Last November, J.W. McConnell Family Foundation President and CEO, Stephen Huddart, gave a talk at MaRS Discovery District that sketched out the emerging path being trail blazed by contemporary foundations. It is a path that is as significant for how it is being created emergently and collaboratively as it is for its destination system changes generating positive social and environmental outcomes.
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I am fortunate to have a reflective practice with friends and colleagues who are thinking about thinking. It didn’t happen over night, it took a few years and this blog is a shout out to Ann McCann, Carol Myles, Kim Cole, Jeanette Laanning, Chris Driedzic, Debbie Hynes and Zack Marshall. Some of you have never met but collectively you all bring richness to my head and heart. I am so grateful.
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In 2011, Paul Born was interviewed by Hildy Gottlieb. The interview was Bringing Community to the Table. This is one of the first interviews I remember of Paul's.
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Last fall I asked an extremely smart woman a question. I asked her to list three ways that she brings integrity into her social change work. The person was Melody Barnes (@MelodyCBarnes) and it was at Tamarack's Collective Impact Summit. Because she took a long pause to answer, I knew something solid was coming. Her honest answer was two-fold: 1. I act on what I want to see and 2. I hire people who have a sense of humor. Act on what I want to see. Act on what I want to see. What does that mean to my work in community?
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I am determined to take my reflective practice to a new level this year. This means becoming alert to the messages that come in subtle and surprising ways. It also means being curious with myself.
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As a facilitator in Nonviolent Communication (NVC), I was excited to join the Inner Activist’s Conscious Use of Power workshop back in November 2014. I wanted to learn new ways to help people become everyday conflict heroes, and I got plenty of inspiration from the workshop’s participants and our facilitators, Gary, Camille, and Natasha.
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