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Why mission should matter to leaders
17 May 2012 1:55 PM | No CommentsDuring my lifetime as a person with a disability it often seems that we are the “canaries in the coal mines,” buffeted by health care, legislative and public policy changes on the state and national level. Organizations like Courage Center help even out the rough...
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High Performance “Festivus”
14 May 2012 7:04 AM | No CommentsAbout a month ago, I attended a four-day “High Performance Leadership and Team Intensive” designed and lead by members of the human performance consulting firm, Performance Unlimited. I have attended too many leadership development workshops, seminars and classes to count and I enjoy learning new...
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Who’s in Your Circle?
08 May 2012 7:14 PM | No CommentsLet’s say you work for a small nonprofit in Minnesota. Let’s also say you focus on environmental and sustainability issues. When you’re looking to expand your network and brush up on skills, sometimes it’s good to be surrounded by other nonprofit folks doing similar work,...
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Community Archive
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Dora Knows: Neighborhoods are the Lifeline for Community
Posted on September 23, 2009 | 5 CommentsCommunity is a word that is used regularly and has many contextual meanings and definitions—an online community, a professional organization, a place where people look out for one another. While I was in college, I experienced, for the first time, a true sense of community.... -
What kind of shoes walk into your meetings?
Posted on September 21, 2009 | 9 CommentsAs director of the Leadership Twin Cities program I enjoy all sorts of presentations on our region. Some focus on community issues, others on our business culture and our economic vitality. Curt Johnson, co-founder of CitiStates Group, is a perennial speaker to this group. He... -
The Importance of History to Community
Posted on September 14, 2009 | 1 CommentHistory, especially oral history, is an important building blocks to culture and community. Until now, disability culture and community didn’t have a lot of history. Recently, I took part in an impressive interview project called “It’s Our Story,” a collaborative effort to record the histories of 1,000... -
Leadership in Action: Community Involvement makes an Impact!
Posted on August 31, 2009 | 4 CommentsI am very excited to have the opportunity to share with you some of my thoughts and join a group of individuals who are already leaders in the Twin Cities community. I have spent the last five years focused on getting involved in the Twin... -
Welcome and Overview!
Posted on August 23, 2009 | No CommentsWelcome to the Leadership and Community collaborative blog. Thanks for stopping by; we are very excited about launching this blog and hope you will join us in this venture. Why would we start another blog? Who has time to read all the blogs that are...
