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Defining “Community” for Community Engagement
Buzz words. Concepts that are all the rage. Phrases that seem to appear everywhere. The term “community engagement” is having that moment in the context
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Want to Help BIPOC Leaders Grow? Build on Their Strengths and Let Them Lead the Way
A group of Delaware River Watershed professionals connect at an event. In fall 2022, the Institute for Conservation Leadership (ICL) established a new leadership development
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Check-ins: They Do More Than Open a Meeting
Check-ins, openers, and icebreakers play a critical role in a meeting’s success. When weighing how to spend precious time, sometimes leaders cut them to squeeze
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Planning for Your Collaboration
Planning for collaborations is unique The issues facing those of us seeking healthy communities and ecosystems are complex. Most groups do not have the ability
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Intentions Support Adaptation
Yellow Peradeniya flowers bloom in April. The month of April is not only an exciting season of renewal and growth as we welcome Spring but
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Collaboration is Like Regenerative Agriculture
Bryce Cotton of Cotton Cattle Company talks with a group of Delaware River Watershed Initiative members in New Jersey. We’ve heard the voices of frustration