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(Approximate Read Time: 2 minutes) In case your Latin is a bit rusty, "Nihil de nobis, sine nobis" translates to "nothing about us, without us." It means that no policy, action, or change should be approved or taken without the full and direct participation of those most affected by it. Yesterday, in the United States, …
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(Approximate Read Time: 2 minutes + pictures!) We had an amazing week in Delray Beach, Florida at the Community Change Experience! We had participants from Hawaii to New York, Alaska to Florida, British Columbia to Quebec. We are awaiting the photographs that were taken by a real professional but, in the meantime, we are sharing …
(Approximate Read Time: 3-minutes) Collective impact is a term and concept that was popularized a decade ago in this 2011 article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review. Since then, it has become a widely adopted theory for describing what large-scale, cross-sector social change looks like. The Tenacious Change Approach plots a journey for how to …
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If you'd like to "wow" a few folks in your world, read on. (3-minute read). This week I got an email from a friend and colleague who has gone through the Getting Started with the Tenacious Change Approach online course. She recently had a chance to try out some of the principles she gleaned from …
Really, I've had it with "buy-in." A couple of days ago I got another email from a company that wants to train me on how to get people to "buy-in" to something. This time it was creating "buy-in" to take surveys. Frankly, I can't think of anything more inhumane and disrespectful than learning how to …
Today the menu is ready, the table is being set, the feast is being prepared, and we are ready to welcome you to Delray Beach and the Community Change Experience.
This past weekend I saw the movie, Don’t Worry Darling, a psychological thriller about a community that was quite “normal” according to a few folks who lived in it. The movie illustrates an important fact about community change: Disruption is normal. What do I mean by this?
Visit the website at Community Change Experience. Updates are added regularly. In September 2016 Dupree Jackson and Tom Klaus were learning group leaders at a Tamarack Institute event in Canada. They met for the first time at a welcome dinner sponsored by Tamarack and had several other opportunities to talk and get acquainted throughout the …
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This past weekend I saw the movie, Don’t Worry Darling, a psychological thriller about a community that was quite “normal” according to a few folks who lived in it. The movie illustrates an important fact about community change: Disruption is normal. What do I mean by this?
Visit the website at Community Change Experience. Updates are added regularly. Book Your Room Before October 3rd to Save! To get a special discounted room rate of $209 (plus tax and fees) for the Community Change Experience, be sure to book your room no later than Monday, October 3. Call the Opal Grand Resort at 866.240.6326 …
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