Catalyst Co-Labs offers brilliant social innovators, grantmakers and networks proven paths to engage around a challenge or opportunity with global and local networks.
This accelerate new partnerships and ignite solutions to challenges that can scale.
Our Two Approaches
Both approaches can be custom made, done as a one-off, or as part of a series.
1. The Catalyst Co-Lab
Created to address a specific challenge faced by a social entrepreneur, they bring together a diverse group of hand-picked experts from around the world—practitioners, academics, and individuals with lived experience—in two 90-minute Co-Labs. It’s also possible to run a series of these.
These intensive, expert-driven co-creation sessions generate actionable solutions, partnerships, and funding pathways through inventive collaboration.
2. The Catalyst Compass
A one-time, strategic dialogue among carefully selected thought leaders and unlikely allies to address emerging global issues, with the potential to catalyze collaborative action going forward.
Compass Sessions are a situation room shining light on controversial issues that need timely action.
Ways to Apply a Co-Lab and a Compass
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To find new solutions for a specific challenge, moving toward scaling and full impact.
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To unearth existing solutions, to be applied for immediate rollout.
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To prepare for an event, hitting the ground running. Follow up after, keeping the momentum going.
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To gain rapid insights to use in a strategy or programmatic need.
Both Co-Labs & Compasses are designed to drive strategic dialogues and to build partnerships to address unique challenges.
Our Key Capabilities
The Sourcing and Curation of Experts
Any Topic is Possible!
Access to a wide outreach of Organizations, Practitioners, Academics and Individuals with Lived Experience, tackling the challenge from many angles
Leveraging Global Networks: World Economic Forum/Schwab, Catalyst Now, Ashoka, Skoll and many others
Our Proven Methodology
Careful Framing of the Challenge Together with the Host
Custom Made Session Design to Ensure Desired Results
High Level Moderation Team
Engagement & Curation of Trusted Experts Based on Topic and Goals
