Web cast now available for community foundations to think about becoming 'catalytic organizations'

Monday, January 30, 2006

(The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation)Staff and executives from community foundations across the country joined Rich Harwood Jan. 24 to talk about the findings in his latest book, Hope Unraveled: The People's Retreat and Our Way Back, and how community foundations can play a role in helping forge an alternate path for politics and public life.

The Web cast was sponsored by Community Foundations of America and can now be found on their Web site by clicking here.

Because people are in retreat from politics and public life, it will take special kinds of "boundary-spanning" organizations - that can cut across sectors and bring people together - to fundamentally improve our communities. Unfortunately, far too few of these organizations exist. Community foundations, however, are one such kind.

Community foundations are by their very nature "boundary-spanning" and therefore are poised to become what The Harwood Institute calls "catalytic organizations." Catalytic organizations not only excel at executing their organizational missions but also build community at the same time.

The Harwood Institute is currently partnered with the Nevada Community Foundation to grow their capacity as a catalytic organization. In a series of "workspaces," we are sharing our 20 years of intellectual capital with them through a process that will help them take our frameworks and tools and activate them in the context of their own community.

Our goal is to give them a "lens" through which they can analyze the work that they are undertaking and become more effective at conducting the kinds of initiatives that will help to build the civic strength of the community they serve.

Community foundations are only one kind of potentially cataltyic organization. If your boundary-spanning organization is struggling with how to create real, lasting change; if you believe that the conditions in your community need to fundamentally shift before your initiatives can take hold and be effective; if you want to fulfill your mission and also build the civic strength of your community, then partnering with The Harwood Institute to construct a series of workspaces will help you become catalytic.

For more information, contact Salin Geevarghese of The Harwood Institute at (301) 656-3669 or sgeevarghese@theharwoodinstitute.org.



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	Web cast now available for community foundations to think about becoming 'catalytic organizations' Monday, January 30, 2006 (The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation)Staff and executives from community foundations across the country joined Rich Harwood Jan. 24 to talk about the findings in his latest book, Hope Unraveled: The People's Retreat and Our Way Back, and how community foundations can play a role in helping forge an alternate path for politics and public life. The Web cast was sponsored by Community Foundations of America and can now be found on their Web site by clicking here. Because people are in retreat from politics and public life, it will take special kinds of "boundary-spanning" organizations - that can cut across sectors and bring people together - to fundamentally improve our communities. Unfortunately, far too few of these organizations exist. Community foundations, however, are one such kind. Community foundations are by their very nature "boundary-spanning" and therefore are poised to become what The Harwood Institute calls "catalytic organizations." Catalytic organizations not only excel at executing their organizational missions but also build community at the same time. The Harwood Institute is currently partnered with the Nevada Community Foundation to grow their capacity as a catalytic organization. In a series of "workspaces," we are sharing our 20 years of intellectual capital with them through a process that will help them take our frameworks and tools and activate them in the context of their own community. Our goal is to give them a "lens" through which they can analyze the work that they are undertaking and become more effective at conducting the kinds of initiatives that will help to build the civic strength of the community they serve. Community foundations are only one kind of potentially cataltyic organization. If your boundary-spanning organization is struggling with how to create real, lasting change; if you believe that the conditions in your community need to fundamentally shift before your initiatives can take hold and be effective; if you want to fulfill your mission and also build the civic strength of your community, then partnering with The Harwood Institute to construct a series of workspaces will help you become catalytic. For more information, contact Salin Geevarghese of The Harwood Institute at (301) 656-3669 or sgeevarghese@theharwoodinstitute.org.
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