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Posted in Jeffrey Cufaude on Jan 19th, 2012
Kim: Thanks so much for your kind words and feel free to link to this post. Be a Kid Again (and these points made in this post) is one of my favorite keynote speeches to give.
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Posted in Jeffrey Cufaude on Jan 10th, 2012
I love this so much. Before I began working for Affiniscape, I was a Naturalist and worked as an Outdoor Educator for a Nature Center – I spent most of my days teaching 5-7 year-olds the wonders of bugs and trees and the world around us. This post reflects so many of the things that [...]
Posted in Jeffrey Cufaude on Jan 10th, 2012
Hi Jeffrey,
These are great reminders. Thank you.
I find the timing particularly interesting as I had just written a piece on how an infant recently gave me pause and reinforced some important lessons of nonprofit management.
http://www.4site4nonprofits.com/apps/blog/entries/show/11263490-through-the-eyes-of-a-babe
Stephen Lemire
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Posted in Jeffrey Cufaude on Jan 9th, 2012
Thanks, Jeffrey for the mention! We love this book and quoted it in ours, for obvious reasons
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Posted in Jeffrey Cufaude on Jan 4th, 2012
Maddie & Jeffrey – Thanks for that. And Kath – ditto: I too am happiest when I can help people and orgs. use their strengths .. or first discover their strengths and their needs and then do more.
Funny: This made me remember that when I was much younger, I was certain that if Khrushchev & [...]
Posted in Jeffrey Cufaude on Jan 3rd, 2012
Joan: Its challenging, isn't it? And that damn starfish story isn't going to make us feel much better when it doesn't seem like more progress is being made.
I guess each of us has to decide how to assess what impact is most important to us. I know some people pick [...]
Posted in Jeffrey Cufaude on Jan 3rd, 2012
yeah baby!!
Thanks for an awesome response. Love it!
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Posted in Jeffrey Cufaude on Jan 3rd, 2012
@Joan – I think you're totally right, that it does feel like a drop in the ocean… so to me, when I read Craig Newmark's post about what some nonprofits were doing, and I remembered a post by Lindy about the Power of A awards and some of the amazing things associations are doing, it [...]
Posted in Jeffrey Cufaude on Jan 3rd, 2012
Ok..I'm not reading their book and I will .. once the pile of the "I-swear-I'm-going-to-read-them" books is a bit shorter.
Here's the thing: What you said is so right and good. And I wish I could focus the same way you do. I wish my CARING were more focused, that my empathy weren't so strong. (I [...]
Posted in Jeffrey Cufaude on Jan 3rd, 2012
This is wonderful! It is exactly how I see myself – I am happiest and do my best in helping other people and organizations use their strengths to create positive change in the world. So while not doing it directly, I am creating change indirectly.
Thank you for articulating this idea so well.
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