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COMPANY BROCHURE SPECIALISING IN - SOCIAL RESEARCH POLITICAL ANALYSIS STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT
SPECIALISING IN

                        SOCIAL RESEARCH
                       POLITICAL ANALYSIS
                   STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT
                         AND TRAINING

COMPANY BROCHURE
COMPANY BROCHURE SPECIALISING IN - SOCIAL RESEARCH POLITICAL ANALYSIS STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT
ABOUT US

                                                   Critical    ThinkAR      is   a    consulting    firm
VISION
                                                   specialising in social and policy research,
Make critical thinking a core competence in        political analysis, stakeholder management
boardrooms and organizations across the            and training in critical thinking, for business,
world.                                             governmental           and        non-governmental
                                                   institutions.

MISSION
                                                   Critical ThinkAR is committed to providing
To inspire solutions for societies' pressing       technical       and     academic        knowledge
problems       and   influence   the   world's     production that empowers our clients with
decision-makers through critical thinking.         critical thinking skills and research-based
                                                   insights to deliver the best results for their
                                                   businesses and stakeholders. We produce
VALUES                                             research-based         content       presented     in
                                                   popular and accessible formats such as
Creativity
                                                   booklets, visual presentations, podcast and
Consistency
                                                   video as well as Op-Eds and press articles.
Authenticity
Honesty
                                                   Our   team      is    passionate     about   critical
Openness
                                                   thinking. We encourage and inspire people
Insight
                                                   to question and think critically to help find
Knowledge
                                                   solutions and to be the solution in their own
Collaboration.
                                                   lives, their businesses and organisations.

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COMPANY BROCHURE SPECIALISING IN - SOCIAL RESEARCH POLITICAL ANALYSIS STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT
OUR
EXPERTISE
                                                    She has experience in capacity building and
                                                    training for law enforcement officials, senior
                                                    government officials, members of the media
                                                    and civil society organisations as well as
                                                    youth and students.

                                                    She has also worked in the media space as
                                                    convener of the Sowetan Dialogues and
                                                    opinions editor at Sowetan, one of the largest
                                                    daily newspapers in South Africa. As an
                                                    opinion     columnist    since    2014,   she    has
                                                    provided       analysis on sociopolitical and
                                                    development dynamics in South Africa, Africa
                                                    and globally. She is also a keynote speaker
                                                    and moderator and and an author having
                                                    written chapters and a book, 'The Democratic
                                                    Opportunity:     Does     South     Africa      need
                                                    electoral reform?'. She has been featured on
                                                    radio and television as an expert contributor
                                                    and political analyst.

The firm is built on Nompumelelo Runji's            She   holds    an   MPhil   in    Multidisciplinary
(founder and CEO) strong track record in            Human Rights, a BA (Honours) in Political
political    analysis,        research       and    Science and a BSocSci in Industrial Sociology
communications spanning 14 years.                   and Labour Studies from the University of
                                                    Pretoria.
She    has   worked      in   various    research
capacities at think tanks including the             Nompumelelo leads a team with expertise in
Institute for Security Studies and The Forum        research, analysis, design, marketing and
for Public Dialogue, has lectured themes in         communications.
political science and security studies at the
Department of Political Science at the
University of Pretoria and as programme
manager at the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung SA.

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OUR
SERVICES
                  SOCIAL                                                  STAKEHOLDER
                  RESEARCH                                                MANAGMENT
We collaborate with our clients to design             We       identify     and      document           key
research to achieve their objectives. We              stakeholders, analyse and classify them as
help them gain crucial insights on            their   well as design stakeholder engagement
internal and external environments as well            strategies and approaches. Our offering
as    identifying     strengths,       weaknesses,    includes:
opportunities      and   risks   using    relevant
methods in social and policy research. Our                 Stakeholder mapping
offering includes:                                         Stakeholder analysis and classification
                                                           Stakeholder engagement planning and
     Desktop research                                      execution
     Focus group research                                  Communication materials including
     Surveys and polls                                     booklets, social media posts,
     Needs assessments                                     infographics, blogs
     Baseline studies

                  POLICY                                                    TRAINING
                  ANALYSIS
We provide political analysis and social              We      provide     online   courses      in    critical
commentary        explaining     and     unpacking    thinking     techniques.     We    also        develop
macro and micro environmental dynamics.               tailored       courses       for   teams           and
Our offering includes:                                organisations. Our course offering includes:

     Policy briefs                                         Political and social analysis
     Advisory notes                                        Critical thinking skills for personal
     Presentations                                         mastery
     Interviews                                            Critical thinking skills for effective
     Press articles                                        leadership

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OUR
RECORD

In 2019 and 2020 we provided research                     Enabling civil society participation in
consulting     and    analysis     services     and       provincial and national legislatures.
supported        stakeholder        management            Analysing South Africa's early Covid-19
processes for the following clients:                      response and the pandemic's influence
                                                          on the microenvironment and political,
   Mapungubwe         Institute    for   Strategic        psychosocial and societal dynamics.
   Reflection (MISTRA) a leading African
   think tank.                                         We produced Promise Betrayed: South
   Democracy Works Foundation (DWF) a is               Africa after Two Decades of Democracy, a
   a southern African non-profit company               five-part   documentary   series   appraising
   focused on democracy development in                 South Africa's democracy, with a focus on
   the region.                                         the constitution, nation-building, violence
   Sowetan, one of South Africa's oldest and           and inequality, governance, and youth. This
   leading daily newspapers.                           project was coordinated by our marketing
                                                       head Nolwazi Sibalukhulu.
The issues we covered for our clients
included:                                              Our CEO contributed articles to publications
                                                       including   Sowetan,   Daily   Maverick    and
   Social      compacting        towards      social
                                                       Leadership Magazine.
   cohesion.

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OUR
OFFER

 We can help you gain insights into your
 organisation's      internal      and   external
 environment and understand how these
 impact on your operations, stakeholder
 relations and strategy, using a variety of
 social research methods and cutting edge
 sociopolitical analysis.

 We work with you to map
 and   identify      your    key
 stakeholders as well as
 understand       their   needs,
 influence and expectations
 to ensure the successful
 delivery of your projects
 and programmes.

 We empower you with training in
 critical thinking techniques that       help
 you      sharpen           decision-making,
 enhance problem solving and harness
 your capacity to innovate and adapt in
 any situation.

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