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Apr 28, 2008 Harwood Institute Helps Shape Newest Public Radio Show: The Takeaway Today, for the first time in more than two decades a new national morning news show debuted on public radio - The Takeaway with John Hockenberry and Adaora Udoji. Through its 2008 Baltimore Public Innovators Lab, The Harwood Institute worked with The Takeaway staff... more...
Mar 27, 2008 Columbia Missourian Runs Rich's Blog as Op-Ed Friday, the Columbia Missourian ran Rich's last blog in its entirety as an op-ed piece . The very next day, Tom Warhover, used Rich's piece as part of his analysis of the rarity of racial discussions in election coverage. Warhover argued, whether there truly are few honest... more...
Mar 19, 2008 Washington Times Article on Obama Speech Quotes Harwood In its March 19th coverage of Barack Obama's recent speech on race and its place in the national discourse, The Washington Times quoted Rich as saying that "... this needs to stay on public agenda through the remainder of the campaign because he's tapping into a latent desire... more...
Mar 12, 2008 Rich Speaks to Hundreds of Volunteers in Sonoma Rich spoke with hundreds of volunteers in Sonoma County more...
Feb 19, 2008 Rich Harwood on "Here On Earth" Rich Harwood was the guest on "Here on Earth" more...
Jan 2, 2008 test Ever wondered why a project or program that worked for a station in another community didn’t work for yours? Ever feel your work doesn’t create the traction you want? Communities face different challenges - to create... more...
Dec 11, 2007 Rough Cuts: Amy Shaw on changing ingrained narratives Amy Shaw, Vice President of Education and Community Engagement at KETC discusses the challenges and importance of changing the ingrained narratives both in the community and within her station. more...
Sep 29, 2007 Make Hope Real - Lead a Group Discussion Once you've read Make Hope Real, we encourage you to take the next step. Lead a discussion with your work colleagues or if you're in a book club, include Make Hope Real on your reading list. Below is a list of key questions we encourage you to ask your group. You can also download this... more...
Sep 27, 2007 The Harwood Institute launches MakeHopeReal.org The Harwood Institute launched MakeHopeReal.org, an interactive companion to the essay allowing users to purchase copies of the essay in various formats, and move from reading about hope to helping make it real in their community. more
Sep 26, 2007 Make Hope Real Intro Video more...
Sep 22, 2007 Make Hope Real - Download the e-Book #lvmenu, #footer, .divider, .date, #powered, .eventSignup, .signup {display:none;} #main h1, p {margin-left:12px; color:#81002b} #main h1 {margin-top:21px;} _uacct = "UA-2959576-1";... more...
Sep 10, 2007 RoughCuts: Interview with 2007 Public Innovators Summit Participant, Dr. Robert Long, Director of Battle of Creek Programming, W.K. Kellogg Foundation In this interview taken at The Harwood Institute's 2007 Annual Public Innovators Summit in Santa Fe, NM, Summit participant Dr. Robert Long, Director of Battle Creek Programming , W.K. Kellogg Foundation , discusses the value of The Annual Public Innovators Summit; the need for The Harwood... more...
Sep 9, 2007 Make Hope Real Audiobook - COMING SOON! #lvmenu, #footer, .divider, .date, #powered, .eventSignup, .signup {display:none;} #main h1, p {margin-left:12px; color:#81002b} #main h1 {margin-top:21px;} more...
Sep 2, 2007 Make Hope Real Media Kit - COMING SOON! #lvmenu, #footer, .divider, .date, #powered, .eventSignup, .signup {display:none;} #main h1, p {margin-left:12px; color:#81002b} #main h1 {margin-top:21px;} more...
Aug 28, 2007 Order Rich Harwood's Latest Essay: Make Hope Real A foreward by Sterling K. Speirn President & CEO, W.K. Kellogg Foundation Rich Harwood has been asking a very important set of questions for some time now. And ever since his book, Hope Unraveled: The People’s Retreat and Our Way Back, appeared, more and more people... more...
Aug 21, 2007 Preview the first chapter of Make Hope Real for FREE! Read the first chapter- FREE! more...
Aug 17, 2007 Welcome to Make Hope Real Sign up to learn more about The Harwood Institute and how you can Make Hope Real. Enter email address: #lvmenu, #footer, .divider, .date, #powered, .eventSignup, .signup {display:none;} #main h1, p... more...
Aug 14, 2007 RoughCuts: Kimberlie Kranich, Outreach Coordinator, WILL-TV, Champaign-Urbana Kimberlie Kranich, Outreach Coordinator,WILL-TV, Champaign-Urbana, offers a candid account of the "shift" that is occurring within her, as she attempts to move her organization towards a deeper, more authentic engagement with their community. Kimberlie is a participant in the Community... more...
Aug 9, 2007 Our Future Direction Tired of business as usual? Join us in making hope real... For almost 20 years, we've been evolving both the ideas and practical approaches for changing the negative conditions in society that too often divide people and keep them from making progress in their neighborhoods,... more...
Aug 8, 2007 Martin Luther King's "Drum Major Instinct" speech Text and audio versions of MLK's Drum Major Instinct speech more...
Aug 7, 2007 Harwood Mini-Tool: The Principles of Authentic Engagement We know you’re passionate about creating real, lasting change in public life and politics, and you want your community to be part of that change. But how do you engage that community in a way that will accelerate your efforts and help you build a deeper relationship to the place you care so... more...
Jul 23, 2007 Watch The 5 Principles of Authentic Engagement Videos Watch these videos of Rich Harwood discussing the Principles of Authentic Engagement. Then, for each one, ask yourself, “Where does our organization fall in the way we do engagement?” For example, do you seek consensus, or common ground? Have your colleagues do the same and have a... more...
Jul 23, 2007 Register for The Public Innovators Lab Tired of business as usual in your community? Want to help create real, lasting change? Then join us for the Harwood Public Innovators Lab. The Lab is an intensive, four day experience that will help you create new pathways to accelerate change and engender authentic hope in your... more...
Jul 10, 2007 RoughCuts: Rich Harwood warns presidential candidates not to run as an "outsider" n this week's RoughCuts interview, Rich discusses why he believes running an "outsider" campaign is a surefire way to lose the presidential election. more...
Jun 26, 2007 Affection & the future President Rich offers a future President a recommendation for how to use the time between winning the election and the Inauguration to demonstrate true affection for our country and its citizens. more...
Jun 26, 2007 Harwood Mini-Tool: Being "Ruthlessly Strategic" Each of us wants to make a difference. But if we want to create real, lasting change, then experience tells us that simply running faster or harder won't do the trick. We have to become much more ruthlessly strategic. For us, this is fundamentally about one's orientation to their work and the... more...
Jun 17, 2007 Being "Ruthlessly Strategic" Interview Being ruthlessly strategic is about being genuine in your relationship to the community. It’s about making choices that allow you to create sustainable change efforts and to build community while also excelling in achieving your mission. And, in an age where we have become highly... more...
Jun 6, 2007 Harwood Mini-Tool: The 3 A's Discussion Questions Discussion questions for the Harwood Mini-Tools article, The 3A's of Public Life more...
Jun 6, 2007 Harwood Mini-Tool: The 3 A's of Public Life This is the discussion guide for Mike Woods article, Harwood Mini-Tools: The 3 A's of Public Life. more...
Apr 23, 2007 Innovator's lab alum connects to Initiator's Project on her blog Taylor Willingham, Director of Texas Forums and Public Innovator Lab alum, has linked on her blog The Harwood Institute and the Kettering Foundation collaboration to focus on how people who initiate civic action in communities decide to step forward, overcome resistance and barriers in their... more...
Apr 16, 2007 Harwood Institute chooses Orchid for technology The Harwood Institute has selected Orchid Suites , a leading technology development company with over 10 years experience in the Washington DC Metro area, as the web services vendor to help diffuse our work online and make it more accessible to people across the nation. "Orchid has... more...
Apr 9, 2007 Harwood staffer, Eric Rigaud's bullet points from his speech at the NTEN conference Eric Rigaud Director of Technology & Social Networks The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation NTEN talking points · Washington D.C. is the world's stage. The cradle of public life. ... more...
Apr 2, 2007 The Harwood Institute and the Kettering Foundation kick off new "Initiators" project The Harwood Institute and the Charles F. Kettering Foundation have entered into a learning agreement to focus on how people who initiate civic action in communities decide to step forward, overcome resistance and barriers in their work, and engage in community politics. This innovation work... more...
Mar 26, 2007 Public Innovators Lab alum -- a catalyst for change Rich returned from the 2007 Hands on Network Leadership Conference in New Orleans last week, where he lead a town hall discussion for hundreds of public innovators from across the nation. There he ran into Ellen Ferber, Regional VP of Hands on Network and recent alum of the Harwood Public... more...
Mar 19, 2007 Corporation for Public Broadcasting and The Harwood Institute forge collaboration to expand the local significance of public broadcasters The Harwood Institute and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting have forged a groundbreaking collaboration to deepen and expand the local significance of public broadcasters and improve the civic health of communities across the country. The aim of the Community Engagement Initiative is to... more...
Feb 19, 2007 Rich featured in the Columbian Missourian Op-Ed pages -- Rich was featured in the Columbian Missourian opinion pages on Friday, February 9th. Click below to read Rich's article, "Values must shape future Iraq policy." Missourian more...
Jan 29, 2007 People respond on their "State of the Union" speech Last week prior to the State of the Union address, Rich challenged his fellow citizens to think about and write talking points on their own State of the Union speech. We received many responses. Check out what folks had to say! stateoftheunionweb_1031.doc more...
Jan 29, 2007 The Harwood Institute announces HarwoodSPEAK Have you ever found yourself lacking the right word to describe a public endeavor? The Harwood Institute announces an ongoing series of words and phrases which capture this missing public vocabulary.
Jan 16, 2007 Rich headed to Newark to work for change In the upcoming months Rich, along with the Greater Essex Council of Child Welfare Collaboratives based in Newark, will be working for change in continuing to make Newark a better place to live, work, and play. On the specifics of the work, Rich says, "We'll be creating a new covenant that will... more...
Jan 16, 2007 Rich's blog featured in the "Top Ten" nonprofit blogs in The Chronicle of Philanthropy Rich's blog, Redeeming Hope, is featured in a December 7, 2006 article entitled "10 Nonprofit blogs that get attention" in The Chronicle of Philanthropy. The article also features Phil Cubeta, an alum of the 2006 Harwood Institute Innovator's Summit, and his website gifthub.org. To read the full... more...
Dec 11, 2006 Rich quoted in Case Foundation report on civic engagement A recently released Case Foundation report entitled, “Citizens at the Center: a new approach to civic engagement” quotes Rich on the subject of citizen discontentment in the civic life and health of their communities. The report asks the question, “Is the United States undergoing a civic... more...
Dec 4, 2006 United Way of America selects the Harwood Public Innovators Lab for new learning opportunities United Way of America recently announced that it will be including the Harwood Public Innovators Lab in their 2007 catalog of learning opportunities. This means that, for the first time, local United Way staff members will be able to use their flex credits to help pay for the experience. In the... more...
Dec 4, 2006 Interview with The Harwood Institute innovator partner, Tanya Renne Recently The Harwood Institute caught up with an innovator partner, Tanya Renne co-founder and CEO of Orchid Suites, who accompanied us to Airlie Center in Warrenton, Virginia for strategic planning sessions and talks on the future of our work. Here is what she had to say: How did the time... more...
Nov 28, 2006 Partner of The Harwood Institute featured in Time Magazine -- and she responds here Daniella Levine, a partner of The Harwood Institute and a Public Innovators Lab alumnus is featured in the latest issue of Time Magazine in the article "There's Trouble -- Lots Of It -- in Paradise". Daniella responds to the Time Magazine article and about her work at Imagine Miami. Imagine... more...
Nov 27, 2006 Public Innovators Lab offers valuable takeaways for you, your organization, and your community What do you takeaway from the Lab -- this is a great question! The Public Innovators Lab is not meant to end upon the conclusion of the sessions spent this upcoming February. Rather, over the years we’ve designed and really honed what we call the Personal Learning Journal. You will receive your... more...
Nov 13, 2006 Rich to be a panelist in Kettering Foundation roundtable on Democracy's Challenge: Reclaiming the Public's Role On Monday, November 13th, Rich will join a number of other esteemed panelists in a Roundtable discussion hosted by the Kettering Foundation in Washington. The forum is centered around three themes: Tensions Involving Democratic Values Tensions Involving Democratic Practices... more...
Nov 7, 2006 Sort out what the election means for you at The Harwood Institute's first teleconference bookclub On Tuesday, across the nation, people from all regions will be voting in the midterm elections. What will the implications of these elections mean for you? What will they suggest about conditions for change in our communities and the country? How might they affect the work you do?... more...
Oct 20, 2006 Sign-up for the Winter 2007 Public Innovators Lab The Harwood Public Innovators Lab A Harwood Signature Event Communities are searching for new kinds of leaders... Are you ready to answer the call? Join us and other public innovators like yourself and learn how to forge an alternate path in public... more...
Oct 9, 2006 Student from KU Symposium reflects on Hurricane Katrina and the re-opening of the Superdome In fall, there are only three days of the week that matter in Louisiana. From Friday high school games to LSU Saturday games, it is hard to believe that this southern state can possibly fathom more football come the end of the week. The attitude there is quite the opposite though. In fact, if... more...
Sep 11, 2006 Summit Question of the Month Hurricane Katrina and 9/11: When is charity good, but change required? In what ways do we tend to confuse charity and targeted programs with real change -- and how do we ensure that, in our work and as a society, we aren't lulled to sleep by charitable efforts when change is actually... more...
Sep 5, 2006 Join the Annual Public Innovators Summit -- A Year of New Products for You The Harwood Institute announces today the first wave of new products that will emerge from its inaugural Annual Public Innovators Summit that took place in Midway, Utah Aug. 18-20. The products are intended for public innovators everywhere to use to accelerate their own work around innovation... more...
Sep 5, 2006 The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation is hiring The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation seeks to hire a new director of communications and networks. The position opening comes at an exciting time in the evolution of the organization; the Institute is pivoting from a project-based organization focused on innovating, to an organization that... more...
Aug 14, 2006 Inaugural Annual Public Innovators Summit begins this weekend The week of the inaugural Annual Public Innovators Summit is here! Beginning on Friday, August 18th until Sunday, August 20th, a dynamic group of leading-edge thinkers and community leaders from around the country will meet in Utah to discuss the essence of challenges in... more...
Aug 14, 2006 See who is coming to the Summit The list of participants to the inaugural Annual Public Innovators Summit has been finalized. We're excited to have more than 40 of America's best and brightest public innovators gathered together in Midway, Utah, to engage on the core challenges facing politics and public life. Here is a list... more...
Jul 31, 2006 Now available -- New Harwood and Knight Foundation multimedia community rhythms series The new multimedia series "Community Rhythms: The Five Stages of Community Life" is now available for your use. You can use it to advance your own learning as well as to engage your staff, board members, and others in your community. In a dynamic two-part Webcast, Rich Harwood leads you through... more...
Jul 31, 2006 Community rhythms: A framework for helping you innovate in public life As Rich pointed out in his blog series earlier this year, we need public innovation to create new pathways in public life, but public innovation cannot exist without two essential ingredients: public innovators to drive it, and civic-minded, catalytic organizations to house it, incubate it, and... more...
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Mar 19, 2008 Washington Times Article on Obama Speech Quotes Harwood In its March 19th coverage of Barack Obama's recent speech on race and its place in the national discourse, The Washington Times quoted Rich as saying that "... this needs to stay on public agenda through the remainder of the campaign because he's tapping into a latent desire... more... Mar 12, 2008 Rich Speaks to Hundreds of Volunteers in Sonoma Rich spoke with hundreds of volunteers in Sonoma County more... Feb 19, 2008 Rich Harwood on "Here On Earth" Rich Harwood was the guest on "Here on Earth" more... Jan 2, 2008 test Ever wondered why a project or program that worked for a station in another community didn’t work for yours? Ever feel your work doesn’t create the traction you want? Communities face different challenges - to create... more... Dec 11, 2007 Rough Cuts: Amy Shaw on changing ingrained narratives Amy Shaw, Vice President of Education and Community Engagement at KETC discusses the challenges and importance of changing the ingrained narratives both in the community and within her station. more... Sep 29, 2007 Make Hope Real - Lead a Group Discussion Once you've read Make Hope Real, we encourage you to take the next step. Lead a discussion with your work colleagues or if you're in a book club, include Make Hope Real on your reading list. Below is a list of key questions we encourage you to ask your group. You can also download this... more... Sep 27, 2007 The Harwood Institute launches MakeHopeReal.org The Harwood Institute launched MakeHopeReal.org, an interactive companion to the essay allowing users to purchase copies of the essay in various formats, and move from reading about hope to helping make it real in their community. more Sep 26, 2007 Make Hope Real Intro Video more... Sep 22, 2007 Make Hope Real - Download the e-Book #lvmenu, #footer, .divider, .date, #powered, .eventSignup, .signup {display:none;} #main h1, p {margin-left:12px; color:#81002b} #main h1 {margin-top:21px;} _uacct = "UA-2959576-1";... more... Sep 10, 2007 RoughCuts: Interview with 2007 Public Innovators Summit Participant, Dr. Robert Long, Director of Battle of Creek Programming, W.K. Kellogg Foundation In this interview taken at The Harwood Institute's 2007 Annual Public Innovators Summit in Santa Fe, NM, Summit participant Dr. Robert Long, Director of Battle Creek Programming , W.K. Kellogg Foundation , discusses the value of The Annual Public Innovators Summit; the need for The Harwood... more... Sep 9, 2007 Make Hope Real Audiobook - COMING SOON! #lvmenu, #footer, .divider, .date, #powered, .eventSignup, .signup {display:none;} #main h1, p {margin-left:12px; color:#81002b} #main h1 {margin-top:21px;} more... Sep 2, 2007 Make Hope Real Media Kit - COMING SOON! #lvmenu, #footer, .divider, .date, #powered, .eventSignup, .signup {display:none;} #main h1, p {margin-left:12px; color:#81002b} #main h1 {margin-top:21px;} more... Aug 28, 2007 Order Rich Harwood's Latest Essay: Make Hope Real A foreward by Sterling K. Speirn President & CEO, W.K. Kellogg Foundation Rich Harwood has been asking a very important set of questions for some time now. And ever since his book, Hope Unraveled: The People’s Retreat and Our Way Back, appeared, more and more people... more... Aug 21, 2007 Preview the first chapter of Make Hope Real for FREE! Read the first chapter- FREE! more... Aug 17, 2007 Welcome to Make Hope Real Sign up to learn more about The Harwood Institute and how you can Make Hope Real. Enter email address: #lvmenu, #footer, .divider, .date, #powered, .eventSignup, .signup {display:none;} #main h1, p... more... Aug 14, 2007 RoughCuts: Kimberlie Kranich, Outreach Coordinator, WILL-TV, Champaign-Urbana Kimberlie Kranich, Outreach Coordinator,WILL-TV, Champaign-Urbana, offers a candid account of the "shift" that is occurring within her, as she attempts to move her organization towards a deeper, more authentic engagement with their community. Kimberlie is a participant in the Community... more... Aug 9, 2007 Our Future Direction Tired of business as usual? Join us in making hope real... For almost 20 years, we've been evolving both the ideas and practical approaches for changing the negative conditions in society that too often divide people and keep them from making progress in their neighborhoods,... more... Aug 8, 2007 Martin Luther King's "Drum Major Instinct" speech Text and audio versions of MLK's Drum Major Instinct speech more... Aug 7, 2007 Harwood Mini-Tool: The Principles of Authentic Engagement We know you’re passionate about creating real, lasting change in public life and politics, and you want your community to be part of that change. But how do you engage that community in a way that will accelerate your efforts and help you build a deeper relationship to the place you care so... more... Jul 23, 2007 Watch The 5 Principles of Authentic Engagement Videos Watch these videos of Rich Harwood discussing the Principles of Authentic Engagement. Then, for each one, ask yourself, “Where does our organization fall in the way we do engagement?” For example, do you seek consensus, or common ground? Have your colleagues do the same and have a... more... Jul 23, 2007 Register for The Public Innovators Lab Tired of business as usual in your community? Want to help create real, lasting change? Then join us for the Harwood Public Innovators Lab. The Lab is an intensive, four day experience that will help you create new pathways to accelerate change and engender authentic hope in your... more... Jul 10, 2007 RoughCuts: Rich Harwood warns presidential candidates not to run as an "outsider" n this week's RoughCuts interview, Rich discusses why he believes running an "outsider" campaign is a surefire way to lose the presidential election. more... Jun 26, 2007 Affection & the future President Rich offers a future President a recommendation for how to use the time between winning the election and the Inauguration to demonstrate true affection for our country and its citizens. more... Jun 26, 2007 Harwood Mini-Tool: Being "Ruthlessly Strategic" Each of us wants to make a difference. But if we want to create real, lasting change, then experience tells us that simply running faster or harder won't do the trick. We have to become much more ruthlessly strategic. For us, this is fundamentally about one's orientation to their work and the... more... Jun 17, 2007 Being "Ruthlessly Strategic" Interview Being ruthlessly strategic is about being genuine in your relationship to the community. It’s about making choices that allow you to create sustainable change efforts and to build community while also excelling in achieving your mission. And, in an age where we have become highly... more... Jun 6, 2007 Harwood Mini-Tool: The 3 A's Discussion Questions Discussion questions for the Harwood Mini-Tools article, The 3A's of Public Life more... Jun 6, 2007 Harwood Mini-Tool: The 3 A's of Public Life This is the discussion guide for Mike Woods article, Harwood Mini-Tools: The 3 A's of Public Life. more... Apr 23, 2007 Innovator's lab alum connects to Initiator's Project on her blog Taylor Willingham, Director of Texas Forums and Public Innovator Lab alum, has linked on her blog The Harwood Institute and the Kettering Foundation collaboration to focus on how people who initiate civic action in communities decide to step forward, overcome resistance and barriers in their... more... Apr 16, 2007 Harwood Institute chooses Orchid for technology The Harwood Institute has selected Orchid Suites , a leading technology development company with over 10 years experience in the Washington DC Metro area, as the web services vendor to help diffuse our work online and make it more accessible to people across the nation. "Orchid has... more... Apr 9, 2007 Harwood staffer, Eric Rigaud's bullet points from his speech at the NTEN conference Eric Rigaud Director of Technology & Social Networks The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation NTEN talking points · Washington D.C. is the world's stage. The cradle of public life. ... more... Apr 2, 2007 The Harwood Institute and the Kettering Foundation kick off new "Initiators" project The Harwood Institute and the Charles F. Kettering Foundation have entered into a learning agreement to focus on how people who initiate civic action in communities decide to step forward, overcome resistance and barriers in their work, and engage in community politics. This innovation work... more... Mar 26, 2007 Public Innovators Lab alum -- a catalyst for change Rich returned from the 2007 Hands on Network Leadership Conference in New Orleans last week, where he lead a town hall discussion for hundreds of public innovators from across the nation. There he ran into Ellen Ferber, Regional VP of Hands on Network and recent alum of the Harwood Public... more... Mar 19, 2007 Corporation for Public Broadcasting and The Harwood Institute forge collaboration to expand the local significance of public broadcasters The Harwood Institute and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting have forged a groundbreaking collaboration to deepen and expand the local significance of public broadcasters and improve the civic health of communities across the country. The aim of the Community Engagement Initiative is to... more... Feb 19, 2007 Rich featured in the Columbian Missourian Op-Ed pages -- Rich was featured in the Columbian Missourian opinion pages on Friday, February 9th. Click below to read Rich's article, "Values must shape future Iraq policy." Missourian more... Jan 29, 2007 People respond on their "State of the Union" speech Last week prior to the State of the Union address, Rich challenged his fellow citizens to think about and write talking points on their own State of the Union speech. We received many responses. Check out what folks had to say! stateoftheunionweb_1031.doc more... Jan 29, 2007 The Harwood Institute announces HarwoodSPEAK Have you ever found yourself lacking the right word to describe a public endeavor? The Harwood Institute announces an ongoing series of words and phrases which capture this missing public vocabulary. Jan 16, 2007 Rich headed to Newark to work for change In the upcoming months Rich, along with the Greater Essex Council of Child Welfare Collaboratives based in Newark, will be working for change in continuing to make Newark a better place to live, work, and play. On the specifics of the work, Rich says, "We'll be creating a new covenant that will... more... Jan 16, 2007 Rich's blog featured in the "Top Ten" nonprofit blogs in The Chronicle of Philanthropy Rich's blog, Redeeming Hope, is featured in a December 7, 2006 article entitled "10 Nonprofit blogs that get attention" in The Chronicle of Philanthropy. The article also features Phil Cubeta, an alum of the 2006 Harwood Institute Innovator's Summit, and his website gifthub.org. To read the full... more... Dec 11, 2006 Rich quoted in Case Foundation report on civic engagement A recently released Case Foundation report entitled, “Citizens at the Center: a new approach to civic engagement” quotes Rich on the subject of citizen discontentment in the civic life and health of their communities. The report asks the question, “Is the United States undergoing a civic... more... Dec 4, 2006 United Way of America selects the Harwood Public Innovators Lab for new learning opportunities United Way of America recently announced that it will be including the Harwood Public Innovators Lab in their 2007 catalog of learning opportunities. This means that, for the first time, local United Way staff members will be able to use their flex credits to help pay for the experience. In the... more... Dec 4, 2006 Interview with The Harwood Institute innovator partner, Tanya Renne Recently The Harwood Institute caught up with an innovator partner, Tanya Renne co-founder and CEO of Orchid Suites, who accompanied us to Airlie Center in Warrenton, Virginia for strategic planning sessions and talks on the future of our work. Here is what she had to say: How did the time... more... Nov 28, 2006 Partner of The Harwood Institute featured in Time Magazine -- and she responds here Daniella Levine, a partner of The Harwood Institute and a Public Innovators Lab alumnus is featured in the latest issue of Time Magazine in the article "There's Trouble -- Lots Of It -- in Paradise". Daniella responds to the Time Magazine article and about her work at Imagine Miami. Imagine... more... Nov 27, 2006 Public Innovators Lab offers valuable takeaways for you, your organization, and your community What do you takeaway from the Lab -- this is a great question! The Public Innovators Lab is not meant to end upon the conclusion of the sessions spent this upcoming February. Rather, over the years we’ve designed and really honed what we call the Personal Learning Journal. You will receive your... more... Nov 13, 2006 Rich to be a panelist in Kettering Foundation roundtable on Democracy's Challenge: Reclaiming the Public's Role On Monday, November 13th, Rich will join a number of other esteemed panelists in a Roundtable discussion hosted by the Kettering Foundation in Washington. The forum is centered around three themes: Tensions Involving Democratic Values Tensions Involving Democratic Practices... more... Nov 7, 2006 Sort out what the election means for you at The Harwood Institute's first teleconference bookclub On Tuesday, across the nation, people from all regions will be voting in the midterm elections. What will the implications of these elections mean for you? What will they suggest about conditions for change in our communities and the country? How might they affect the work you do?... more... Oct 20, 2006 Sign-up for the Winter 2007 Public Innovators Lab The Harwood Public Innovators Lab A Harwood Signature Event Communities are searching for new kinds of leaders... Are you ready to answer the call? Join us and other public innovators like yourself and learn how to forge an alternate path in public... more... Oct 9, 2006 Student from KU Symposium reflects on Hurricane Katrina and the re-opening of the Superdome In fall, there are only three days of the week that matter in Louisiana. From Friday high school games to LSU Saturday games, it is hard to believe that this southern state can possibly fathom more football come the end of the week. The attitude there is quite the opposite though. In fact, if... more... Sep 11, 2006 Summit Question of the Month Hurricane Katrina and 9/11: When is charity good, but change required? In what ways do we tend to confuse charity and targeted programs with real change -- and how do we ensure that, in our work and as a society, we aren't lulled to sleep by charitable efforts when change is actually... more... Sep 5, 2006 Join the Annual Public Innovators Summit -- A Year of New Products for You The Harwood Institute announces today the first wave of new products that will emerge from its inaugural Annual Public Innovators Summit that took place in Midway, Utah Aug. 18-20. The products are intended for public innovators everywhere to use to accelerate their own work around innovation... more... Sep 5, 2006 The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation is hiring The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation seeks to hire a new director of communications and networks. The position opening comes at an exciting time in the evolution of the organization; the Institute is pivoting from a project-based organization focused on innovating, to an organization that... more... Aug 14, 2006 Inaugural Annual Public Innovators Summit begins this weekend The week of the inaugural Annual Public Innovators Summit is here! Beginning on Friday, August 18th until Sunday, August 20th, a dynamic group of leading-edge thinkers and community leaders from around the country will meet in Utah to discuss the essence of challenges in... more... Aug 14, 2006 See who is coming to the Summit The list of participants to the inaugural Annual Public Innovators Summit has been finalized. We're excited to have more than 40 of America's best and brightest public innovators gathered together in Midway, Utah, to engage on the core challenges facing politics and public life. Here is a list... more... Jul 31, 2006 Now available -- New Harwood and Knight Foundation multimedia community rhythms series The new multimedia series "Community Rhythms: The Five Stages of Community Life" is now available for your use. You can use it to advance your own learning as well as to engage your staff, board members, and others in your community. In a dynamic two-part Webcast, Rich Harwood leads you through... more... Jul 31, 2006 Community rhythms: A framework for helping you innovate in public life As Rich pointed out in his blog series earlier this year, we need public innovation to create new pathways in public life, but public innovation cannot exist without two essential ingredients: public innovators to drive it, and civic-minded, catalytic organizations to house it, incubate it, and... more... View Archives
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