This time of massive disruption and crisis, from COVID-19’s health, social, and economic impacts to the systemic change being demanded around police violence, racism, and white supremacy has caused us to reflect on our work. Al and I have spent time thinking and talking about what to continue and improve upon, what to change, and
Read more »Statement on the Murder of George Floyd
Dear Colleagues, We are living through a moment when white supremacy, racism, anti-Blackness, and violence against Black bodies has been caught in broad daylight. We are experiencing the daily traumas that our Black, Brown, Indigenous, Immigrant, and People of Color community members must cope with each day as they endeavor to survive in the capitalist,
Read more »Planning Effective Online Meetings
As professional facilitators, we have been thinking a lot about how to bring the important elements of in-person meetings online. While we expect the same outcomes when meeting online or in person, we know that the meeting is fundamentally different when we are working together without sitting together. Instead of simply repurposing our in-person plans for
Read more »Working Collaboratively
We’ve never had a client complain that they’re seeing too much of us. However, we often surprise them early on in our relationship with the depth of our collaboration. “Working collaboratively to achieve a common goal” is a core value at Aurora Consulting. In action, it means, all aspects of a project that can involve client participation, do.
Read more »Leading with Honesty, Humility, and Joy
At Aurora, we work hard to lead with honesty, humility, and joy. Of our three core values, we believe this one offers the most insight to who we strive to be in and through our work. We like it because it lets us be us. It reflects our vision for ourselves as leaders and our vision for how we interact with other nonprofit professionals.
Read more »Four Tips for Leading from the Middle of Your Board
What does leadership look like when you aren’t in charge? We often do this in our professional and personal lives – managing up, down, and sometimes upside-down. This is what it means to “lead from the middle,” and the concept can be useful to board members.
Read more »Team-Based Inquiry: Evaluation for the Development and Planning Process
Evaluation is an extremely helpful addition to any strategic, planning, or development process, but it is often left out due to time or money constraints. Not all evaluation processes, however, come at a high cost: Team-Based Inquiry could be a user-friendly way for your team or organization to incorporate evaluation into its development and planning
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