Practicing Connection
Improve your resilience and readiness in a rapidly changing world.
Jessica Beckendorf and Erin Carlson Rivera host this exploration of personal and collective practices that empower us to work together to help each other, our families, and our communities improve our resilience and readiness.
Practicing Connection
Latest Episodes
Why Momentum is Often Hard to See
Long-term projects can feel like nothing's moving - until you know where to look. This episode is about training your eye to spot the small shifts that mean things are working. It's easy to lose steam on a long-term project w...
Get on the Balcony and Find Your Leverage
It's easy to talk about 'the system' like it's something happening to us. But what if you're already standing inside it - and holding one of the levers?We often talk about "the system" as something distant - a force acting on us r...
Inviting on Purpose: Empowering Others to Participate
Whether you're planning a single meeting or inviting people into a long-term community change effort, the invitation is where it succeeds or fails. Here are five principles to get it right.Invitations aren't just logistics - they'...
Collective Action & Working Together At Scale: Lessons from Early Matters
What does collective impact work actually look like? In this interview episode, we hear from a statewide “backbone” organization and a local coalition working in tandem to make changes on early childhood education and child c...
Jumpstart New Connections Using a Cheat Sheet
How do you get to the important conversations faster?Sometimes getting to know a new collaborator can take more time that you have to spare. In this episode Erin and Jessica discuss how a cheat sheet can jumpstart the conversation...
