Celebrating an Anniversary
Time flies and already I have finished five years of blogging. To celebrate I spent some time reviewing those 85+ posts, adding other ideas that came to mind from that [...]
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Feb 2015
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Jan 2015
Transitioning to a New Year
2014 provided some significant global events and momentum for positive change that we can build on in the new year. Some of these include: • Sustaining emergent movements: 2014 included [...]
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Dec 2014
Reflections at Year’s End
It was a particularly interesting year as I took some ‘sabbatical time’ to travel, read, write and reflect. Traveling is always illuminating, pushing us outside of our comfort zones [...]
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Nov 2014
Learning from Wherever it May Come
In September (Making the Most of Online Events) and November 2013 (Asking the Tough Questions) I participated in a number of conferences and workshops through livestreaming and other online opportunities. [...]
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Nov 2014
A new round of UN Summits
Every now and then I get ‘historically reflective’. A few years ago I did a post on “Back to the Future” (which also has some great discussion in the comments [...]
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Oct 2014
Tools and methods for co-creation in workshops
This post is cross-posted from DIYToolkit where it appeared as a guest post. Earlier this year I worked with Ci2iGlobal, a global group of social entrepreneurs and NGO practitioners, to [...]
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Sep 2014
Perspectives on Engaging with India
India, like the U.S., China, and other similar countries that incorporate a large land mass, contains within it a very diverse population. Thus what applies in some situations my not [...]
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Sep 2014
Making Connections
This week three of the different networks I am part of held symposium/workshops/conferences and a common theme was noticeable in my Twitter stream – the importance of identifying good ideas [...]
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Jul 2014
Inspirational People and Inspirational Teams
I wrote a blog post a few years ago on what I believe makes an inspirational person. Groups of people working together in concert can also make inspirational teams. A [...]
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Jun 2014
The Personal Touch to Global Health
I spent the past week exploring traditional (Eastern) vis a vis Western approaches to healthcare. I most often focus on organizations, but it’s good to focus on, and be reminded [...]