The Co-Creation
Compass
A quick worksheet with 12 questions to help your team plan campaigns with communities—not just about them.
For public health, nonprofit, and community teams building outreach or campaigns.
Print it, fill it out digitally, or use it live in a planning session.
Rushing breaks trust.
When timelines get tight, partnership is often the first thing to shrink. Decisions stay in the core team. Community input becomes “feedback at the end.”
If you’ve ever wondered, Are we co-creating—or just checking a box? This tool helps you find out—while there’s still time to adjust.
You’re not alone.
Most teams want to do this well. The challenge is turning “co-creation” into something practical on real timelines.
We built this worksheet to make partnership clearer, more doable, and easier to talk about as a team.
Three easy steps.
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Download the tool
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Run it in a planning session
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One next step
plus one trust signal.
What’s inside.
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Who’s in the room?
Are the right voices shaping the work?
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Where does power sit?
Who controls budget, timeline, and final calls?
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What are we measuring?
What would trust look like in this campaign?
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What happens after launch?
Credit, follow-through, and staying connected
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Next Steps?
One action, one owner, one date, one trust signal
Leave with a next move.
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Who’s in the room?
Are the right voices shaping the work?
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Where does power sit?
Who controls budget, timeline, and final calls?
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What are we measuring?
What would trust look like in this campaign?
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What happens after launch?
Credit, follow-through, and staying connected
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Next Steps?
One action, one owner, one date, one trust signal