Working in the business is managing day-to-day operations, including addressing the inevitable urgencies that pop up and require immediate attention. Working on the business is analyzing the past to learn from experience and imagining and planning for the future.
Continue readingGrowing Greater: 53 Counties Represented in Cohort 3
As we head into 2021 and begin recruiting for Cohort 3, we are pleased to share that the Northwest Minnesota Foundation is joining the program. Their participation means 53 counties in Greater Minnesota are now being served by the program.
Continue readingYear No. 2: From Aspirations to Action
Our Fellows want to build new or early stage social ventures and engage as community leaders. They also want to learn and grow into more effective champions for equity, justice and inclusion in their Greater Minnesota communities.
Continue readingThe Brain Trust: A Signature Fellowship Event
In late November, 42 highly accomplished community leaders gathered via Zoom to coach and advise our seven Initiators Fellows in an event we call the Brain Trust.
Continue readingThe Lonely Business of Changemaking
Statewide fellows met recently via Zoom to network and hear from Regis Pecos, a member of the Pueblo de Cochiti and co-found and co-director of the Leadership Institute at Santa Fe Indian School.
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