Natalie Audelo

@natalieaudelo

designing social architecture and community experiences that build trust, generate creativity, and encourage authentic human connection. exploring the healing power of play, movement, music and other integrative practices.

In addition to tracking the impact your program is having on the organizations you’re supporting and the beneficiaries they serve, track the halo effect your program is having on your own community .

I regret not integrating questions around how the existence of Airbnb.org impacted community members' decision to join Airbnb and their desire to cont... See more
from How to Activate your Community for Impact by David Spinks
community activation x social impact
björk said that trying to communicate through talking feels like trying to put the ocean through a straw
I can chart the exact moments of inflection where I was being pushed to rise to a new level of worth and, instead, took what was on offer. Said yes when it didn’t feel right. Gave something valuable away because I didn’t even know it was valuable. Took whatever was offered to me instead of saying no, and demanding options. Being so impatient to pro... See more
from Demanding more
loving the process
Generative Engagement, as a model, is a way of thinking about how you make moment-by-moment choices to interact with others to create generative space between you. It asks that you consider three conditions* in your interactions to shape patterns of generative engagement.

You stand together, sharing identity. You come together, across your differenc
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from Generative Engagement
building a new world and
stories trapped in my cells, emotions in my fascia: there was information hidden in my body, and I didn’t know it.
from The Burnout Antidote by Anne Berube
the body keeps score
But it’s standard in the way that — the way that I get to work with artists is like we’re friends hanging out and talking about whatever comes up. And through that, things get unlocked that allow writing and performances to be more closer to the core. And that’s the goal with all of this.
from Rick Rubin — Magic, Everyday Mystery, and Getting Creative by On Being
The purpose of education is to develop agency within a child. Purposeful work and achieving mastery are tools to getting there. They aren’t the results of learning and imagination, it’s the other way around—learning is simply the consequence of doing. To understand this is to understand the ecology that fosters genius and talent.
from School Is Not Enough by Simon Sarris
loving the process
In Greek, charisma translates as a “gift.” Rather than keep that gift to exploit for themselves, some charismatic people disperse it. They hand it out at social events, such as the holiday parties at this time of year, and use it to guide the energy of a shared occasion. I call these people vibe popes. Consider it a nondenominational title for thos... See more
from The Type of Charisma That Saves a Holiday Party by Adrienne Matei
descriptions of people and qualities i admire
Women are in the midst of a revolutionary reckoning with our ambitions. We’re not resigning en masse—because who can afford to quit her job in this economy?!—but we are trying to figure out a new set of goals and guidance for our professional lives. Thanks to long-simmering inequality and stubborn sexism, clarified by the pain of the pandemic, our ... See more
from What Comes After Ambition? by elle magazine
redefining success

from How to Activate your Community for Impact by David Spinks

from Demanding more

from Generative Engagement

from The Burnout Antidote by Anne Berube

from Rick Rubin — Magic, Everyday Mystery, and Getting Creative by On Being

from School Is Not Enough by Simon Sarris

from The Type of Charisma That Saves a Holiday Party by Adrienne Matei

from What Comes After Ambition? by elle magazine