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Two Deep Breaths: A Transformational & Accessible Transition Tool

Two Deep Breaths: A Transformational & Accessible Transition Tool When people ask me how I’m doing these days, my response is typically “Life is Life-ing.” That’s to say: Life is BUSY. Work is BUSY. Family is BUSY. Home is BUSY. The world around us is BUSY, and constantly moving, and, somehow, seems to be moving Read more

July 1, 2025
The Shapes of Our Planning Processes

The Shapes of Our Planning Processes While in college, I had a wise mentor offer her approach to planning any collaborative project. She called it ”The Sideways Diamond.” In “The Sideways Diamond”, you begin on the far left with a singular point of inquiry, or as I like to call it “The Starting Nugget”. Then, Read more

May 8, 2025
Stewarding a Giving Relationship: A Spectrum of Possibility

This is a 3-part series on stewarding a giving relationship between donors and cultural organizers. This blog series is co-created by myself and the brilliant cultural organizer Monét Noelle Marshall. Read more

April 19, 2024
Facilitate Everything: Halloween Edition!

Let me tell you the story of how I used facilitation to bring Halloween back to my neighborhood…. Read more

November 1, 2023
Thumbs Voting: A simple tool for shared decision making

Thumb Voting is a simple approach to consent-based decision making that has everyone quickly respond to a proposal to determine where the group stands as a whole on a topic. Read more

April 28, 2023
Creating Work Plans to Promote Equity

Creating annual work plans can be an effective tool at promoting equity within your organization. Read more

January 25, 2023