In what we might consider a "normal" year, July is usually a time where TheCR Network quiets down a bit and we engage some lighter summer (for us in the northern hemisphere) programming. But because 2020 has been anything but normal, we have introduced a bit of levity to our programming, but we...
In previous years, June usually indicated the start of summer in TheCR Network, where programming winds down and groups get a bit more quiet, but, with everyone dealing with a pandemic and social unrest, June 2020 kept going strong. And after a few months of topic-specific programming, we took...
As we prepare to reach the halfway mark for 2020, we thought it would be a great idea to go back to our roots for our theme this month. After talking about members, culture, gamification, and tools, it's only right that we bring them all together and think about what every aspect of community is...
While culture is an amorphous and fluid concept, it's also at the core of community, so we wanted to focus some time on the idea of Culture & Community for March in TheCR Network. Over the month of March, we looked into culture in regulated environments, new situations, new communities,...
As people are at the heart of community, we knew we wanted to focus on some member-focused in February, so we did! Over the month, we started and encouraged discussions around People-First Initiatives , thinking about topics like integrating members into our strategies, creating people-first...
Culture is at the heart of community. Culture is also difficult to measure and convey the value of, but it's imperative that we do that in order to prove the value of our communities. Because discussing culture opens up a swath of conversations, we've decided to focus on Culture &...
With a new year comes a renewed sense of purpose, at least that's what we aim to identify! Many of us found the first month of the new year a busy time, with a lot of tasks on to-do lists. To both get us ramped back up into the swing of things after the December holidays and to refocus our...
Communities are built upon, with, and for the people they serve. Because of that fundamental fact, we've decided to focus on People-First Initiatives during the month of February in TheCR Network. For the month of February, we'll be hearing from people who have employed specific...
On October 23 - 24, 2019, I attended Hearken's inaugural Engagement Innovation Summit in New York City. This is the third of three blog posts that I am writing to sum up some of my key takeaways from three of my top sessions. You can read the first one on community health workers here and...
After exploring Leadership & Careers for the month of October , we're ready to take what we've discussed, learned, and explored and move into some practical action. So what's the logical next step? How about we explore how we can take the more amorphous community subjects, like culture and...