Harder+Company Community Research
Harder+Company Community Research is dedicated to helping public and social sector leaders learn about their impact and sharpen their strategies to advance social change. They blend sophisticated research methods with real-world insights, conduct rigorous evaluations, guide learning processes, and advise on future strategies using creative, culturally-responsive approaches to community engagement and capacity building. They also incorporate systems thinking and investigative journalism principles to support learning, strategy, and community voice in their work.
Industries
Nr. of Employees
medium (51-250)
Harder+Company Community Research
San Diego, California, United States, North America
Services
Conduct formative evaluations to inform program design and summative evaluations to assess program outcomes and effectiveness for public- and social-sector clients.
Provide evaluation approaches focused on learning and real-time program adaptation to support ongoing improvement and responsiveness to changing contexts.
Advise clients on strategic planning and future-focused strategies to advance program goals and systems change.
Design and facilitate culturally responsive community and family engagement processes, including convenings, peer support models, and outreach strategies to improve participation and program relevance.
Provide training, technical assistance, and supports to strengthen clients' ability to conduct equitable evaluation, organizational learning, and data-informed decision-making.
Develop case studies using investigative journalism and story-based inquiry techniques—hypothesis-setting, diverse sourcing, and iterative analysis—co-created with community stakeholders to surface transferable lessons.
Conduct formative evaluations to inform program design and summative evaluations to assess program outcomes and effectiveness for public- and social-sector clients.
Provide evaluation approaches focused on learning and real-time program adaptation to support ongoing improvement and responsiveness to changing contexts.
Advise clients on strategic planning and future-focused strategies to advance program goals and systems change.
Design and facilitate culturally responsive community and family engagement processes, including convenings, peer support models, and outreach strategies to improve participation and program relevance.
Provide training, technical assistance, and supports to strengthen clients' ability to conduct equitable evaluation, organizational learning, and data-informed decision-making.
Develop case studies using investigative journalism and story-based inquiry techniques—hypothesis-setting, diverse sourcing, and iterative analysis—co-created with community stakeholders to surface transferable lessons.
Expertise Areas
- Program evaluation (formative, summative, developmental)
- Mixed-methods research and qualitative inquiry
- Investigative journalism–informed case study methods
- Systems-thinking in evaluation and systems mapping
Key Technologies
- Video conferencing platforms for research and engagement
- Online survey tools
- Mixed-methods analysis (qualitative + quantitative)
- Story-based inquiry / investigative case study methods