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• Feb 2, 2012 Innovation in the Heart of the Rain Forest Last Summer, Rich Harwood and Lisa Flick Wilson were invited by the Odebrecht Foundation to travel to Brazil. On returning to the US, Rich wrote in his blog , that trip left him “with a feeling of immense possibility for that nation and its people.”  Since that visit,...    more...  
• Dec 28, 2011 Harwood to Partner with Brasil's Odebrecht Foundation The Harwood Institute and the Odebrecht Foundation have formed a collaborative partnership to exchange each other’s content and highlight public innovation in the United States and Brazil. Beginning in 2012, Harwood and Odebrecht will highlight stories of public innovators who are stepping...    more...  
• Oct 11, 2011 New Paper Finds Most Change in Communities Comes From Local Opportunity Solutions to the challenges we face don't yet exist and planning alone won't get us there. In communities, states and the nation we need a different mindset, one of innovation. The Aspen Instituteâ��s newest white paper, implementing the Knight Commissionâ��s recommendations, calls...    more...  
• Aug 9, 2011 On the Road - Harwood Summit Highlights Over 50 public and private sector leaders gathered in Manchester Center, VT this weekend for our annual Public Innovators Summit.   Described as, "A time for personal growth and reflection that practically helps you be more effective in your life and job," the Summit had...    more...  
• Jul 29, 2011 Harwood Intentionality Forum Hosted in Battle Creek The message is clear in Michigan – the time to spur true and lasting change is now and the way to do that is to turn outward. Over 100 leaders in the for profit, non profit and public sector gathered yesterday at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation for the Harwood Intentionality Forum – Battle...    more...  
• Mar 29, 2011 Town Hall with Rich and Sec. of Education Duncan United Way Worldwide and Harwood Team up on National Report around Education and Community “The solution needs to be grassroots, the communities have to decide to become involved again.” “Schools do need money, but more importantly they need the time of volunteers to serve as role...    more...  
• Mar 1, 2011 "Focusing on What the Community Does Well" For Project 20/20 chair Talia Champlin, creating change requires groups "to focus on what the community does well." Drawing upon her experience at the Harwood Public Innovators Lab, Champlin is working to identify "pockets of effectiveness that we can nurture and grow," adding, "It's not...    more...  
• Jan 11, 2011 Thoughts from an AARP volunteer on Harwood's Lab This Fall AARP volunteers and staff from 30 communities participated in the Harwood Institute's Public Innovators Lab, which was held at AARP’s Midwest Regional Office in Chicago. Bob Prath a volunteer from California shared his thoughts on the Lab. We would like to share his letter...    more...  
• Dec 14, 2010 Thoughts from Hawaii On Harwood's Lab with AARP In October AARP volunteers and staff from 30 communities participated in the Harwood Institute's Public Innovators Lab, which was held at AARP’s Midwest Regional Office in Chicago. We were touched when we received a letter from Josephine Chang...    more...  
• Dec 7, 2010 Campaign Reflections Michael Mills is a Georgia-based technology executive at Insol, Inc., a civic activist, author and most recently a candidate for Georgia Secretary of State. He is also founder of Georgia Polis ( www.georgiapolis.blogspot.com ), an online community...    more...  
• Nov 23, 2010 Responses from the Attendees of the Intentionality Workshop in New Haven The Intentionality workshop we held last month for the the United Way of Greater New Haven was a huge success. “This is about what it means for organizations to turn outward and embrace common aspirations.” -Jack Healey, CEO of UWGNH. UWGNH encouraged particpants to blog about their...    more...  
• Nov 22, 2010 Rich Delivers Keynote in Front of Representatives From 53 Communities While in Connecticut in October, Rich Harwood delivered the keynote address for the Stone Soup Conference sponsored by the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund . The conference drew 270 people from 53 communities from across the state. Rich praised the innovative work of the Fund and...    more...  
• Nov 16, 2010 Libraries Turning Outward in Mahoning County Three decades after the collapse of its dominant industry, Mahoning County (Ohio) was still struggling to recover. The pervasive attitude was defeatist and pessimistic.  In 2000 against this backdrop the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning...    more...  
• Nov 2, 2010 Harwood Helps Kick-off Campaign for the Common Good Last week, The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation joined United Way Worldwide for the launch of its “Campaign for the Common Good,” a long-term, cause-related campaign to further engage people nationwide in the work of United Way. The campaign will mobilize individuals and...    more...  
• Nov 2, 2010 Intentionality in New Haven In October, The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation held two one-day Intentionality workshops in New Haven on the campus of Yale University for the United Way of Greater New Haven (UWGNH).  In June, staff and several board members of UWGNH attended The Harwood Public...    more...  
• Oct 12, 2010 Harwood Holds a Workspace in Battle Creek for Community Leaders Last week as part of The Harwood Institute's $1.95 million grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, community leaders from Battle Creek, MI, Detroit, MI, and Santa Fe, NM came together to share stories of  local impact, learn from one another’s...    more...  
• Oct 5, 2010 Follow Up on "Who Do You Trust" Blog Several weeks ago on his blog Rich discussed one of the key challenges people are wrestling with today: “Who do you trust.” The blog included an invitation for readers to send us nominees.  Thanks to all who did so.  We’ve complied a great list of diverse individuals...    more...  
• Sep 21, 2010 Harwood's Involvement with Waiting for "Superman" “ Waiting for Superman ” is the latest documentary film by Academy Award Winning Director Davis Guggenheim (Inconvenient Truth). The film focuses on America’s education system and the role charter schools play. The film has created an active conversation around education; having been...    more...  
• Aug 24, 2010 Turning Outward Amidst a Civil War in Colombia Ramon Daubon is an independent consultant who works on the democratic behavioral issues in Latin American and US communities.  As a coach in training as part of The Harwood Institute’s Public Innovators Corps, Daubon has brought key Harwood principles to his work.  Harwood's...    more...  
• Aug 3, 2010 The 4th Annual Public Innovators Summit Recently, The Harwood Institute held it's 4th Annual Public Innovators Summit. Thought leaders from throughout the public innovation space gathered in Santa Fe, New Mexico....    more...  
• Jul 20, 2010 Harwood's Monthly Update Once a month Rich gives a monthly update on what we have been working on and what we have planned for the coming months . Click here to view    more...  
• Jul 13, 2010 Keeping It Real: Insight from a Harwood Lab attendee By: Greg Braylock Jr. an Ed ucation Impact Specialist for the United Way of Greater Toledo. Early in the 3½ day Harwood training, the message sank in: organizations that seek to serve people too often know of the people they...    more...  
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• Jun 22, 2010 United Way Leaders from Across the Country Attend The Harwood Public Innovators Lab Last week United Way Worldwide staff and teams from 10 local United Ways focusing on education mobilization came to the DC area to attend The Harwood Public Innovators Lab.    more...  
• Jun 15, 2010 United Way Worldwide and Harwood Institute Team Up! Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4...    more...  
• May 25, 2010 Rich Harwood's Monthly Address The Harwood Institute is launching a new series. Once a month Rich will give a monthly update on what we have been working on and what we have planned for the coming months. Let us know what you think about our newest alliance!    more...  
• Apr 27, 2010 Inside the Dateline Special on Detroit By Luther Keith Executive Director, ARISE Detroit! I have thought long and hard about the Dateline NBC special on Detroit: America Now: City of Heartbreak and Hope, which aired April 18. Painfully, all of the heartbreak presented in the Dateline report is true and it is incumbent on...    more...  
• Apr 23, 2010 LEADing the Way with HandsOn Network Last Tuesday, Rich Harwood moderated the HandsOn Network LEAD Summit . The Summit brought together more than 250 attendees from across public life. Speakers and panelists included Social Media Guru Allison Fine, Michelle Nunn President of HandsOn Network, Executive Producer for This Week...    more...  
• Mar 23, 2010 Meeting with Leaders from Olmsted County Minnesota This morning, Rich Harwood met with leaders from Olmsted County and Rochester Minnesota in advance of his keynote address at the United Way of Olmsted County's 2010 Celebration of Caring and Giving. With its strong United Way, history of involved corporate leadership (both the Mayo Clinic...    more...  
• Mar 16, 2010 Rich Speaks at United Way Staff Summit Yesterday, Rich Harwood spoke to more than 150 United Way leaders from more than 30 states as well as Romania and South Korea.  The topic: how United Ways can turn outward to help identify a shared vision within the community.  Rich spoke about the need for United Ways to turn...    more...  
• Feb 26, 2010 Rich's Keynote at Great Rivers - Make Hope Real Last Wednesday, Rich Harwood delivered the keynote address for the United Way Great Rivers Regional Conference. The more than 200 participants represented United Ways from 10 states. "The question we face," Harwood said, "is will we make hope real for every person in every community?" And he...    more...  
• Feb 24, 2010 Photos from the Great Rivers United Way 2010 Conference Rich addressed more than 200 United Way leaders from across the Midwest at the 2010 United Way Great Rivers Conference.    more...  
• Feb 23, 2010 Insights and Affirmations - February 23 "To create change we need to create the space for dissonance and discovery." ~ Rich Harwood While tension, dissonance and even conflict may not always feel like progress they are a critical part of creating change. Without dissonance and tension we don't create opportunities for...    more...  
• Feb 16, 2010 Insights and Affirmations - Creating Change     "We have a responsibility for creating change not just for running our programs." ~ Rich Harwood At a time when many of us are being pushed to run faster and do more with less there is a nearly constant pressure to turn inward. There is a temptation to focus on our...    more...  
• Jan 4, 2010 Greater Lansing Lab Rich's Reports: What happens when we decide to turn outward and listen to the community only to find that the community's aspirations and concerns don't match up with our Boards and Funders. Do we have the courage to engage...    more...  
• Nov 5, 2009 Training the 2nd class of Public Innovators Corps Members Later this week we’ll begin training the second class of Harwood Public Innovators Corps Members. Like the inaugural Public Innovators Corps class - Karen Aldridge-Eason, William L. Burton and Rosemary Flores – these leaders will come together for four days of training to work...    more...  
• Oct 20, 2009 The Harwood Institute Announces First Public Innovators Lab of 2010 The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation is pleased to announce the dates and location for the next Public Innovators Lab . The Harwood Public Innovators Lab is a critical investment in your ability to make change in your community. It is a 3 1/2 day immersion in the key Harwood...    more...  
• Sep 18, 2009 Learn to Hold a Community Conversation Learn Everything You Need to Hold a Community Conversation Join public innovators from around the country on Monday, September 21 at 2:30PM EST for The Know Your Community webinar, part of Stations Turning Outward a partnership between Harwood...    more...  
• Sep 1, 2009 Org First Around the Globe REVIEW OF ORGANIZATION-FIRST APPROACH REPORT IN MAJOR NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER Recently, the Nigerian Tribune - the nation's oldest newspaper - ran Folorunsho Moshood's review of The Organization-First Approach Report ....    more...  
• Aug 10, 2009 Public Broadcaster Videoconference Draws Nationwide Audience Last Friday, public broadcasters from Chevak, Alaska to Fajardo, Puerto Rico signed to watch the kickoff event of The Stations Turning Outward Initiative - a partnership between The Corporation for Public Broadcasting and The Harwood Institute. The Initiative and videoconference give...    more...  
• Jul 23, 2009 Resources for Harwood Lab Alums Lab Alum Calls - Schedule The next two Lab Alum Conference Calls are scheduled. August 21, 2009 September 25, 2009 We'll be sharing topics and call in numbers closer to the date for the call. Lab Alum Calls - Archive Listen to the 1st Harwood Lab Alum Conference Call (July 17)...    more...  
• Jul 23, 2009 Turn Outward Quiz In the end my organization is more focused on...   Activity...    more...  
• Jul 22, 2009 Rich Harwood, Mayor Bing, ARISE Detroit! Highlight Resident Action in Detroit This Friday, Rich Harwood will join Detroit Mayor Dave Bing , former Mayor Dennis Archer , Judge Greg Mathis , ARISE Detroit! Executive Director Luther Keith, and other Detroit leaders in highlighting the importance of the third annual ARISE Detroit! Neighborhoods Day....    more...  
• Jun 21, 2009 Rich joins other national leaders for "Boot Camp" Panel On June 20, Rich Harwood joined a panel of national leaders like Craig Newmark (Craigslist) and Arianna Huffington (Huffington Post) to discuss the role of technology and volunteerism in creating change in our communities. The panelists were part of the Craigslist Foundation’s 6th Annual...    more...  
• Jun 17, 2009 Resources for 2009 Detroit Lab Alums Stay Connected Class Contact List - stay connected to your classmates. Photos from the Lab - online gallery of photos from the Lab and Ask Detroit (more to come) Download the Class Photo Use What You've Learned How to Use the Frameworks - a collection of the examples...    more...  
• Jun 2, 2009 Rich's Reports: Video Reflections on Detroit   Installment #1: Rich Harwood reflects on what Detroit citizens are looking for on June 1, 2008, the historic day that General Motors filed for bankruptcy. Click on the link below to watch the video. Installment #2: In this second installment of Rich's Reports,...    more...  
• Jun 1, 2009 Harwood Part of "All Star Panel" at Craigslist 2009 Boot Camp On June 20 in Berkeley California, Rich Harwood will be one of the featured speakers for the Craigslist Foundation’s 6th annual Boot Camp for nonprofit organizations and individuals interested in making a difference in their communities nationwide. Rich Harwood will also be part of the...    more...  
• May 22, 2009 Make Hope Real Tour - Calgary, Canada (Calgary) On Thursday, May 21st Rich Harwood delivered the plenary address for t he more than 600 participants at the 1st Annual Canadian Social Forum .  The Forum, sponsored by the Canadian Council on Social Development ( CCSD ) brought together leaders from across Canada and from across...    more...  
• May 21, 2009 Get A Free Make Hope Real Poster We face a critical moment in our communities - economic turmoil and people’s desire to reconnect and reengage have made our work more important than before.   The question for each of us is: Will we turn outward toward our community and make hope real ? Normal...    more...  
• May 13, 2009 The 2009 Public Innovators Lab is Coming to Detroit ********************************************************************************************************* Register on or before May 15th to receive an early bird registration discount.  Click on the "REGISTER NOW" button below to learn more and to register.  If you have any...    more...  
• Apr 24, 2009 Make Hope Real Tour - Ottawa, Canada (Ottawa) On April 24, Rich Harwood addressed the hundreds of volunteers, staff, donors, and Board Members of The United Way of Canada. As part of his keynote address Rich called for us to turn outward toward their community to help make hope real for people all across the country. Rich...    more...  
• Apr 23, 2009 Make Hope Real Tour - Gatineaux, Canada (Gatineaux) Richard Harwood addressed the Canadian Federal Family of Community Collaborators - a collection of leaders from a number of departments working to improve the Canadian government's place-based efforts. At a time when economic turmoil and people's desire to reconnect and...    more...  
• Apr 13, 2009 ASTC Working with Harwood to Accelerate Change "A powerful force for good," is how Lesley Lewis, President of the Association of Science-Technology Centers describes her vision for her members which include more than 540 science centers and museums in 40 countries across the globe.   Last week ASTC's Board invited Rich Harwood to work...    more...  
• Apr 10, 2009 Get Your Free Copy of the Organization First Report Click here to get your free copy of the Organization-First Approach report.    more...  
• Mar 31, 2009 Health Care Trade-Offs: Where is the Public?   The American public is more aware of the costs of healthcare reform than it was 15 years ago, but still hasn’t resolved the trade-offs around making healthcare a universal right, raising questions about the Obama administration’s goal of reform this year. This ruling was...    more...  
• Mar 24, 2009 Updates on The Public Innovators Corps Last week, The Harwood Institute hosted the inaugural class of the Harwood Public Innovators Corps. Karen Aldridge-Eason, William L. Burton and Rosemary Flores have each used Harwood frameworks, tools and ideas in their personal work, and we are proud that they have agreed to become our first...    more...  
• Mar 17, 2009 Public Innovators Corps The Public Innovators Corps is a network of dedicated leaders who will be trained and certified to share Harwood content with groups, communities and individuals. This is a major "next step" for us in our effort to give all public innovators greater access to our work. We will fill you in...    more...  
• Mar 13, 2009 Public Innovators Corps: Training Videos    Directions: Click the images below to view the movies >Authentic Engagement Videos< What is Authentic Engagement? Citizens vs. Consumers What is Public Knowledge? Why Public Knowledge is Important...    more...  
• Mar 9, 2009 Download Your Free Copy of the Harwood Public Innovators Report Across the country, public innovators are powerful forces for social change and civic renewal.  They are men and women who like you believe that we can do better, that we can create hope and change.  You can probably see yourself in their stories. Download the report here...    more...  
• Feb 18, 2009 Hope and Change in Canada Last week United Way leaders from across Canada gathered in Canmore, Alberta to discuss how they could accelerate change in their communities and measure impact.  As part of the multi-day meetings these leaders invited Rich Harwood to speak about the importance of The 3A's of Public...    more...  
• Feb 12, 2009 Turn Outward   Many of us have become inwardly focused, concerned more with our own activities and initiatives than with those that actually strengthen our communities. To be effective, we need to shift our focus outward and reorient ourselves toward the community. Many Americans have retreated from...    more...  
• Feb 12, 2009 The 3A's Your ability to create change depends on what you say and do. Do you speak with authority in your community? Do people perceive you as authentic? Are you willing to hold yourself publicly accountable? Too often our words and our deeds don't match up.  The 3A's of Public Life -...    more...  
• Feb 1, 2009 About Rich "If we are to improve politics and public life," says Richard C. Harwood, founder and president of The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation, "then we need to release ourselves from our resignation that public life and politics has to be the way that it is today, and declare that it can be...    more...  
• Feb 1, 2009 Urge Within Most of us set out with an urge to create deep and lasting change in our communities. Do you still feel the urge that brought you to your work? Does it still guide and inspire the efforts you’re making?    more...  
• Feb 1, 2009 Path for Change We all share the desire to create change and make our neighborhood, community, or city a better place to live. And we all have within us the capacity to make a difference and create a lasting impact. But change doesn’t come easy. It takes more than good intentions and hard work. Creating...    more...  
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