January 4, 2021
Planning for Places
As we kick off the New Year, I have been thinking a lot about how we can better plan for things to come. As a planner, I don’t really love
Organization
Badass Your Board Development Workshop
The road to revitalization failure is paved with good intentions. We make the mistake of believing we have to ask less of volunteers in hopes of attracting a larger pool. This is the quickest way to ensure a board built on apathy. Revitalization is the most important thing we can do for our communities and therefore we must demand so much more from our volunteers. We must build a badass board from the best and the brightest. We must become a community of do’ers. By evaluating board roles and responsibilities and developing a new set of expectations, we will set appropriate standards that meet the high expectation your mission demands.Assistance
Badass Your Board Development Workshop
The road to revitalization failure is paved with good intentions. We make the mistake of believing we have to ask less of volunteers in hopes of attracting a larger pool. This is the quickest way to ensure a board built on apathy. Revitalization is the most important thing we can do for our communities and therefore we must demand so much more from our volunteers. We must build a badass board from the best and the brightest. We must become a community of do’ers. By evaluating board roles and responsibilities and developing a new set of expectations, we will set appropriate standards that meet the high expectation your mission demands.
October 8, 2020
More Meaning and Less Meetings.
NOTHING is more important than the work of community revitalization organizations. Your community will live or die, based on your success. In meeting your organization's mission, you can improve people’s
July 8, 2020
Over-Planning
I rarely know what to call myself, professionally that is. I have a degree in urban planning, which would make me a planner, but I have never spent even one
September 24, 2019
Badass Your Board
It’s a familiar scene, we’ve all been there before…the monotonous monthly board meeting. Dress it up if you like, change the time, try a more relaxed setting, maybe even lure
