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My entire work career has been spent in nonprofit organizations. Every one of my workplaces has had women in the majority functioning as team with complete collaboration. Titles never mattered. No one ever tried to take credit for group efforts. It has always been about the results. Last week Third Sector Connector had a wonderful list, 17 Hallmarks [...]
Last weekend a friend wrote that she wanted to find grant funding for her photo documentary. Since we were fooling around with the Google Wave, I could easily research sites for her and post the links into our live chat. I gave her an assignment. She had to get this cutting-edge project funded. Many artists and [...] News might be Fast but is it Dependable? Let's be Reasonable. When I was in eighth grade, my teacher said I was cynical. As an adult, I don’t think it’s such a bad quality. In today’s age of constant, on-the-spot, media coverage by both professionals and every guy on the street, we are bombarded with “news”. [...] Our friend’s father was meeting us at a vacation cabin. When he arrived early, he decided to sightsee and wound up lost. He called trying to find his way back to the rental house but he didn’t know where he was or what road he was on. All he kept repeating was “Just tell me [...] The first time I heard Joni Mitchell’s Good Friends , I loved the line “No blame for what we can and cannot feel”. I felt relief. The song allowed me to forgive myself for those sometimes inappropriate emotional responses to situations. I hate them. I fight them back. Do the right thing. Realize I have no right to feel the [...] Last week I wondered. Why do I care about the historic preservation of a building? Why do I care if the affordable housing community is built? Why do I care that there are homeless people living on our streets? None of these outcomes will change my life directly. Most of the time, it’s not easy to [...] Lately I’ve been feeling like a fraud. In an attempt to keep things in a positive light, I often write or take public opinions that gloss over bad behavior or actions by others. Sometimes I do this because I don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings or because it will make me look just as bad [...] |
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