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EnglishWhat Consulting and Community Development Services Does Cultural Wisdom Offer?
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Cultural Wisdom™, the practice associated with psychologist Roberto Dansie, PhD, offers consulting and community development services for companies, nonprofits, tribal organizations, and government agencies. The work centers on building resilient communities, training boards and staff, facilitating community meetings, and supporting health and education partnerships. The team also provides five-year strategic planning, community needs assessments, grant writing, and implementation services.
Core Consulting Services
The website groups the consulting offer around a few connected areas:
- Resilient community building — helping communities strengthen their capacity to respond to challenges and sustain their own work.
- Nonprofit board and staff training — training boards and staff, listed as a distinct service line.
- Community meeting facilitation — structured facilitation of community meetings.
- Collaboration with health and education leaders — working alongside leaders in these sectors.
These services are described as available to companies, nonprofits, tribal organizations, and governmental organizations, so the offer is not limited to one sector.
Community Development and Research
Beyond training and facilitation, the team describes community development work aimed at rural, indigenous communities of color and at climate equity. Specific services include:
- Community capacity building
- Community-led, community-based research — research designed and led by the community itself, specifically for rural and indigenous communities of color
- Five-year strategic planning
- Community needs assessments
- Grant writing
- Implementation services
The pairing of planning and implementation is notable: the offer does not stop at a report or a plan, but includes carrying the work through.
Academic-Community Partnerships
The team includes Tessa and Emily Dansie, described as Stanford School of Medicine Health Equity Ambassadors trained by Stanford to build academic-community relationships and to match Stanford researchers with community partners. For organizations that want a research or health-equity partnership with an academic institution, this is the part of the offer to ask about directly.
Cultural Events as a Related Service
Cultural Wisdom also organizes cultural events, such as the Day of the Dead Celebration of Life at Minnesota State University, which Roberto keynotes each year. For events, the team describes help with organizing, social media marketing, community mobilization to attend, and media promotion through web, news, and radio outlets. This sits alongside the consulting work rather than replacing it.
How to Decide Whether This Fits
| If your organization needs… | The relevant service |
|---|---|
| Board or staff development | Nonprofit board and staff training |
| A facilitated community process | Community meeting facilitation |
| A multi-year plan | Five-year strategic planning |
| Evidence for a funder or program | Community needs assessments; grant writing |
| Research led with the community | Community-led, community-based research |
| Help carrying a plan through | Implementation services |
| An academic or health-equity partner | Stanford-trained Health Equity Ambassadors on the team |
| A public cultural event | Cultural event organizing and promotion |
The website does not publish pricing, engagement terms, or a service menu with scope details. Organizations should contact the team to confirm which services fit their sector, timeline, and budget before planning around a specific offering.