Ineffective Mission Statements

Anyone who reads my blog (all 3 of you) know that I'm not a fan of mission statements, vision statements or, worst of all, values statements. They're generally a huge waste of corporate time, are rarely measurable or achievable, and do more to stroke the egos of the business than to inspire anything from the target audience. No one cares what you believe in, aspire to, hope for, want to change, are heading toward or would like to become. People only care about what you can do for them.

With that, I give you a mission statement I found on the internet today. Any idea what these people do?

Collaborating with partners of government, community-based organizations, communities and the private sector, we provide a community engagement and dialogue clearinghouse:

• To provide capacity training and resources to build individual and collective skills and knowledge in small and large-scale engagement and dialogue processes
• To facilitate customized community engagement and dialogue design and facilitation
• To convene community engagement and dialogue processes
• To collect and publish information and best practices of community engagement planning, strategic engagement, organizational renewal and public policy development.