Let’s practice our Three-Step!
Every day is a good day to re-up our commitment to enrolling new partners in our work! The good news is that we can hone our own...
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Melinda Lackey
- Jan 17, 2018
- 3 min
Will You Join The Dance?
How do you go about enrolling partners in your mission? Enrollment is a craft. It is much like dancing. Anyone can practice, build...
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Melinda Lackey
- Nov 1, 2017
- 3 min
Visioning: We’ll See It When We Believe It
What have you been dreaming lately? How are you thinking? Are you allowing the possibility of your highest potential to emerge? And as...
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Melinda Lackey
- Oct 3, 2017
- 2 min
What Can We Agree to Be For?
Critique is essential in the face of injustice. Critical analysis can also be a pathway to vision. Getting clear about what is...
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Melinda Lackey
- Apr 9, 2017
- 2 min
Are We Dancing Yet?
What’s your best experience being part of a team that discovered something new? Did exciting ideas or insights emerge from deep listening...
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Melinda Lackey
- Mar 6, 2017
- 2 min
What Is Going On Here and How Can We Work With It?
Successful meetings aren’t all business, focused on content. Nor are they all pleasure, focused on relationships. The most productive...
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Melinda Lackey
- Jan 20, 2017
- 2 min
Are We Listening for What Is Trying to Happen?
Most working professionals spend more than half their time in meetings. Feel the pain? Me, too! Whether by phone, live, or internet, I am...
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By SEED’s Graphic Artist, Omera Begum
- Jan 1, 2017
- 3 min
Designing Your Own Website, Without A Designer
You may feel intimidated to create your own website, because it seems like so much work. Remember this: how you look at the challenge...
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Melinda Lackey
- Nov 23, 2016
- 2 min
Are We Facing Our Fears?
The 2016 United States presidential elections revealed that many Americans are afraid of government, afraid of particular leaders, afraid...
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Melinda Lackey
- Nov 1, 2016
- 2 min
Have You Identified Your "Strategic Who?"
Years ago I was blessed by a three-year fellowship to explore approaches to social transformation in different parts of the world. For...
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Melinda Lackey
- Oct 1, 2016
- 1 min
How Are You Watering Your Own Garden?
You excel at caring for others. How well are you caring for yourself? Perhaps this gardening blog speaks to you: “If established plants...
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Melinda Lackey
- Sep 1, 2016
- 1 min
What Did You Do On Your Summer Vacation?
Have you and your colleagues shared stories about your summer adventures? Do you feel a strong sense of connection with your team? Or do...
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Melinda Lackey
- Aug 1, 2016
- 1 min
Shall We Dance?
Do you dance? If so, you know the difference a good partner makes. You’ve experienced that sense of delicious expansion from tuning into...
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Melinda Lackey
- Jul 1, 2016
- 2 min
Are You Creating a Culture of Philanthropy?
To what extent is your organization maximizing human resources in these three critical dimensions of fund development: Donors...
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Melinda Lackey
- Jun 1, 2016
- 1 min
What Is Your Secret Sauce?
SEED’s highest-performing client-partners are crystal clear about what they do best. What are the vital ingredients in your...
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Barry Kibel and Melinda Lackey
- May 3, 2016
- 2 min
Changing the World and Reporting It, One Butterfly at a Time
How does your organization measure social impact? Many nonprofits don’t, for reasons described as: • limited time and resources, • hard...
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Melinda Lackey
- Apr 14, 2016
- 2 min
Putting the Coach in the Cloud for Organizations to Soar
Why do you work so hard? For many in the nonprofit sector, the answer is easy—we are deeply inspired by our clients and mission. SEED...
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Rebeccah Welch and Melinda Lackey
- Apr 7, 2016
- 2 min
The Right Tool for the Right Job
There really aren’t many tools out there to help you bring strategic plans to life, much less to streamline operations and communicate...
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Rebeccah Welch and Melinda Lackey
- Mar 15, 2016
- 2 min
Walking the Talk of Our Strategic Plan
Strategic plan development represents a major challenge for many nonprofits. Even in the wake of the best strategic planning...
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Melinda Lackey
- Mar 1, 2016
- 2 min
Listening For What is Trying to Happen
Some say open networks are the “biggest predictor of career success.” Open networks are especially productive when there is an...
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