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Reflections: Speaking on Strategy and Community, Winter 2024-25
I’m reflecting on the speaking opportunities this winter—and how one can receive more than one gives when offering to do pro bono engagements.
A Note to Myself: Be Mine in a Changing World
Last year I wrote twice about disasters and I want to come back to the individual disaster that seems to be befalling friends and colleagues in development both international and domestically on behalf of communities.
The Constellation of Ways to Work with People: Community Engagement, Part 1
“Community Engagement” is a phrase used in many ways.
On Strategic Plans and What Happens After
In this article, I’m going to discuss both strategic plans and the implementation that ideally follows, and how to move past the barriers to each of these pieces going well.
Disasters Natural and Economic
In September, hurricane Helene swept through the southeast and hit especially hard some of the mountain areas of the southern Appalachians. We are today looking at hurricane Milton about to batter much of Florida. After the pressing issue of rescuing lives and stabilizing critical services, a further question will be the manner in which rebuilding takes place.
