Emma

This is the time to creatively, thoughtfully and carefully consider how we design and foster our communities of impact. To be intentional about format, facilitation and how our gatherings can help grow each other, and inform our practices and business.

We are in a collective global moment of figuring out, testing and experimenting with ways of bringing people together for impact . How we do this in service of driving change in the world is a topic of much interest and considerable investment of resources. We are in-between paradigms, between older and more emergent, newer formats.

When we celebrate our victories, we increase our sense of agency and our incentive to do more. When we feel empowered and impactful, we can be more effective in making a world of greater justice.

We need to do those things that sustain our spirit, that allow us to build, create and see an immediate result for our efforts.

When we know what we want, when we hold a vision of the world we want to create, we inspire people.

The more varied roles we provide for people, the more people we can involve who have their own varied needs and talents. When people can exercise their gifts, can make an impact directly on those around them and can feel that they are needed and valued, they feel a sense of agency that can help them tolerate the frustrations involved in long term o... See more