RESEARCH & FACILITATION SERVICES

Strengthen the cooperation your
work depends on

Your group is already doing meaningful work. But even committed people can struggle to work well together when trust, workload, decision-making, participation, or accountability are not supporting the work they are trying to do.

We help you understand those conditions, strengthen what is already working, and decide where change would make the greatest difference.

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Working with ProSocial World

What we do

Focused on your challenge

Coaching
Research
Participatory Action Learning

Meaningful change depends on people being able to build shared purpose, make sound decisions, navigate differences, and follow through together. When those processes become difficult, the causes aren't always obvious — a group may know something isn't working without knowing whether the issue is trust, unclear authority, workload, psychological safety, or a lack of shared direction.

ProSocial World combines research, assessment, participatory action learning, and coaching to make those conditions visible and work with them constructively.

You bring knowledge of your people, purpose, and context. We bring evidence-based tools, systems-thinking processes, and structured participatory inquiry. Together, we develop an approach that fits the challenge you are working on.

Who we work with

Groups whose success depends on cooperation

We work with groups whose success depends on people cooperating across roles, organizations, communities, or areas of expertise. Most are already doing valuable work. They come to us when they want to understand it more clearly and strengthen their capacity to collaborate.

Nonprofits Healthcare services Community organizations Coaching practitioners Coalitions Mission-driven teams

Ways to work with us

A process that fits your context

Our engagements are built around what your group needs: whether that's clearer understanding, stronger collaboration, or sustained learning and adaptation.

Pathway 01

Understand what's shaping your group

See clearly how your group is functioning, where cooperation is strong, and what may be getting in the way.

Best for: baseline assessment, organizational health, planning evidence

Pathway 02

Strengthen how you work together

Use evidence and structured dialogue to improve decision-making, coordination, and how people work through difficult issues.

Best for: teams and coalitions navigating change

Pathway 03

Learn, test, and adapt through action

Investigate a challenge, take informed action, learn from what happens, and adapt with your stakeholders as partners throughout.

Best for: complex challenges requiring sustained learning

How it works

A process that keeps your group in the lead

We begin with your context and end with your group deciding what to do next.

01

Identify context and needs

We listen to your situation, clarify the central question, and explore whether we're the right fit.

02

Design the process together

We identify the right combination of assessment, analysis, and coaching for your context.

03

Build a useful picture

We gather and interpret evidence about the conditions shaping cooperation in your group.

04

Make sense of what you find

Your group participates in interpreting findings: what's working, what's vulnerable, where to focus.

05

Decide what to do next

Practical choices: what to protect, strengthen, redesign, or test next.

Our tools

ProSocial Insights

The assessment and interpretation platform behind our research and coaching work. It brings together evidence about the conditions that sustain cooperation, such as governance practices, trust, workload, psychological needs, participation, shared purpose, and commitment.

Survey assessment

Survey-based assessment

A validated survey measuring the conditions sustaining cooperation in your group. Reports are generated automatically and delivered to individuals and teams, showing how your group is functioning, where your strengths lie, and where support would make the greatest difference.

Discourse analysis

PRISM discourse analysis

Analyzes what people actually say in meetings, governance forums, planning sessions, and collaborative conversations. Reveals the behavioral architecture beneath the surface: how values are enacted, where governance conditions support or constrain cooperation. The output is a developmental forecast with concrete leverage points over a 6–12 month horizon.

Investment

A clear starting point for different levels of engagement

Our services are priced according to scope, complexity, and level of support required. Final scope and pricing are agreed after an initial conversation.

Essentials

$500

Survey-based assessment with automated reporting. A useful starting point for groups seeking a structured picture of the conditions affecting cooperation.

Professional

$1,200–$2,000

Customized survey assessment with a full suite of individual, group, and facilitator reports. Designed for groups that need tailored assessment and a stronger basis for facilitated interpretation or planning.

Research partnership

$8,000–$15,000

A focused research and interpretation engagement that may include PRISM discourse analysis, consultation, mixed-method assessment, and facilitated sensemaking.

Strategic partnership

$30,000–$80,000

An extended partnership combining advanced research, customized assessment, coaching, participatory action research, evaluation, and strategic consultation.

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Start with the challenge you're working on

You don't need to know which survey, method, or service you need. Tell us about your group and what you're trying to accomplish — we'll arrange a 30-minute conversation to explore whether we can help.

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