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Learning About Open Framework Sustainability (OFS)

Open Framework Sustainability

• Introduction to OFS
• How It Works
• Courses Designed Just For You
• Track Structure and Pricing
• Learn More About OFS and Request More Information

How It Works

OFS begins by working with us so together, we can help you get to know your business from the inside out. We perform a detailed sustainability analysis to not only put into numbers where your company currently stands, but also to understand the DNA, if you will, of what makes your business run: its culture and personality, its strength and weaknesses, and its as-of-yet undefined potential. With that understood, the curriculum we propose is designed precisely for your business.

OFS is divided into six sub-groups that branch off of the Three C's. Each track focused on a specific component of sustainability as it applies to the structure and operations of the business, its connections with the local community and environment, and the ways it connects its supply chain to best support its suppliers and clients alike..

Personal	Education	Relationship
Network	Structure	Ecology

Conversation

• Personal (personal sustainability): Direct consultation with a life, business, or personal coach to help you incorporate fundamentals of sustainability into your personal life or the activities in which you participate that affect the health of your business.
  This track connects with Ecology and Education.

• Education (sustainability program): Learning-based consulting about sustainability principles; development of a sustainability program for your organization or company; examination of ways you convey understanding about and awareness of the importance of sustainability principles at  all levels of the organization. This track connects with Personal and Relationship.

Community

• Relationship (relationship-based optimization): Consulting designed to help you optimize your Web site and digital presence, and foster relationships with your online community in a productive, supp ortive manner. Organic  SEO based on a deeper understanding of your business infrastructure (see Structure, below). Training for effective use of  social media, including Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Development of a blogging methodology that ties intoRenewsing.
  This track connects with Education and Network.

• Network (pure networking): Connecting you with real-life networks in your local and regional community. Consulting to help you identify local connection circles that most benefit you, and regional/national/international groups (Green America, B Corporation, ISSA, ZWA, etc.) to propel awareness of your business or organization to a much larger audience. This track connects with Relationship and Structure.

Commerce

• Structure (infrastructural optimization): A detailed assessment of your physical infrastructure, to identify your  operational strengths and weaknesses and develop meaningul metrics to help you understand your current state of sustainability, as well as ways to improve upon it and measure that progress. Consulting via sustainable practices. Information Technology and Web-based tools, including e-commerce and merchant services to improve operational efficiency. This track connects with Network and Ecology. 

• Ecology (community outreach): Corporate social responsibility consulting to help your business or organization connect with your environment and community. Outreach consulting to help you identify community programs from which you could benefit, and vice versa. Examination of local initiatives (such as tree planting or watershed restoration) and ways you can become involved. Ways to select local vendors and clients alike in a manner that creates closed-loop commerce to bring the greatest benefit to your local community. This track connects with Structure and Personal.

 

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