Strong Roots Consulting: Getting to Maybe – Stand Still
Originally posted at Strong Roots Consulting The second chapter of Getting to Maybe, somewhat confusingly sharing the title of the book itself, focuses on how social innovators get started. For many,...
View ArticleStrong Roots Consulting: My Approach
Originally posted at Strong Roots Consulting Strong Roots Consulting has recently passed its two-month birthday, with my first post on this site going live on July 11. I’m quite pleased with the...
View ArticleStrong Roots Consulting: Funders’ Forum (part 1)
Originally posted at Strong Roots Consulting Last week, I attended a forum highlighting grant opportunities for organizations based in Saskatoon. Speakers from seven funding agencies provided an...
View ArticleStrong Roots Consulting: En Route
Originally posted at Strong Roots Consulting Right now, I’m waiting to board my flight to Minneapolis for the American Evaluation Association’s annual conference. I’ve been to other conferences before,...
View ArticleStrong Roots Consulting: AEA Conference – Day 1
Originally posted at Strong Roots Consulting It’s the end of day 1 at the American Evaluation Conference, and so far it’s been a great experience! In addition to the content of the workshop itself...
View ArticleStrong Roots Consulting: AEA Conference – Day 2
Originally posted at Strong Roots Consulting Another great day, including meeting a group of awesome people around the topic of community development and cities (I’m an urban nerd at heart!). Lots of...
View ArticleStrong Roots Consulting: AEA Conference – Day 3
Originally posted at Strong Roots Consulting Today’s workshop at the American Evaluation Association was on participatory methods, which covers a range of methods and approaches for use with...
View ArticleStrong Roots Consulting: AEA Conference – Day 4
Originally posted at Strong Roots Consulting I’ll admit, today my energy and enthusiasm level at the conference was a bit lower compared to the other days. There’s likely a couple of reasons for that,...
View ArticleStrong Roots Consulting: In a Word
Originally posted at Strong Roots Consulting As pragmatic as I usually am, I sometimes get hung up on words – see here and here for two examples where I debate over the meaning and connotations of...
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Strong Roots Consulting: Powerful Stranger
Originally posted at Strong Roots Consulting It’s been a while since I blogged about one of the chapters from Getting to Maybe. I think now is the right time to return to that book after getting a...
View ArticleStrong Roots Consulting: Quick Thought – Capacity to Fail
Originally posted at Strong Roots Consulting Chris Lysy over at Fresh Spectrum posed an interesting question: Do you have the capacity to fail? Venturing outside of “the way things are done” could lead...
View ArticleStrong Roots Consulting: Value
Originally posted at Strong Roots Consulting One resource that I have started to draw on are the websites and particularly blogs of others doing similar work in the fields of evaluation and community...
View ArticleStrong Roots Consulting: When Does It End?
Originally posted at Strong Roots Consulting One local initiative that I’ve recently joined is The Kolo Project, a community focusing on growing Saskatchewan’s entrepreneurial roots. At a recent...
View ArticleStrong Roots Consulting: The Co-Working Life
Originally posted at Strong Roots Consulting December marks the five-month anniversary of Strong Roots Consulting (five months and one week, if you use the July 11th date of my first post), and six...
View ArticleStrong Roots Consulting: Pound-Wise
Originally posted at Strong Roots Consulting Earlier this week I came across an article in the New York Times on a third option for resolving the fiscal cliff in the United States, though in my opinion...
View ArticleStrong Roots Consulting: Retreat Is An Option
Originally posted at Strong Roots Consulting It all starts with an idea. A new way of doing things. A risk, but a calculated one: if it pays off, it could change the whole game. After gathering some...
View ArticleStrong Roots Consulting: Another View
Originally posted at Strong Roots Consulting “Walk a mile in my shoes.” It’s a common metaphor, almost to the point of cliche, but one that I’ve been living, quite literally, for the past few months....
View ArticleStrong Roots Consulting: A Little Help
Originally posted at Strong Roots Consulting If nothing else, my recent Achilles’ tendon injury is providing some good food for thought (and blog posts). One obvious effect of being on crutches is that...
View ArticleStrong Roots Consulting: Emergence
Originally posted at Strong Roots Consulting A week or so ago, I received an email out of the blue from a manager who works for a local non-profit agency. She was interested in social innovation and...
View ArticleStrong Roots Consulting: Time to Count
Originally posted at Strong Roots Consulting As the one and only person working for Strong Roots Consulting, there are many business elements I have to deal with as part of the trade. There’s various...
View ArticleStrong Roots Consulting: Buzzwords for Non-profits
Originally posted at Strong Roots Consulting From social enterprise to strategy and planning principles, the non-profit sector is borrowing a lot from the business world. Unfortunately, one less...
View ArticleStrong Roots Consulting: What’s in a Question (type)?
Originally posted at Strong Roots Consulting While on Facebook earlier today (I was connecting with some colleagues on a work-related issue, honest!), I came across a survey for a local non-profit...
View ArticleStrong Roots Consulting: Word Counts
Originally posted at Strong Roots Consulting In response to my post last week on open-ended questionnaires, Sheila Robinson over at Evaluspheric Perceptions explored some of the risks in interpreting...
View ArticleStrong Roots Consulting » Blog: Building from the Roots Up
Originally posted at Strong Roots Consulting » Blog As noted in the Strong Roots story, over the span of my career I have found myself working in different fields – ranging from youth development to...
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Strong Roots Consulting » Blog: SPECs and Vision
Originally posted at Strong Roots Consulting » Blog As the end of the year rolls closer, I have been taking some time to reflect on the work I have accomplished so far through Strong Roots Consulting...
View ArticleStrong Roots Consulting » Blog: Plans
Originally posted at Strong Roots Consulting » Blog Tis the season for looking back at the year that has passed and making plans for the new one on our doorstep, and Strong Roots Consulting is not...
View ArticleStrong Roots Consulting » Blog: Thoughts and Gratitude for the Holidays
Originally posted at Strong Roots Consulting » Blog For those of us who strive to make our world a better place – whether you work for a charity, a non-profit service provider, an advocacy...
View ArticleStrong Roots Consulting » Blog: Evolving Plans
Originally posted at Strong Roots Consulting » Blog On December 16, 2013, I embarked on a planning exercise for Strong Roots Consulting, specifically in the areas of mission/vision/goals, business...
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