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In Rich Harwood's
weekly Redeeming Hope blog
entry, he discusses the important
role that a community's "rhythms" - its stage
of community life - plays in undertaking change
work that will be deep, fundamental, and
long-lasting.
The Harwood Institute
developed the community rhythms framework and
the stages of community life as a way to
understand why some initiatives blossomed in
certain communities but failed to take off the
ground in others. We recognized through our
years of work in communities that
unfortunately, most change efforts are designed
for communities in the "growth" stage, when in
fact, many communities are in a much earlier
stage of community life.
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| Learn how to align your
work to your community's
'rhythms' |
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Although The Harwood
Institute has a detailed methodology for
gauging what we call a community's "stage of
community life," most public innovators already
have a strong sense of what stage their
community is in. The question for them is, "How
do I calibrate my work to be effective, given
my community's stage?"
The Harwood Public
Innovators Lab is designed to help you answer
that question.
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| How one United Way became
a 'Harwood United Way' |
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This week, The Harwood
Institute is featuring Ron Butler, executive
director of the United Way of Genesee County,
Michigan. Ron and his predecessor, Michael K.
Brown (now president of the Capital Area United
Way in East Lansing, Michigan) worked with the
Institute through our Flint initiative to
develop their capacity as a catalytic
organization.
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- We believe in the innate goodness of
individuals and the possibility for
change.
- We seek for people to imagine and act for the public
good so that we can all do the
unfinished work of our communities and the
nation.
- Together, we must create the conditions
for people to tap their potential to make a difference
and join together to build a common future.
- Our aim is to ignite a sense of possibility and
hope in America.
- We must create more
advocates for public life.
Rich
Harwood's
Redeeming
Hope blog
An
authentic voice
for public life
Take a poll this morning,
and most of us will know the Pittsburgh
Steelers won the Super Bowl last night. But
they’re not the only big winner today; no,
the host city of Detroit is perhaps the biggest
winner of all. I can’t recall a city that has
gained so much from hosting a big event.
Read
on...
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