Tag: volunteers
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Community Sensei
The people who have gone before Someone who has gone before In Karate, a Sensei isn’t simply a teacher. It doesn’t just mean instructor or coach. It literally translates as: someone who has gone before. Someone who has walked the path ahead of you. Someone who can help you navigate the learning.The doing.The journey. It’s…
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Holding the table
The unseen work of bringing people together A lot of the work we do isn’t really seen. You might see the occasional social media post.Sometimes a photo of families enjoying an activity in a park.Every now and again an impact report. What you don’t see are the conversations that happen beforehand — and the dozens…
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Small Things Done Well
Notes from the unglamorous side of getting stuff done. I can’t remember exactly when it clicked. It was one of those slightly tongue-in-cheek realisations you have halfway through a conversation. I kept finding myself drawn to the same type of people. Different jobs.Different industries.Different personalities. But the same trait. They’re the ones who make things…
Northern Ambiguity 