shared Canva Link.
Send To: Upload your submission here, or email us at ConfluenceCommunityHQ@gmail.com
Next Steps: After reviewing your proposal, we’ll meet to discuss your ideas, refine the plan, and explore how we can take the next steps for cultivating the proposed community partnership together.
How This Benefits You
Creative Ownership: Showcase your vision and ideas for creative collaboration opportunities, building your leadership, project management, design, and communication skills.
Strategic Thinking: Strengthen your ability to identify opportunities and develop actionable plans that can be implemented to uplift local communities.
Professional Growth: Develop insights into community engagement and collaboration strategies with mentorship and guidance from the Confluence Community support network.
Ambassador Advancement: This opportunity introduces you to Confluence Community’s operational priorities, helping you step confidently into a role, and work on a project that you are passionate about.
Existing Projects & Collections to use for Inspiration
Confluence Community has developed several initiatives and collections that you can explore for inspiration. These include:
The Basic Bee Collection: A community-driven ecommerce initiative that includes educational content, and products aimed to raise awareness about bees, conscious consumerism, and support sustainable practices. We would love to collaborate with artists to create more designs and product lines, support local sustainable print-on-demand businesses, foster relationships with organizations that help essential pollinators, give back to bees, and so much more! We have a Brand Ambassador program ready to go for encouraging others to share these products, information, photos, and ideas for cultivating a community of bee lovers on a mission to plant seeds of change.
The Garden District Collection: A neighborhood-focused initiative that helps utilize green spaces in neighborhoods and public areas to make them more beneficial for both people and pollinators. Advocating for sustainable gardening practices, and community engagement through hands-on gardening experiences and community events. We would love to see a Garden District in your neighborhood, and encourage people to spread the word about the importance of wildlife habitats, native plants, and sustainable gardening practices. Wherever you live, you can advocate for more connected and eco-conscious communities!
The Mini Collection: A curated framework of smaller projects and collaborations designed to have a big impact on a small scale. The Mini Collection helps local markets, vendors, photographers, designers, and community event planners, by providing essential tools and resources that enable them to build meaningful connections, learn from each other, and grow more intentionally. We offer affordable branding, administrative and technical support, efficient systems and processes, and other useful tools to set them up for success. We would love to build a collaborative team of photographers and designers, help local market hosts improve their vendor sign up processes, and create a supportive network of mentorship and collaborative learning. We can all work together to use our strengths to combine resources and reduce the workload for community organized initiatives.
Important Note
At Confluence Community, our primary focus is on building community rather than solely focusing on generating profits. However, it is part of our mission to create economic opportunities and careers for all those involved. Our structure is designed to empower individuals to develop revenue-generating opportunities with the support of Confluence Community's network.
If a project or proposal involves financial contributions or revenue-generating potential, the next steps—after evaluating the viability of the proposal—will include discussing and negotiating a fair compensation strategy. This ensures that those who contribute to building these community partnerships are supported and compensated. We operate on the principle that what you put in is, ideally, what you get out.
Thank you so much for joining us, and working together to discover unique ways that we can collaborate, learn, and support local businesses, initiatives, and projects.