Projects

Selected assignments

I have chosen to focus my work on the non-profit sector because I believe it has the potential to make a real difference. Many of my assignments draw on my expertise as a systemic organisational consultant as well as a campaign strategist.


Nina Thüllen - Empowering Nonprofit Organisations - Greenpeace Europäischer strategischer 3-Jahresplan

European three year Strategic plan

Client

Greenpeace in Europe

Project objective

Development of a 3-year strategic plan for the European Greenpeace Programme.


My role

Design and facilitation of a participatory, integrated planning processes involving the Greenpeace offices in Europe as well as the European governance bodies of the organisation:

  • Process design in consultation with the European Programme Leadership and governance bodies
  • Development of a sensing process to gather broad stakeholder input
  • Management and facilitation of the process steering-group
  • Design and facilitation of related online- and offline-workshops
  • Consultation on the strategic direction and fine tuning of the plan
  • Responsive adaption of the process to new external framework conditions.

Campaign programme for the transformation of the European power sector

Client

Europe Beyond Coal

Project objective

Development of a multi-year strategic campaign framework to transition the European power sector to renewable energy by 2035 and to phase out fossil gas by 2035 in a European non-profit network.


My role

Conceptualisation and co-creative elaboration of a participatory, integrated campaign and organisational development process. Design and facilitation of related interventions:

  • Design of an integrated planning and development architecture
  • Planning of a development process that ensures the integration and participation of the network organisations
  • Design of online and offline workshops and events with up to 150 participants from multiple European countries
  • Facilitation of planning and development workshops for the creation of campaign and communication strategies, tactics and responsive interventions
  • Design of workshops and events with a focus on national and European level; integrating a wide range of topics in a systemic approach
  • Flexible adaptation of the process and meetings to changing conditions and requirements

Annual staff retreat

Auftraggeber

Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air

Projektziel

Strengthen the cohesion and collaboration and deepen the connection in the organisation.


Meine Rolle

Co-creative design of the agenda for the retreat, plan and elaborate the sessions, prepare and facilitate the staff retreat.

Development of a multi-year strategic organisational framework

Auftraggeber

foodwatch International and foodwatch Austria

Projektziel

Safely navigate the team and the organisation foodwatch Austria through a challenging phase of upheaval and self-reinvention.

Enhanced cohesion and productive collaboration within the team.

Development of a strategic organisational framework.


Meine Rolle

  • Team supervision
  • Team development
  • Coaching
  • Design of an organisational strategy development process.
  • Facilitation of a number of related workshops
  • Consultancy on elaboration of organisational strategy
Nina Thüllen | ECI fur campaign action at Mariahilferstrasse in Vienna, Austria.

'How to Campaign at Four Paws' development process

Client

Four Paws International

Project objective

strengthening the global integration, effectiveness and identity of Four Paws campaigns.


My role

design, development and delivery of a participatory, integrated organisational development process:

  • development of sensing questionnaire for broad integration and consultation of national offices and staff
  • processing and condensation of qualitative output of consultation
  • design and facilitation of related workshops on mid and top management levels
  • flexible adaptation of process to changed framework conditions
  • consultation on final product resulting from the process

Development of a multi-annual strategic programme

Client

CEE Bankwatch Network

Project objective

Development of a five-year strategic programme plan that frames the work of the European network of nonprofit organisations and is ‘owned’ by the member organisations.


My role

advising on and designing the strategic planning process and facilitating workshops and events as part of the process:

  • Consultancy on the participatory set up of the planning process
  • Design and flexible adaptation of the architecture of the process
  • Planning of the workshops for the strategic and tactical development of the programme
  • Facilitation of online workshops with up to 50 participants* from 16 member organisations and 14 countries in Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Russia.

Strategic engagement of the movement on the reform the AAQD

Auftraggeber

HEAL

Projektziel

Effective engagement of the NGO movement in the fields of environment, health and science in the strategy to accompany an ambitious reform of the European Union’s Air Quality Directive (AAQD).


Meine Rolle

Developing the strategy to engage the HEAL-coordinated movement for an ambitious reform of the European Union’s Air Quality Directive (AAQD). Design and facilitation of regular meetings for:

  • strategic alignment and coordination of the work
  • exchange of information
  • harvesting of best practices
  • motivation
  • peer counselling
Nina Thüllen - Empowering Nonprofit Organisations - Qualitätssicherung in der Menschenrechtsbildung

Quality assurance in human rights education

Client

Amnesty International, International Secretariat

Project objective

The organisation conducts human rights education programmes worldwide. The introduction of a common quality assurance standard is intended to ensure that these programmes have the desired effect. Part of the project was the establishment of a mutually supportive community of human rights education staff members in the application of the standards. An important goal of the process was to ensure that the standards are supported and implemented in the organization’s offices worldwide.


My role

Design and implementation of a participative process for the co-creative development and introduction of the quality assurance standards in the global human rights education of the organization. Development of the strategy and project plan. Planning and facilitation of various international online workshops for groups of 10 up to 60 people.

Strategy development 'We are fed up!'

Auftraggeber

Meine Landwirtschaft

Projektziel

Development of 3-years-strategy for the network with political and thematic priorities and strategies. Elaboration of tactics and an implementation plan.


Meine Rolle

Design of the strategy development process, planning and facilitation of in-person workshops with participants from up to 40 organisations from diverse backgrounds. Consultancy on the development of the campaign strategy.

Nina Thüllen - Empowering Nonprofit Organisations - Kick off Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)-Kampagne

Kicking off Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) campaign

Client

Ökobüro, Alliance of the Austrian Environmental Movement

Project objective

To support the optimal kick-off of a three-year campaign project, aimed at embedding  the ‘Sustainable Development Goals’ in the Austrian political discourse


My role

Exploration of the status quo and the needs in relation to the campaign design and to team collaboration in dialogue with the client. Design of a development architecture for the start-up phase of the project. Planning and facilitation of two in-person workshops with the project team: one on campaign planning and one to examine: ‘Are we ready for the project?’

Nina Thüllen - Empowering Nonprofit Organisations - European Learning Lab

European Learning Lab

Client

Greenpeace in Europe

Project objective

The intention of this comprehensive, innovative learning programme of the European Greenpeace offices is to strengthen the cohesion, skills and experience of staff for the joint successful implementation of European campaigns.


My role

Project leadership and co-creative development of learning architecture, consisting of four learning strands:

  • ‘Why’ and ‘how to work together in Europe
  • EU campaign training
  • leadership development
  • communities of practice

This also includes development of content and design of the digital and ‘in person’ learning modules and workshops, and acting as trainer and facilitator of the learning units.

Nina Thüllen - Empowering Nonprofit Organisations - Kampagnenprogramm zur Umstellung des europäischen Stromsektors

Network meeting

Client

Europe Beyond Coal

Project objective

Realisation of one-week meetings of the European network with up to 120 participants. One took place online due to the pandemic, one in-person.


My role

Co-creative development, agenda design, consultancy and facilitation of the meetings:

  • Advice on effective planning, preparation and implementation of the (online) event
  • Co-creative development of the agenda for the meetings
  • Elaboration of the sessions
  • Conducting trainings on online-collaboration for the facilitators of the online parallel workshops
  • Advice and sparring on agenda development for (online) parallel workshops
  • Design of interactive presentations and online boards for online plenary sessions
  • Facilitation of plenary and parallel sessions
Nina Thüllen - Empowering Nonprofit Organisations - Moderation des SDG-Forums 2019

Facilitation of SDG-Forum

Client

SDG-Watch Austria. SDG Watch Austria is an association of more than 170 civil society and non-profit organisations that are jointly committed to an ambitious implementation of the Agenda 2030 in Austria.

Project objective

Implementation of the annual forum of member organisations and guests of SDG-Watch Austria with 160 participants, with lectures, panel and panel discussion.


My role

Facilitation of key notes speeches and panel discussions during the plenary of the event.

'Connecting back to nature' training course

Client

Greenpeace in Europe

Project objective

In the context of its European Collaboration, the organisation aims to put nature back at the centre of its work. This experience-based course creates the framework for engaging with the topic of nature at a personal, professional and organisational level.


My role

Preparation, design, development and implementation of the 2,5 month experiential course:

  • Researching and preparing relevant scientific, literary, philosophical, artistic content on the themes of nature and systems theory
  • Development of the architecture of the course, taking into account the following dimensions: online and in-person, individual and interactive in the group, indoors and outdoors in nature as well as individual and in pairs on an online learning platform
  • Design and implementation of the individual modules of the course on the learning platform
  • Planning and facilitation of online workshops and a multi-day in-person workshop