Community Engagement
Do you know what it takes to bring people together? A shared purpose or passion for their community. Community engagement done well has the power to address the needs of like-minded members and facilitate strong collaboration amongst a community’s businesses and people. It’s an opportunity to get people moving with a specific purpose in mind. Community engagement inspires getting behind a movement, standing for something, and building momentum. It creates a channel to educate, create awareness, and ensure people feel like they are part of a collective, and not standing alone on a deserted island.
Through virtual and in-person events, as well as other types of programming, we at Exceptional Business Solutions will work directly with you to identify your audience, collaborators, and vendors needed to create unforgettable moments in your community.
In the past, we have collaborated with
- Project 70Forward: Census awareness and registration via socially distanced events with vendors and caravans in under-counted communities
- Project 70Forward: Voter Registration campaign via socially distanced events, radio and other media assets, with an unprecedented number of first time voters and increase in voting from minorities
- American Express: Neighborhood Champion for Small Business Saturday, creating awareness, marketplace, and entertainment
- Foundation for the Carolinas & Leading on Opportunity: On the Table CLT: Roundtable discussions for the Charlotte community on topics relating to affordable housing and migration.
- ASPIRE Community Capital: ASPIRE Conversations web series created as a result of Black Lives Matter to address systemic injustices in the Black entrepreneur ecosystem in Charlotte, including government officials, business owners, and other community leaders
- Complete information for Justice & Sustainability Associates: Organized community roundtables, information sessions, and cultural ceremonies to cultivate awareness and advocacy of historic events and neighborhood initiatives.
- A host of other fundraising events, workshops, and media campaigns