Archive for December, 2009

Reflection - Projection - Inquiry

It’s the end of the year. It’s that one time when reflection is frequent and broad. We all know that reflection is vital to each of us throughout the year and it also matters to the organizations we engage as well as our neighbors, families and the community. It just seems like [...]

[UPDATED] The Year in 3

Thank you for your comments on 2009 - we’ve put them into a wordle to represent visually.  The more often a word was mentioned, the larger it appears in the image below.

We’re curious…
If you were to choose 3 WORDS to describe 2009, what would they be?
This is open — You can come from whichever perspective [...]

Jobs and Civic Engagement

There has been a long-standing claim that in those communities where residents are civically engaged there is a better life as measured by many things including more employment – jobs – economy. It strikes me now that with the national and local economy suffering and with so many people out of work, the impact on [...]