Sector: Social Change
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The Art of Online Hosting: From PowerPoint to Powerful
Based on our experience in hosting online events — ranging from a train-the-trainer webinar for 12 to a public forum on enlightened business practice…
Opening Space for Virtual Global Collaboration
on Saturday, May 9, 2009, approximately 50 people from around the world logged into a Skype Chat for the opening session of a virtual…
In the Shadow of Windmills
Walking toward the end of the peninsula, it is hard to miss Hull Wind 1: a 200-foot-tall light gray tower, its three sword-like blades…
Sharing the Bounty, Stewarding the Planet: Systems Thinking for Emerging Leaders
To grapple with the complexity of current challenges, leaders today need training in a variety of sophisticated tools and methodologies. To that end, Sustainability…
Action-to-Outcome Mapping: Testing Strategy with Systems Thinking
In the “classic” systems thinking approach, a group uses mapping and modeling to help explain an important behavior over time. While we occasionally encounter…
Collective Leadership: A Process for Dialogue-Based Profound Change
One afternoon in May 1992, a teenage boy walked into Morning Star Baptist Church in Boston, MA, to attend a classmate’s funeral. Some gang…
Small Company Big Impact! Powerfully Engaging Your Employees to Change the World
How can a small company create the focus and capabilities to have a significant impact in the world? Three years ago, McCarroll Marketing, a…
Systemic Board Governance: Creating Virtuous Cycles of Impact
During these difficult times, nonprofit organizations often provide the backbone to many communities, offering a much-needed safety net for those in need. Behind the…
Mobilizing a Values-Based Culture in a Nonprofit Setting
In 2008, two mature domestic abuse agencies merged to form Emerge! Center Against Domestic Abuse in Tucson, Arizona. The Emerge! staff and board envisioned…
Professional Development for Teachers: A Systemic Makeover
Nine years ago, I became executive director of the Texas Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD). This nonprofit organization has a compelling mission:…