A visual keynote: The power of collaboration in community building

Last month, I had the pleasure of delivering the keynote address for the ConvergenceYYM conference in Wood Buffalo. The address, titled “The Power of Cross-Sector Collaborations in Community Building”, wove together reflections on the nature of community building, defining the nature of high quality collaboration, and the implications for the community as a whole. Instead of posting the transcript (which no one would read), my colleague Sami Berger drew this.  We thought you would appreciate a cartoon instead.

Networks: Lessons Learned and Launching Pads

Over the past seven years, the First 2000 Days Network has invested deeply in an adaptive learning approach. This report is a summary of the high-level lessons that came out of the Network’s efforts. Building a high-quality network is a long process and the Network’s success and failures are informative for other collaborative efforts. My co-author, Sami Berger and I entered into the First 2000 Days Network because of the incredible opportunity to build something using a unique, innovative approach. There is a freedom when you’re given permission to re-think what’s needed to achieve real change that is desperately needed. The Network […]