http://www.theharwoodinstitute.org Harwood Online Thu, 17 May 2012 6:41:39 CDT en-us http://www.theharwoodinstitute.org/ht/d/ViewBloggerThread/i/33379 http://www.theharwoodinstitute.org/ht/d/ViewBloggerThread/i/33379 Tue, 08 May 2012 10:37:56 CDT Amid all the upheavals throughout the world these days â€" including recent elections in France and Greece, the kick-off of the noisy presidential campaign, and terrorist plots â€" Maurice Sendak, the legendary children’s book author and illustrator, died. With Sendak in mind, I am writing this week with a simple request: tell me your favorite childhood book.nbsp;Perhaps Sendak’s most widely read book is Where the Wild Things Are, which came out in 1963, when I was barely three years old.... ericuus@gmail.com (Rich Harwood) http://www.theharwoodinstitute.org/ht/d/ViewBloggerThread/i/33293 http://www.theharwoodinstitute.org/ht/d/ViewBloggerThread/i/33293 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:32:33 CDT Last week I was in the small town of Corning, N.Y. to give the keynote speech at the United Way of the Southern Tier’s Annual Dinner. The trip reaffirmed my belief that small towns can â€" and should â€" be engines for the kind of change the country yearns for today. But first we must see them as the assets they are.nbsp;Whenever I work with national funders, partners, and others, there’s nearly always a desire to “Go Big” â€" that is, to focus on the largest cities and markets... ericuus@gmail.com (Rich Harwood)