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Empowering Communities Through
Skill-Building and Collaboration
Use your skills to tackle real-world challenges
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What Is The Stakeholder's Dilemma?
A pathway that uses the Community On Demand™ card game to help individuals and teams create engaging and effective learning environments for skill development and community impact.
Phase I: Foundation
Start the game by identifying your skills, decision-making process and strategic approach towards solving problems.
Phase II: Application
Next, identify the resources (people, places and things) you will use to collaborate and develop impact solutions with.
Phase III: Mastery
Win the game by implementing the strategies and solutions that generate the highest contribution values to society.
*** Here's How To Play & Win ***
Phase I: Foundation
THE STEAM INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS
Discover how to use the STEAM Investigative Process to navigate the five key phases of your decision-making framework, while building your skills for effective collaboration, strategic decision-making, and impactful outcomes.
The STEAM Investigative Process
(SIP) Roadmap
A step-by-step planning tool that helps you create your personal blueprint for making decisions, taking action, and building solutions.
The Strategist
Mindset
A mind-mapping tool that identifies the natural focus of an individual’s problem-solving approach as they execute each step and align tasks with their mission and goals.
The STEAM Investigative Process
(SIP) Grid
A communication tool that allows teams to efficiently collaborate and share information by streamlining tasks and roles within the SIP framework.
Phase II: Application
THE STAKEHOLDER’S DILEMMA CANVAS MODEL
Use the Stakeholder’s Dilemma Canvas Model to define team roles, align leadership responsibilities, and develop use plans for local community resources as you collaborate with other community stakeholders and map out your Community Involvement Growth Strategy.
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Playlist
11 Videos
STAKEHOLDERS
The Stakeholder’s Dilemma
Canvas Model
Empower community leaders and partners to solve real-world challenges through interactive collaboration.
JEM TEAMS
The Money Guide for Young Entrepreneurs
Guide students on their journey to financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and workforce readiness through structured learning experiences.
INVESTORS
STEAM Education eGift Card Crowdfunding Campaigns
Make a positive impact and enjoy potential returns by supporting educational initiatives and community-driven projects.
Phase III: Mastery
BUILD FOR YOUR FUTURE COMPETITION
Use your skills to implement the strategies created through your research, problem-solving, stakeholder engagement workshops, and Stakeholder’s Dilemma play dates to address and resolve community challenges.
THEMES
Dive Into Our Game-Based Learning Themes
Explore immersive learning experiences that develop real-world skills in land design, leadership, agritourism, and supply chain management through engaging, hands-on simulations.
- The ATWOOD Land Design Model
- Build For Your Future
- Agritourism AgVenture Games
- Fresh Bites Supply Chain Management System
SIP CERTIFICATION
Get Certified in STEAM Leadership and Problem Solving
Become a strategic thinker and collaborative problem-solver, equipped with tools to plan, communicate, and lead effectively in STEAM fields.
- The Strategist Mindset
- The SIP Roadmap
- The SIP Grid
SERVICE-LEARNING
Master the Skills You Need to Succeed
Prepare for a successful future by gaining hands-on experiences that build your skills through five unique achievement domains.
- Career Awareness & Exploration
- Innovation & Entrepreneurship
- Workforce Readiness & Personal Branding
- STEAM Career Clusters & Industries
- Leadership, Teamwork & Creative Problem-Solving
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Help Sustain Your Local Economy
Use our learning tools to convert your local economy into a thriving creative economy that empowers all community stakeholders, fosters innovation, and drives community growth through education, finance, business development and entrepreneurship.
- STEM Direct Youth Chamber of Commerce
- NEXT Steps Community Development Financial Institute
- The Pop Shop
- NEXT Steps Small Business Incubator
- NEXT Steps Online Training Academy
testimonials
All over the country, educators, legislators and law enforcement officers are asking, “What are we to do with marginalized and alienated youth in urban areas?”
Community On Demand is the answer!
Community On Demand™ is the best curriculum I think I’ve ever been involved with, and I sure hope you embrace it like I do
Paulding County School District
Through partnerships with City of Refuge (Innovation Hub), StratiPlan, MD Ross Consulting, The NEXT Steps Youth Entrepreneur Program Small Business Incubator, Grove Park Foundation, and NAPA, Veterans Molding Minds is able to offer positive reciprocal relationships while positively impacting our community.
Executive Director, Veterans Molding Minds (nonprofit)
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