Partners

Connecting people for learning and action

Optimizing the power of planning tools


Affinity Bridge

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Affinity Bridge comprises web designers, designers, theming experts, programmers and project managers who develop tools and technology that support organizations, non-profits and academic research groups with—

  • information sharing
  • work group collaboration
  • workflow
  • effortless online publishing
  • broad and effective community engagement (whether geographically or virtually based).
Affinity Bridge specializes in development using the open-source Drupal tool kit (www.drupal.org) for supporting organizations, non-profits and academic research groups.

Edge Training & Consulting

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For over 20 years, Edge Training & Consulting Ltd. has provided performance consulting to private and not-for profit clients and to federal, provincial, regional and municipal public services. The Knowledge Worker Age is finally in full swing, and truly, radical change is the norm in organizational life. Edge helps organizations achieve their high performance objectives and "walk the talk" of implementing continuous improvement and knowledge management.

Peter Drucker coined the term "knowledge worker" back in 1969. Even then, he said: "To make knowledge work productive will be the great management task of this century...."

This is the essence of all Edge servicesto help staff and managers perform as effectively as possible, develop capabilities and skills, and achieve desired results—and approach all change as an opportunity for their organization.

InterDynamics

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InterDynamics is probably best known for developing world standard methods and software that help organizations control their risk from shiftwork fatigue in safety-critical work like transportation. InterDynamics brings an approach to its Australian, Swedish and North American clients that raises operational awareness and generates a high level of enthusiasm for improvements from both line operations staff and management. It is a leading supplier of decision support tools for—

  • transportation
  • logistics
  • manufacturing
  • human factors applications.
InterDynamics has a strong track record in contributing to operational profitability. It succeeds by means of—

  • close collaboration with organizations
  • well managed professional services
  • highly visual simulation tools for interactive planning and scheduling

The company is based in Brisbane, Australia with a network of consultants and application developers throughout the country and overseas.


Cielo Systems

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Cielo Systems' mission is to catalyze advanced software research and product development for its clients. The firm helps advanced technology companies bring good ideas to market faster, cheaper and better by providing knowledge, expertise and "venture intellectual capital" for emerging projects. Cielo Systems specializes in

  • software research
  • software engineering support
  • software R&D process improvements.
Cielo also provides a full spectrum of services for management, support, and execution of all phases of software development projects.

BMB Consulting Services

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BMB Consulting Services helps organizations improve their management processes and systems to enhance decision-making and program performance, largely in the public sector of Canada and other nations. Since its beginnings in 1992 it has developed seven key practice areas that include—

  • program evaluation
  • cost accounting
  • performance measurement—including executive accountability for shared outcomes
  • the reconciliation of different architectures for reporting within large government departments.

BMB is committed to sharing management best practices, tools and templates to contribute towards capacity building in public sector organizations.

A privately held, Canadian-owned, federally-incorporated management consulting firm, BMB is based in the National Capital Region with associates in many of the major centres across Canada.


Organomics

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An authorized user and reseller of whatIf? applications and decision support tools, Organomics Consulting provides a full range of modeling and database solutions to clients' problems-from quick qualitative analyses and simple integrated datasets to complete custom-built computerized decision support systems.

Besides data analysis, scenario planning and policy analysis, the planning support capabilities of Organomics include—

  • functional plans for municipal and provincial services (transit, health, parks)
  • monitoring plans for growth management and environmental quality
  • cost analysis of complex infrastructure projects

Learning support services range from program design of educational workshops and conferences to websites for communities of practice. The deliverables from environmental management services include:

  • program- and project-level Environmental Impact Statements
  • natural resource management plans
  • energy load forecasts, energy conservation strategies, and recycling plans.


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Rick Page, principal of Page & Associates, has collaboratively developed innovative natural resource management (terrestrial and aquatic systems) within and for governments in the United States and in Canada—British Columbia, Manitoba and Ontario.

A Registered Professional Biologist in the British Columbia College of Applied Biology, Dr. Page is a research associate and scientific advisor on the restoration of endangered species who has published over 40 scientific papers and lectured throughout North America and Europe.

In 1993-94, Dr. Page used advanced technology to develop stakeholder modelling approaches to land use conflicts with the Commission on Resources and Environment, for which he received a national Information Technology Excellence award.

Page &Associates formed in 1997. Recent work has included First Nations negotiations as well as development of government policy on climate change and implementation of forest practices for wildlife habitat protection.


Connective Issue

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Connective Issue is an urban planning and watershed management consulting firm based in Southern California. We specialize in:

  • sustainable land use design for urban revitalization efforts
  • the coordination of water resource infrastructure planning for watershed management needs

Connective Issue identifies local strategies for integrating the natural and man-made components of urban communities.  

Other services include:

  • revising local ordinances to support sustainability goals
  • managing US Army Corps of Engineers feasibility studies
  • facilitating collaborative processes.