How do you build a “stonger” community?
Here is our logic and philosophy.
What is a community?
A community is a collection of individual people and when brought together, they form something bigger than themselves.
Thinking Individual (human-centred design): From Flow’s perspective, the answer to the question of how to build a stronger community is done in part by trying to create an environment in which individual people can access programs, services, products and people they need to in order to better themselves (whatever that looks like for each person). In turn, when those people bring themselves to the collective, the collective gets stronger. This idea is not just for people in need or in crisis, this is true for all of us.
Thinking Whole (systems thinking): A stronger community is also built in part by zooming out and looking at the environment in its totality. What are the strengths of the community? Where are there opportunities for improvement? Where are there opportunities for new collaborations and partnerships that can be built? Flow looks at the bigger picture of how all the mechanisms in our social landscape interplay and identifies new collaborative relationships that reduce overlap and improve coordination, so the community can serve people better.
Meet The Team
Addison Docherty
Executive Director/Founder – Consultant
Since joining the workforce just under a decade ago, Addison has directed his time and energy into understanding the complexities of solving social issues. Addison has a targeted interest in understanding how can we, as a community, best organize ourselves in order to address and solve social issues effectively and with greater efficiency. As the Executive Director of Flow, he has developed a multi-faceted skill set, and has specific expertise in social/community engagement, research, community action & mobilization, strategic relationship and partnership development, and creative/innovative problem solving.
Addison has worked effectively with community partners and stakeholders across disciplines, mandates and sectors in order to mobilize groups towards common goals. These stakeholder groups include non-profits, private sector, and the three orders of government and include individuals from front-line to executive levels.
Rochelle Berenyi (Photo Coming Soon)
Part-Time Jr. Consultant
Rochelle was born and raised in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. She attended the University of Regina, graduating from the Paul J. Hill School of Business with a degree in Marketing. Most recently, Rochelle worked at Carmichael Outreach in three roles. First she was Communications, Advocacy and Special Projects Officer, thereafter she was the Director of Development, and lastly filled the role as the Executive Director. Before Carmichael, Rochelle spent time as a Procurement Specialist for the Ministry of Central Services – Procurement Services. Rochelle is currently back at the University of Regina pursuing a second degree in Psychology, while working Part-Time with Flow as a Jr. Consultant.
