Why “Community Kinetics”?
Communities are the foundation of life, co-dependence, and coming together around a common interest. Community Kinetics was founded with the idea that social networks must be in motion in order for a community to be “active” or “alive,” even kinetic.
Who gets food from farm to table?
or water from aquifer to tap?
or energy from sun to lamp?
Whatever life or being enables that action, we depend on them.
Community Kinetics is here to help your organization understand the social networks that keep you in motion. What do each of your unique stakeholders need from you, and what do you need from them? How are people driving your programs, your projects, or even your internal operations? Who makes it happen and what are their unique needs?
“Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.”
Isaac Newton
My services
- Social Network Mapping: Evaluating the strength of existing stakeholder relationships within a community or system via social network mapping
- Social Sustainability: Developing a plan for strengthening stakeholder relationships by tapping into existing networks and resources, rather than creating new ones
- Meeting facilitation: Facilitating topical discussions among individuals from an array of sectors and disciplines
- Workshops: Designing and facilitating engaging problem-solving workshops
- Qualitative data analysis: Cataloguing feedback and processes from stakeholders using shared language that resonates with target audiences
Contact rosie@communitykinetics.com for more information.
Our founder, me!
Hello! My name is Rosie Russell and I am the founder and sole owner of Community Kinetics. I am here to uplift the work of community and organizations, especially those supporting basic needs for our most vulnerable. My expertise is in sustainability, equity, engagement, and planning, so I like to ask the prying big-picture questions, like, what are you trying to sustain and how will you do it?
In my work, I collect and analyze qualitative data (in response to questions like that), empower connections through social network mapping, co-design equitable stakeholder engagement methodologies, and build shared language across multi-disciplinary networks.
I am curious and enjoy learning. About anything really, but mostly intriguing ideas, concepts, and ways of thinking. Which is one reason I earned my B.S. in Sustainable Development from Buena Vista University and my M.S. in Bioproducts & Biosystems Engineering from the University of Minnesota.
I also like taking what I learn and presenting it back in a way that provides a new vantage point to view one’s world. I have over six years of watershed management planning experience; I have co-founded and co-facilitated numerous organizations aiming to support collaboration, systems thinking, and social equity; and I routinely present about my work and research at conferences, universities, and schools. I am open to working almost anywhere, but thoroughly enjoy connecting with people in person, a profound experience!
Email: rosie@communitykinetics.com
Location
Community Kinetics is based in the St. Croix River Valley, a beautiful region that supports a diverse network of plants, animals, people, institutions, and infrastructure.
Water, food, energy, and clean air are consistently threatened by unsustainable, inefficient development, which disproportionately impacts our most vulnerable residents.
I love this region, and am committed to its sustainable prosperity for generations to come.
