Turning Complex Challenges into Collective Action
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What We Do
Public Affairs Strategy
Develop policy, legislative, and stakeholder strategies that move priorities forward.
Coalition Building
Bring together business, government, nonprofits, researchers, and community leaders around shared goals.
Strategic Communications
Translate complex issues into messages that resonate with policymakers, media, and the public.
Facilitation & Convening
Design and lead productive conversations that build trust, alignment, and action.
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Our Approach
A Different Kind of Public Affairs Firm
Understand
Research, stakeholder interviews, political landscape analysis, power mapping.
Align
Identify common ground, build coalitions, create shared narratives.
Advance
Support implementation through communications, engagement, policy strategy, and ongoing advising.
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Our Mission
Collective Action Strategies helps organizations build support, influence policy, strengthen coalitions, and create lasting change through public affairs strategy, stakeholder engagement, communications, and facilitation.
About Giovanna
For more than three decades, Giovanna Rossi has worked at the intersection of policy, communications, leadership, and systems change.
She has advised government agencies, nonprofits, foundations, associations, and industry leaders on how to build support for complex initiatives and create lasting impact.
Her work combines public affairs strategy, coalition building, facilitation, communications, and leadership development.
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- 30+ years in public policy and systems change
- Master's in Public Policy, London School of Economics
- Founder, Family Friendly Business Award®
- Producer & Host, The Well Woman Show on NPR
- Trusted by nonprofits, foundations, associations, government agencies, and industry leaders
Good Ideas Don't Change Systems on Their Own
Many organizations have strong research, innovative programs, and dedicated advocates.
What they often lack is:
• Alignment across stakeholders
• A compelling public narrative
• Trusted relationships with decision-makers
• A strategy for moving from research to impact
That's where Collective Action Strategies comes in.
Results & Impacts
Employees Engaged
Employees impacted through workplace policy improvements
Coalitions, task forces, and stakeholder groups facilitated
Policy initiatives supported across health, housing, workforce, and environmental issues
Research to Impact
Research only creates change when it reaches the people who can act on it.
Collective Action Strategies helps researchers, foundations, and institutions:
- Translate findings for policymakers
- Develop communications strategies
- Build stakeholder support
- Convene partners
- Create pathways from evidence to implementation
Selected Client Types
Associations
Housing, healthcare, business, and professional associations.
Foundations
Seeking policy and systems-level impact.
Government Agencies
State and local agencies navigating complex stakeholder environments.
Coalitions
Cross-sector partnerships working toward shared goals.
Success Stories
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Our Office
1234 Divi St. #1000
San Francisco, CA 23514, USA
Contact Us
(235) 235-1351
info@diviinvestment.com
Office Hours
Mon-Fri: 9am - 5pm
Sat-Sun: Closed