Throughout history, travelers have collaborated in building Cairns: stone monuments to mark the path and collectively navigate new territory.

Like these travelers, we solve problems and tackle the challenges of civic, corporate, cultural and political life in groups. Together, we can do what no one of us can do alone.

Cairns is designed to help those who want to collaborate find each other and navigate the best practices in participation and collaboration.

Use Cairns to

• expand your toolbox with new ideas and technologies
• publicize the results of an organizing effort, a citizen engagement project, a corporate collaboration or any kind of collective action
• connect with those who work and want to work collaboratively
• plan or evaluate a community project, government consultation or business outreach program
• share methods for evaluating your project
• understand how groups accomplish their goals
• compare the tools, methods and lessons learned by others