I help climate companies foster communities that drive growth and inform product development.
As a consultant or fractional leader, I will guide and support you and your team through a well-tested creative process.
Together, we’ll design and implement a community strategy, observe and understand its impact, and integrate insights to refine your strategy and optimize results.
Strategies we co-create will have meaningful and measurable impact.
Through the experience, you’ll learn the principles of community-building for businesses.
Ways we can work together:
Consulting
I consult with individuals and teams, guiding them through creative methodologies to design and implement community strategies with meaningful, measurable business impact.
Fractional leadership
I join your company as a part-time member of your team, provide leadership and management of Community teams, programs, and projects, and represent the work I oversee in strategic conversations.
Coaching
I also offer 1:1 coaching for individuals - founders, leaders, solopreneurs, folks in career transitions, etc.
Vibrant communities make blossoming businesses.
Community strategies can impact different areas of business:
Brand-building
Expand and deepen brand awareness, boost brand affinity, build trust with current and prospective customers, ambassador.
• Social proof: word of mouth, testimonials, ambassador programs.
Growth, GTM
Generate qualified leads for sales, partnerships. Convert awareness to acquisition. Grow existing accounts.
• Events, referrals, case studies, distribution channels.
Product
Collect input and integrate insights, to deliver what your customers want/need. Find product-market-fit, gain traction, increase customer happiness.
• Robust, dependable product feedback loops.
Engagement
Facilitate connection, collaboration, and contribution that mutually benefit the company and community members.
• User-generated content, ambassador programs, etc.
Support
Enable, empower, and reward customers for helping each other. Reduce workload for in-house support team, increase customer happiness.
• Documentation, tutorials, tools, discussion forums, etc.
Culture
Fill your talent pipeline with qualified, cultural-add candidates.
Cultivate an ‘internal community’ to nourish organizational culture.
• Recruiting/hiring, employee happiness, retention.
*Inspired by CMX’s SPACES model
Who I work with:
Themes:
Climate, sustainability, social and environmental justice, Native-led,
Startups, scale-ups, pre-IPO, public companies, family-owned small biz
Founders, executives, leaders, ICs, solopreneurs, folks in career transitions
For-profit, non-profit, public benefit corporations
Individuals, teams, departments, companies
Past collaborations:
Client testimonial:
★★★★★
“Tim's personable and approachable nature, coupled with his consistent delivery of actionable insights, has made him an essential part of our journey.”
Alan • Founder @ FlexSpeak
Who we are:
Tim Falls
Founder, Forest for the Trees
I’ve built companies, products, and communities for 15+ years — in high-growth tech companies and slow-growth non-profit organizations. I’ve helped establish worldwide brands, workforces, and customer bases. I’m immersed in the global business ecosystem as an operator, board member, advisor, and mentor.
I love supporting others in their journeys of personal discovery and growth and seeing them thrive in all aspects of life. I'm passionately committed to stewarding a planet that's pleasant and safe for future generations.
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Let’s build together.
To explore how community strategies could impact your business and discuss pricing, let’s chat.
