COMPANY BROCHURE SPECIALISING IN - SOCIAL RESEARCH POLITICAL ANALYSIS STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT
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SPECIALISING IN SOCIAL RESEARCH POLITICAL ANALYSIS STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT AND TRAINING COMPANY BROCHURE
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. 0791322257 | info@criticalthinkar.com | www.criticalthinkar.com 1
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. 0791322257 | info@criticalthinkar.com | www.criticalthinkar.com 2
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 0791322257 | info@criticalthinkar.com | www.criticalthinkar.com 3
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. 2 0791322257 | info@criticalthinkar.com | www.criticalthinkar.com 4
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. 0791322257 | info@criticalthinkar.com | www.criticalthinkar.com 5
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