Bring Us Your Idea or Challenge
ABM is a community of decision-makers who foster collaborations for a livable planet. Together, we cultivate opportunities for learning, business, dialogue, partnership, personal growth, and friendship.
Organized into Spheres, ABM brings together Members with shared expertise and interests to exchange knowledge, explore opportunities, and respond collaboratively to support good ideas and address concrete challenges.
Indigenous governments, development corporations, and their departments are invited to bring an idea, opportunity, or challenge to the ABM Sphere with the most relevant expertise. ABM will assemble a group of Members to explore it with you and help you determine how to proceed.
There is no cost to tap into the vast expertise of the ABM Community.
This is not a presentation or a general information session. It is a focused, collaborative conversation designed around your priorities.
You may bring forward anything from an idea still in its dream stage to an existing initiative ready to be strengthened, expanded, or moved forward, or a concrete challenge that needs to be solved.
What Could You Bring Forward?
The possibilities include:
Exploring an early idea and determining whether it may be viable.
Assessing an opportunity before committing significant time or resources.
Strengthening, expanding, or improving an existing initiative.
Identifying barriers that are affecting viability or preventing progress.
Gaining clarity about regulatory requirements.
Exploring grant funding and other sources of financial support.
Identifying opportunities to increase value, generate revenue, or improve outcomes.
Finding partners who may be ready to contribute expertise, share costs, strengthen an offering, or collaborate on implementation or marketing.
Understanding what expertise, relationships, resources, or infrastructure may be required.
Working through a concrete challenge that requires knowledge from different fields.
How It Works
ABM begins by learning about your idea or challenge, the priorities it supports, what you have already explored, and the questions you need answered.
We then identify the most relevant ABM Sphere and assemble a small group of Members whose combined knowledge and experience relate to your circumstances. Together, they participate in a focused mastermind conversation designed around your needs.
During the conversation, you can:
Test and strengthen your idea.
Explore its feasibility.
Identify opportunities, risks, barriers, and missing information.
Receive practical advice and guidance.
Consider funding and grant opportunities.
Clarify regulatory requirements.
Identify potential partners and opportunities for collaboration.
Determine what expertise, relationships, and resources may be required.
Establish realistic next steps.
Decide which ABMers, if any, you would like to explore an ongoing relationship with to help achieve your goals.
The purpose is not to sell you a predetermined solution. It is to bring the right people together around your priorities so you can make informed decisions about what comes next.