Hey #whitecapsfc FO. You have to help us get supporter culture in the stands! Capos in front of the grandstand? Ushers telling folks to sing # #whitecapsfc pleeeease! There is no way 28000 people should be that quiet. Song sheets in the programs, drum corps leading songs… # #whitecapsfc I don't care how cheesy it is, we have to kickstart support in the whole stadium if support is to survive the win-loss record. # #whitecapsfc front office needs to make going to a game a participatory event, not a voyeuristic peek at the @southsiders. I beg of you! # #whitecapsfc …
Returning a feature to Fridays: A neat article on religious athletic wear. How to build a canoe, how to undress a birch tree. A great TED talk: Geoffrey West on the mathematics of organization
William Commanda, an important Elder from Kitigan Zibi near Maniwaki, Quebec died this morning. I first met William in 1988 when I was doing some research at the Assembly of First Nations offices in Ottawa. He had come into the office to give a teaching on one of the wampum belts that he had in his possession. A large crowd of staff gathered around him and he spoke quietly and deliberately about the nature of the relationship between peoples on the continent. He was a powerful teacher, and could hold a room spellbound as he expounded on his teachings. He …
I have great clients. Most of the people who end up working with me do so because they want to work in radically more participatory ways, opening up processes to more voices, more leadership. In conference settings this means scheduling much more dialogue or running the whole thing using Open Space Technology and dispensing with pre-loading content. But there persists, especially in the corporate and government sectors, a underlying nervousness in doing this. common objections to making things more participatory include: It’s too risky We’re not ready for it I’m worried it won’t work There won’t be enough structure People …
Heading on to the Denman Island ferry after a great weekend soccer tournament. Proud to be a Fighting Apodaca!! # Another grey summer morning on the west coast http://ow.ly/i/eSnX # Beautiful twilight walk at Killarney Lake: beavers, frogs, Swainson's Thrushes and a baby Barred Owl. # Summer morning, crossing Howe Sound. http://ow.ly/i/eYaF # "Learning how to be kind to” http://whiskeyriver.blogspot.com/2011/07/learning-how-to-be-kind-to-ourselves.html # It's and incredible morning, clear and warm and sweet. And a great day for football! Go #whitecapsfc Let's get points against LA! # U.S.: In state of denial over taxes? (null) via @globeandmail iPhone app # I have an …