Blogging Support Group

Thursday, 14 January 2010, 0:13 | Category : Coaching, Community
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To keep myself and a friend blogging I thought we would try a blog support group.
Here is how I think it can work.

Create a support group tag.
Gather several others interested. I think the ideal number is less than 7.
Set a personal goal (x per week feels right). Share it on twitter with the group (via [...]

Closing Triangles

Monday, 11 January 2010, 17:32 | Category : Coaching, Community, Leadership
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I think of myself as nurturing networks and communities as well as individuals and organizations. And one strategy I use is network weaving. Network Weaving describes the connection made between two people I know who don’t yet know each other as closing a triangle, because in a network map, this is exactly what it looks [...]

If it were not for….

Monday, 28 December 2009, 16:45 | Category : Community, Leadership
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What created the today you will build your future upon? Fill in the blank: If it weren’t for __ I wouldn’t be/have ___.

This twitter post inspired me to share my gratitude.
If it were not for… my network… I would be or have nearly anything I do have and am.
I can name names [...]

Positive Deviants

Monday, 30 November 2009, 12:25 | Category : Coaching, Community, Social Change, Uncategorized
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I really love this term. It seems to hold contradiction in itself, as our (at least my own) conception of deviants is usually a negative one! To deviate, however, simply means to do differently. So ask the question – where is someone doing something different that has a positive impact? Here is a lovely article [...]

Zero-Sum Games

Tuesday, 3 November 2009, 13:13 | Category : Coaching, Community, Leadership
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Have you ever heard of zero-sum games? How about non-zero sum games? For those of you who have not heard of zero-sum games, allow me to briefly explain and share some links. It comes from political and economic theory, and it means if wins are plusses and losses are negatives, the equation will end up [...]