CivicLab
CivicLab

Dedicated to advancing the pracitce of civic collaboration

Dedicated to advancing the pracitce of civic collaborationDedicated to advancing the pracitce of civic collaborationDedicated to advancing the pracitce of civic collaboration

Dedicated to advancing the pracitce of civic collaboration

Dedicated to advancing the pracitce of civic collaborationDedicated to advancing the pracitce of civic collaborationDedicated to advancing the pracitce of civic collaboration

CivicLab Initiatives

Systems Leadership Academy

Unlocking Insights Through Data

Unlocking Insights Through Data

The Systems Leadership Academy teaches systems-building principles, shares concrete examples of the ideas in action, and provides a space to practice systems-building tools and frameworks. 

Unlocking Insights Through Data

Unlocking Insights Through Data

Unlocking Insights Through Data

Let CivicLab help your organization make sense of complex community challenges by combining qualitative storytelling with quanitative data through collecting and analyzing micro-narratives from people's experiences. 

Talent Hubs

Unlocking Insights Through Data

National Talent Network

Talent Hubs are designated exemplars that stand out for their efforts to ensure that residents of all backgrounds receive education and training after high school. 

National Talent Network

Building Rural Community Systems

National Talent Network

Cross-sector partnerships around the country are tackling systemic issues to connect learning to economic opportunity.  While unique to their own region, together they form the National Talent Network.  

Building Rural Community Systems

Building Rural Community Systems

Building Rural Community Systems

Building Rural Community Systems is a national initiative with ten rural communities to rethink and revitalize their communities by strengthening rural higher education and employment systems. 

About CivicLab

Building Rural Community Systems

Building Rural Community Systems

CivicLab is a nonprofit institute dedicated to advancing the practice of civic collaboration. Learn more about CivicLab and what makes our approach unique.

CivicLab is a nonprofit institute dedicated to advancing the practice of civic collaboration. CivicLab’s approach is to learn what makes community collaboration work at its best, document these discoveries, and teach and share the practices broadly. We teach collaborative community teams how to better approach complex social problems by redesigning the way they work together. Since our founding in 2012, we have partnered with and served more than 350 communities across the country and have trained more than 17,000 leaders and community stakeholders.


It’s important to know that we do not consider ourselves to be experts or consultants. Like many of you, we are practitioners, having formed and led many cross-sector collaboratives and initiatives focused on social challenges at the community, regional, and state levels. The approach we take to our work is both unique and proven. We believe in one guiding idea: When it comes to community collaboration, the process is the product.

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