Catalyzing the power of collaboration to grow personal, group, and community potential. Restoring bonds of kinship so communities can heal, create, and learn.

New England, USA
Joined March 2011
“Listening is something we really have to practice. Our everyday spaces are not set up for listening.” – Krista Tippett
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Most large conferences & "all staff" days treat their audience as "consumers" to be talked at when they have a room full of potential co-creators with amazing talents and gifts. Is it possible to design large gatherings in a more relational way? How can we light candles rather than fill buckets? @pforti suggests 5 ways: 1) Small sessions lead by participants 2) Create fractal groups 3) Slow down the rhythm of the meeting 4) Assign people to be connectors 5) Design for the non-default medium.com/together-institut…. Quote in graphic: @ndcollaborative
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We are delighted to share a new #podcast hosted by @ndcollaborative, longtime @GRTLeadership friend and partner. “Living Love” is all about how healthy communities and relationships can bring out the best in people and change destructive patterns. ❤️‍🩹
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What a joy to explore kinship and other deep nuances of facilitation with Beth Tener, @ndcollaborative, in this month's Human to Human Podcast. Enjoy. humantohuman.podbean.com/e/b…
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I loved this podcast conversation on how to heal communities deeply divided, invite & encourage people's #leadership especially women, and allow people to find answers themselves. Libby Hoffman of @CatalystforPeace kinshiphub.net/activating-th…
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I loved this podcast conversation on how to heal communities deeply divided, invite & encourage people's #leadership especially women, and allow people to find answers themselves. Libby Hoffman of @CatalystforPeace kinshiphub.net/activating-th…
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A powerful new visual of the famous Desmond Tutu quote, created by @Juliet_Young1: ‘We need to stop just pulling people out of the river. Some of us need to go upstream and find out why they are falling in’.
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I love this 👇
When people ask me what I mean about wanting mutual aid a lot more than I want more self-care, this is (part of) what I mean:
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Denmark's public transit agency has made the greatest transit advertisement of all time. No notes. (Din Offentlige Transport)
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This is an appalling chart. Half the people in the US only hold 2% of the wealth.
New CBO report: The poorest *half* of America -- ~150 million people -- hold only *2 percent* of the country's total wealth Wealth of top 10 percent has grown markedly since 1989 That tiny little line at the bottom of this chart is half the country
“In life when one door closes another always opens, but the hallways are a bitch.” - Ronnie Kaye
These challenging times call for challenging our own limiting assumptions. This workshop explores how questions can open up our thinking & pathways for action: kinshiphub.net/events/sessio… #artofhosting #facilitate
The high-froth sensationalism that increases makes media "sellable" is purposely context-less. Removal of context=increase of controversy=compelling. This is an effective method of fueling polarisation & pitting people against each other who might otherwise be inclined to unite.
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Yes: "We understand reality better if we think of it in terms of interactions, not individuals. We, as individuals, exist thanks to the interactions we are involved in" theguardian.com/books/2022/s…
This is so cool
At this point I have nothing to say. The #BikeBus is it!! 150 kids which is 27% of students at Alameda Elementary participated today. I am speechless.
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Example of participatory #philanthropy - 20 people under age 35 design grant round for community funding, via @VBSR vbsr.org/news-item/vermont-c…