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On the Art of Gathering
My love of facilitating is closely matched by a love of making other gatherings in life meaningful. Hosting a great birthday party or dinner soirée can bring a deep level of satisfaction, just as...
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Designing Great Virtual Gatherings
Interconnected circles For many of us, this past year wrought havoc on the way we work. Seemingly overnight, I went from leading roomfuls though daylong convenings – replete with cool hands-on design...
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Anatomy of an awesome meeting
image of a backbone I was recently invited by Zero to Five Missoula to spend time with 20 community builders – people who believe that we can and will solve big problems when we have a good approach,...
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Flow like a river
abstract background autumns water flows in the river I am often asked to help clients sequence their collaborative work. We identify a need, we get the right people in the room… then what? That’s...
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The Butterfly Effect
image of a butterfly with the world on her wings We now enter a season that holds within it an invitation for gratitude. Yet in our troubling times, it can seem too great a task to appreciate the gift...
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On the Art of (Re)Gathering
This blog originally appeared on the Collective Impact Forum. Bee and orange flower As any collective impact practitioner knows, our work involves meetings. A lot of meetings. We gather colleagues,...
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Building a Culture of Wellbeing
Note: This blog is inspired by a workshop designed for nonprofit leaders during the Montana Nonprofit Association 2022 annual conference. Pasque flower at dawn How might we compose a life that is...
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Living the question
On deepening collaboration through powerful questions Remington & toy tiger on a wooded trail I’m just home from visiting my daughters at college in western Washington. Over walks and coffee, I...
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This blog originally was publishing by the Collective Impact Forum. In our increasingly complex world, we often look to guides to help us interpret and synthesize our experiences. These guides can be...
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Fostering resiliency in collective impact
By Deb Halliday & Melissa Passarelli The adage, “You can never step in the same river twice,” is a good reminder to collective impact practitioners who strive for systems-level change. Systems...
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Calling Forth the Light
This blog is inspired by a Well-Being for All webinar co-hosted by CoCreative and the Academy for Systems Change. What does the future of our collective well-being look like, and in what ways is it...
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