We can develop tools, programs, and games for you: The TESA Collective (The Toolbox for Education and Social Action) works with organizations and groups to build tools, games, and programs for their cause. Our clients include small community groups, national nonprofits, movement builders, city governments, companies with missions, and more.
If you want to work with us, send us an email: contact AT tesacolllective.com or fill out the contact form below.
Services TESA Offers
- Curriculum and educational tool creation: TESA can collaborate with you to develop an entire educational project from start to finish, no matter how big or small. Read about our work developing curriculum for the city of New York!
- Board and card game creation: TESA has designed and published six board games. We also work with clients to help them create their own games, for organizational trainings or mass distribution. Read about our work developing a board game for The Nature Conservancy for internal use, as well as our work with Jobs with Justice to develop a game for mass distribution!
- Digital and online games: TESA can create digital and online games for your organization and your cause. See how we worked with Planned Parenthood Votes to develop an online game for their organizers and volunteers!
- Update educational programming: Is your educational programing lacking? Could it be more exciting and interactive? We will collaborate with you to upgrade existing curriculum and tools. Read about how we revamped the country’s oldest peace organization’s educational programs for modern times.
- Train-the-Trainers: We can train your staff or leaders to implement powerful, interactive, and dialogue-based education on their own, so your workshops are engaging. Read about our work creating a train-the-trainers for the SCO Family of Services.
- Workshop creation and facilitation: Looking to have workshops designed and facilitated by an outside party? TESA can develop and lead content to meet your goals. Read about how we developed workshops for the International Rescue Committee!
- Online trainings, courses, and tools: We’ve worked with organizations to bring participatory and social justice education online, reaching broader audiences across geographical boundaries. Read about how we developed online trainings for CooperationWorks!
- Education and development services for cooperatives: TESA has collaborated to launch dozens of cooperatives and cooperative education initiatives. Read about how we created a cooperative academy for the incarcerated population in Western Massachusetts.
- And more: We’ve collaborated with groups to produce creative and powerful educational tools specifically suited to their missions, ranging from documentaries to handbooks, conference planning, and beyond. View our project highlights here!
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Testimonials
“TESA was fantastic to work with. They brought a spirit of collaboration, creativity, and a wealth of experience to the entire game development process. We would recommend TESA to anyone thinking about creative and innovative ways to use serious games to engage communities.”
– The Nature Conservancy
“TESA was very responsive to our questions and feedback, and flexible with our evolving needs. The final product was professional, engaging, and easy to understand. We would recommend TESA to anyone looking to create innovative and stimulating training programs.”
– NYC Department of Small Business Services
“As a busy non-profit, we were looking for a partner who could take a vague idea for a game and make it come to life. The TESA Collective team did just that. Not only are they affordable, they’re passionate about what they do and they delivered a product beyond our expectations. TESA brought creativity and innovation to our project, while sticking to a tight timeline. We’re beyond excited to continue partnering with the TESA Collective to develop learning tools and games for our network.”
-Planned Parenthood Votes
“TESA is absolutely terrific to work with! I really appreciated their willingness to work in a collaborative fashion. It’s clear they have a great depth of experience and expertise, coupled with good listening skills and sensitivity to the complexity of our trainings. I highly recommend TESA.”
– The Wellspring Collaborative
“Our members were so pleased and impressed with the game TESA created for us! It’s rewarding to see people engage with the game and come up with their own creative ways of using it to start conversations. TESA did a great job of listening to our needs every step of the way.”
– Solidarity Economy St. Louis
“From conception, to design, implementation, and follow-up support, TESA’s approach is professional, collaborative, and well-informed. The results were outstanding, with participants thanking us and remarking on the quality of the program.”
– The Cooperative Development Institute
“TESA was truly a pleasure to work with from start to finish. Before we even began the process, they knew so much about our power analysis and the change we’re trying to effect in the world. That made creating a game with them so much easier. Their creativity knows no bounds, and they even went above and beyond to help strategize how we could best use this game for our own organizing purposes. We look forward to continuing to work with them, as well as recommend them to other partners!”
-Jobs with Justice
“With TESA’s support and guidance, we were able to develop exactly the kind of curriculum we envisioned, and we so appreciated their availability, their can-do attitude and their flexibility. They were wonderful to work with and we were very happy with the outcome.”
– SCO Family of Services
