Life was going along swimmingly. Your kids were growing, fast and healthy. Your partner was action, incorporated. Your parents seemed unusually fit, for folks their age. Then, it happened. Out of the blue, that important person in your life had an accident, a stroke, a calamity… A need had arisen. Or, maybe it didn’t happen […]
Family Caregivers Network and Facilitating a Support Group
Filed Under: Frameworks for collaboration, In my neighbourhood · Tagged: aging, community, facilitation, family, Victoria
Community Kitchens spur Connection, Ideas and Partnership
Last week I led a session at PeopleFocus, an HR conference, focused on collaboration, for credit union professionals. One of the keynote speakers was Tonya Surman, CEO of the Centre for Social Innovation (CSI), Canada’s premier co-working space for social entrepreneurs. Her mention of the CSI ‘Salad Club’, and its role in building a culture of collaboration, and […]
Filed Under: Communication & Relationship Skills, Frameworks for collaboration · Tagged: community, facilitation, food security, innovation, process design, relationships, social innovation
Discover and Story Your Community via YouTube: An example from Uruguay
My mind churned after a fascinating article in Saturday’s Globe and Mail newspaper. A story from Uruguay; on putting a face on the nation, via YouTube; Tiranos Temblad. Hola, YouTube – the new way of learning more; about your place, people, community, brand. And, telling a story. Tiranos Temblad Two artists are documenting the […]
Camp: The Professional Development Format of The Future
When I was kid, many summers would find me at camp. Invariably camp was fun, challenging (new things, new people, different rules…), and always a learning experience. What if today’s “professional development” experience was like camp? MuseumCamp 2014 Nina Simon is Executive Director of the Santa Cruz (California) Museum of Art & History. […]
Filed Under: x, y, z · Tagged: collaboration, community, community connector, conversations, diversity, learning-organization, social innovation, storytelling
10 Ways Cops Support Community-based Collaboration and Justice
A bunch of things triggered this list, no pun intended. Police operate at the intersection of many different civic and community relationships. That position offers them many opportunities to influence and mediate, in collaborative ways. 1. Fewer guns: Many cities/countries (e.g., London/UK) don’t have every police officer carry a firearm. Could most of Toronto’s cops […]
