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Before Social Networking… there was the Sharing Trust

15.11.2010
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The Sharing Trust is my take on the brain trust. The first time I heard the phrase was when I had the pleasure of spending some time with Aggie Sweeney, CEO and President of The Collins Group in Seattle. Aggie introduced to me to the power of "having as many people in your 'brain trust' as possible" and she left an indelible mark on me. Many years before blogging, facebook and Twitter, Aggie Sweeney showed me what connecting could really mean. I understood marketing and networking but Aggie added a dimension that spoke to something deep inside of me: community. During the brief time I spent with Aggie she was kind enough to take me to an amazing event, The Art of Dining, an annual fundraiser for...

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Communities of Practice

28.10.2010
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A long time ago, I read somewhere that people typically make life-time friends around two major chapters in our lives: at college, or other graduate learning communities, and after we have a baby. I witness this possibility each time I teach a childbirth class series and come back to the class reunion. While pregnant in the childbirth class, couples may be more or less communicative with other couples. Some are quite interactive, others not so much, but come to the reunion, and you will see nearly all the proud (and awestruck) parents easily communicating with each other, sharing stories, laughing and encouraging each other. Parenthood brings camaraderie in a way I have seen little else do. It makes sense. Parenting is the quintessential "on-the-job training". We have...

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Six Impossible Things

21.10.2010
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Alice laughed. "There's no use trying," she said. "One can't believe impossible things." "I dare say you haven't had much practice," said the queen. "Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." ~ Lewis Carroll This became one of my favorite quotes when I lived in Washington State. A midwife I worked closely with said to me one day: "You just have to give everyone some time to catch up to your vision. You are usually a few months out ahead of the rest of us." Later that day I found this card. I have had it ever since (you can see the latte stain on the card-a reminder of my 11 years in Seattle and the beginning of a love for...

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