by lori | Dec 30, 2011 | Benefits, Benefits, Community, Self-organizing groups
I happened across another blogger yesterday who was publishing his top 5 blog posts from 2011. That seemed like an opportunity to reflect and learn, so I decided to do the same. As I did the research, I found five different top 5s that matter to me. So here they are.... by lori | Dec 10, 2011 | Benefits, Benefits, Community, Self-organizing groups
Some days I imagine that I, as an individual, have courage. Other days, like today, I realize that I am utterly surrounded by courageous people, but what I myself have isn’t courage. What I have is a deep sense of wonder and an unshakable gratitude for the courageous... by lori | Nov 16, 2011 | Benefits, Benefits, Learning
Most of the groups I study are physically local to me— in my city, my neighborhood, my region, and my home. We’re huge fans of all things local here in Seattle. Fortunately, in the land of human connection and ideas, there’s another kind of local: emotionally... by lori | Oct 31, 2011 | Benefits, Recognizing
These monsters are beautiful inside and out! Happy Halloween from Seattle and my flash mob family! Seattle friends, my monster mobbing family will be out prowling again tonight in the Capital Hill neighborhood.... by lori | Oct 4, 2011 | Benefits, Learning as, Recognizing
My self-organizing community gives me so much, so freely, that often my personal humanity-sippy-cup runneth (no wait, tippeth) over. I live within this community, as this community. And it is because of this community—real human people and groups and ideas—that I can... by lori | Sep 20, 2011 | Benefits, Benefits, Impacts, Learning as
At a Seattle women-in-business networking event last Thursday (thanks Su-Zette Sparks and all the other amazing women at Russell Investments) a woman I had just met called me fearless. When the word touched my ears, I turned around and looked behind me certain that it...