Unlocking Community Potential with Accessible Tools and Resources.
At Community Builders Lab, we believe that the potential exists for anyone to have agency, insights and wisdom to build thriving communities.
From years of experience and over many iterations, we have carefully created programs, through facilitated dialogue and immersive sessions, that support individuals and groups to intentionally design their lives and the communities they want. We are now offering these programs digitally so anyone anywhere can have access to this content.
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WHO WE ARE DRIVEN BY
Our Vision & Mission
Vision
To see a world where anyone, anywhere, has the tools, clarity, and confidence to build a thriving community rooted in purpose, equity, and human connection.
Mission
To empower one million community builders by 2030 with accessible tools and resources, enabling them to solve local challenges and cultivate thriving communities worldwide.
Our Courses
Founder
Meet the Founder
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Zione Walker-Nthenda is the founder of Community Builder Lab. She is a lawyer, strategist and speaker who has worked in the community, social justice and government sectors, leading significant reforms focused on young people, families, communities and the law. She brings years of community building experience to the design and delivery of our programs.
Zione is a strategist and contributes across four
domains with various organisations -
An executive within organisations
navigating change.
A coach helping individuals and
organisations plan for success.
An advisory or board member.
A presenter engaged as a speaker,
facilitator, moderator and podcaster.
Real stories. Lasting impact.
What Others Are Saying
Our programs don’t just inform—they transform. Hear from individuals who’ve reconnected with purpose, aligned their actions, and taken meaningful steps toward the life they truly want.
Kate Doe
Student
I received my certificate, and I would like to thank you for your continuous support. The courses were challenging, but my instructors were always there supporting me and ready to help. I enjoyed the classes tremendously.
Jenna Bright
Student
Everything was clear and I am now following the protocol recommended by the school. The entire process has been efficient, smooth and the team has been very responsive throughout.
Nick Dawson
Student
The courses provide good knowledge and the staff is approachable and able to cater to our understanding without any compromise on the standards, regulations and guidelines. I would recommend taking up this course with them as it is a necessity to learn professional skills.
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Register for this one-on-one four-week program for individuals
or our anywhere, anytime 90-minute e-module to design with
clarity, your vision, mission, identify your strengths, skills, goals,
gaps and next steps in a simple template for you to keep and
adapt over time. Through intentional design, we help you craft a
Personal BluePrint for that is effective for your life, work and
leadership. A Personal BluePrint is also useful for project teams
and board members to identify the skills and strengths needed
to solve an organisational or community problem.
E-Module – AUD $197
Register for this one-on-one five-week program for community
organisations or our anywhere, anytime 3-hour e-module to
design your strategic action plan, engagement plan, resourcing
plan, evaluation plan and tools for governance. We provide you
simple templates to develop your plans in the workshops and
adapt over time. This program provides clarity for the
organisation and assurance for funders that your organisation is
robust enough to receive increased funds.
E-Module Only – AUD $997 Coaching - AUD $1997
Register for our one-on-one coaching for community builders
or senior leaders in organisations. Over eight (8) weeks, we work
with you through key change features of your organisation to
guide you from issue diagnosis to an action and results oriented
plan to effectively navigate change. Coaching - AUD $2997
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Register for our bespoke program where we work with you to
design an inclusion program for your organisation to ensure
inclusivity is embedded in the DNA of your organisation.
Registrants will be notified when we launch our new diagnostic
tool to help you assess the inclusivity of your organisation’s
culture. Fee Agreed on Consultation
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