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Girl Code – women soaring together

  • Post author:Sharon
  • Post published:26/01/2018
  • Post category:Collaboration/Community/Contribution/Entrepreneurship/Social Innovation
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Book review of Girl Code, by Cara Alwill Leyba. This wasn’t the book I was expecting – there are a couple of books with the same title about girl coders.…

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SSI – Showcasing how community sector partnerships can work

  • Post author:Sharon
  • Post published:02/11/2017
  • Post category:Collaboration/Community
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A corporate colleague once commented that he was surprised how competitive the not-for-profit sector was. "You guys are even more cut-throat than the retail sector - you treat everyone as…

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Five Questions to help Get Unstuck

  • Post author:Sharon
  • Post published:03/05/2016
  • Post category:Community/Goal Setting / Achievement/Thriving
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I'm participating in an online course with lots of assignments and some of our group have gotten behind and are feeling stuck. It seems overwhelming if not impossible to catch…

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Voicing our Values

  • Post author:Sharon
  • Post published:03/05/2016
  • Post category:Community/Social Justice/Values
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Thanks to ever-growing social networks, research shows the average person has the ability to influence 8,000 people or more (our friends, our friends' friends, and even our friends' friends' friends).…

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Connect with a young person and improve our tomorrow

  • Post author:Sharon
  • Post published:05/01/2016
  • Post category:Community/Facilitation
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Just a thought.  If you are feeling too old and stuck in your habits to change the world (hehe) but have lots of ideas and "wishes" - get connected with…

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How to work with more givers and matchers

  • Post author:Sharon
  • Post published:17/06/2014
  • Post category:Business/Community/Leadership
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A good interview by Wharton's Adam Grant about givers and takers, from McKinsey and co.  Initially my reaction was "you cannot screen out the takers, they are the ones who've…

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The new work frontier – human powered organisations

  • Post author:Sharon
  • Post published:01/11/2013
  • Post category:Business/Community/Social Innovation
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With human power being the most plentiful resource on our planet, I cannot understand why so many organisations are still focused on lowering headcount and replacing people with technology.  I…

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The Ultimate Negotiation Strategy

  • Post author:sampsonh
  • Post published:26/11/2011
  • Post category:Collaboration/Community
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What do you do when negotiating – start high, low, tender or tough? Research shows that ‘tit for tat’ is the ultimate negotiation strategy.  This updated version is an enhancement that…

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Citizen Sector

  • Post author:Sharon
  • Post published:21/07/2010
  • Post category:Community
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Our Big Conversation group has been talking about better names for the "not-for-profit" sector, so it was good to read that the American organisation Ashoka (who support social entrepreneurs and…

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Teaching our kids life literacy – we owe it to them

  • Post author:Sharon
  • Post published:23/04/2010
  • Post category:Community/Flourishing
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I spent yesterday out at James Meehan High School at Macquarie Fields and then the Claymore Neighbourhood & Youth Centre talking to some amazingly passionate women and men, courtesy of…

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Australian Giving Week – give and you get the benefit

  • Post author:Sharon
  • Post published:29/11/2009
  • Post category:Community/Philanthropy
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Thanks to Rainforest Rescue for reminding me that this week is Australian Giving Week.  A perfect way to start the silly season by doing a big cleanout of "stuff".  As…

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Vote 1 Earth

  • Post author:Sharon
  • Post published:26/03/2009
  • Post category:Community/Social Enterprise
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I must be one of the many people who haven't yet met Todd Sampson via the Gruen Transfer, but as of next week I will be an avid viewer.  Tonight…

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