Capacity Builders / Teachers

Jonathan Spack, Executive Director of Third Sector New England, talks about the ongoing need to test the assumptions that underpin an organization’s work. Listen to it now: https://makingchange.creatingthefuture.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/INTERVIEW-JonathanSpack.mp3

Rich Harwood, President of the Harwood Institute for Public Innovation, talks about the power of focusing outward – putting the collective good ahead of an organization’s own well-being. Listen to it now: https://makingchange.creatingthefuture.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Rich-Harwood.mp3

John McKnight John McKnight, founder of the Asset Based Community Development Institute, talks about helping ordinary citizens claim their power over the decisions that affect their lives. Listen to it now : https://makingchange.creatingthefuture.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/John-McKnight.mp3

Michelle Nunn, CEO of the Points of Light Institute, talks about the power each of us has to not only make a difference, but to find meaning in being part of something larger than themselves. Listen to it now: https://makingchange.creatingthefuture.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Michelle-Nunn.mp3

Jan Masaoka, CEO of the California Association of Nonprofits and Editor in Chief of Blue Avocado, talks about the difference between focusing on excellent management vs. focusing on what community residents want organizations to accomplish in their community. Listen to it now: https://makingchange.creatingthefuture.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Jan-Masaoka.mp3