There is an ideal place for you in the volunteer world. I promise. As a young girl, I dreamed of being a Candy Striper. I admit it: I didn’t know much about what they actually did. I was after the
How to Find Your Ideal Place in the Volunteer World



There is an ideal place for you in the volunteer world. I promise. As a young girl, I dreamed of being a Candy Striper. I admit it: I didn’t know much about what they actually did. I was after the
Anything worth doing, every worthwhile venture, starts with a great vision and goal. You have to see the thing you want in your mind first. You have to imagine it. Then you have to walk out your vision—what you have
Goal-setting can triple your odds of getting what you want. The proof is here! In 1979, Harvard Business School began a study on goal achievement. That year, MBA graduates were asked if they had designed a roadmap for goal achievement—by

Transformational change and continuous improvement are the right seeds for your community. Does this implementation require a little effort? Yes, because it moves beyond just “giving back” per se. This effort requires involvement and understanding the needs of the community.
Much of my career in organizational development has involved coalition-building: getting others to buy into a big vision. So I am impressed by a program that is an essential part of the culture at LinkedIn, the business-oriented social media site
The very first thing you need to do to become a great communicator is to put yourself in another person’s shoes and think about how that person processes information. What questions do they have? What are they curious about? Why
As a young girl, I dreamed of being a Candy Striper. I admit that I didn’t know much about what Candy Stripers actually did; I was after the uniform! There was something about those young ladies in the pink-and-white striped
Ignite 2 Impact is a podcast that involves great conversations, discussions that matter. I’m inspired by the lyrics to the 1970s hit, “Wake Up, Everybody,” which reminded us that “The world will get no better if we just let it be.”
Everyone reaches the point where we wonder and even worry about the younger generation. We will start sentences with “When I was your age,” and try to offer teenagers and young adults our best advice. It has always been this