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Should I Work For Free?
Shouting out to all the consultants in the world, have you been asked to work for free? Do you sometimes ask others to work for free? Personally, I spent many years volunteering in my community and internationally as well as … Continue reading
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A quick harvest from Art of Hosting Water Dialogues
I recently experienced 2.5 days doing of joint training with The Art of Hosting and Waterlution called the Water Dialogues. The training was a combination of learning and experiencing. What do I mean? There were a few sessions dedicated to … Continue reading
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Sustainability: Rear View Mirror and Crystal Ball
Recently I had the pleasure of speaking on a panel at the 5th Building Sustainable Communities conference that reflected back on Rio (1992) and looked ahead to Rio+20 in terms of sustainability. Given I am usually making presentations for others … Continue reading
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Open Space Technology for Effective Meetings
I am organizing two meetings in the next month that will use Open Space Technology. For one it was purposeful and for the other it simply emerged as the best method to ensure the meeting meets the needs of participants. … Continue reading
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Climate Change 201 in the making
In 2010, with the help of creative colleagues (Ingrid Liepa and Zeb Hansell) I pulled together a short animation on climate change science for the Columbia Basin. I was coordinating a three year project on helping local governments to adapt … Continue reading
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Discover Your Passion
Discover Your Passion was one of the messages Christian Begin shared with a small yet captivated audience at Rossland Mountain Filmfest’s Journey of An Adverture Filmmaker. Christian gave an animated account of his career from starting out in Quebec, then … Continue reading
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Reflections of a home-based consultant living on the edge of the woods
“Be patient. Good things come to those who wait.” This is the Chinese fortune cookie wisdom I received Sunday night after eating out in a town nearby. The town of 10,000 people is the hub of the region I live … Continue reading
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