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		<title>Is Poverty Increasing or Decreasing?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2021 18:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[According to an Angus Reid survey, &#8220;Canadians generally think the number of people living in poverty in their communities is increasing.&#8221; More than 50% indicated they see poverty being on the rise, compared to 9% who think it is decreasing. That&#8217;s the perspective of ALL Canadians surveyed, not just those living below the Low Income<a class="more-link" href="https://markholmgren.wordpress.com/2021/12/06/is-poverty-increasing-or-decreasing/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">"Is Poverty Increasing or&#160;Decreasing?"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>What if most our heroes were wrong?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Holmgren]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2019 16:05:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I was young and living poor in Uptown Chicago. I was an on and off again college student. It took me seven years, maybe eight, to get my degree in Communications. I&#8217;d attend a term then hitch hike to California with my good friend, Karl. We both had hair to the middle of our backs<a class="more-link" href="https://markholmgren.wordpress.com/2019/08/01/what-if-all-our-heroes-were-wrong/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">"What if most our heroes were&#160;wrong?"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Where does who you are reside?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Holmgren]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2019 00:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Who are you? How could I ever know? So the question turns to, “Who am I?” Am I contained within my body? Or does my identity exist across fields of experience or as an ever-changing pattern that defies being known? Perhaps there is a moment in each of our lives when we recognize our consciousness<a class="more-link" href="https://markholmgren.wordpress.com/2019/05/26/where-does-who-you-are-reside/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">"Where does who you are&#160;reside?"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Reflecting on a Creative Life</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Holmgren]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2019 23:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Visit my music page. My musical life seems so long ago now. I guess because it is. In the early 1990s I won a song writing contest which allowed me to play a featured stage and two workshops at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival. That honor led to other performances on CBC radio, on a<a class="more-link" href="https://markholmgren.wordpress.com/2019/05/26/reflecting-on-a-creative-life/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">"Reflecting on a Creative&#160;Life"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Collaborating to Understand Collaboration; A New Tool</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2017 17:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I imagine the majority of us value collaboration. We believe that doing it increases impact, fosters innovation, and is especially called for when it comes to effecting large-scale systemic change (or transformational change). Many say collaboration is more efficient than disconnected social change or social service efforts. The expectations of many funders are that grant<a class="more-link" href="https://markholmgren.wordpress.com/2017/10/24/collaborating-to-understand-collaboration-a-new-tool/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">"Collaborating to Understand Collaboration; A New&#160;Tool"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>About Collective Impact: Types of Problems, Degrees of Change, Learning Loops, and Methods of Thinking</title>
		<link>https://markholmgren.wordpress.com/2017/10/17/about-collective-impact-types-of-problems-degrees-of-change-learning-loops-and-methods-of-thinking/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Holmgren]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2017 20:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Collective Impact is multi-sector approach to large-scale collaboration that is authentically inclusive of citizens in its development and implementation &#8211; in particular citizens who have life-experience with the big problems or issues being addressed, such as poverty, climate change, family violence, and so many more. Collective Impact is not an approach aimed at creating program<a class="more-link" href="https://markholmgren.wordpress.com/2017/10/17/about-collective-impact-types-of-problems-degrees-of-change-learning-loops-and-methods-of-thinking/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">"About Collective Impact: Types of Problems, Degrees of Change, Learning Loops, and Methods of&#160;Thinking"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Why are we here?</title>
		<link>https://markholmgren.wordpress.com/2017/10/06/why-are-we-here/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2017 18:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Such a simple question, four small words that get at the core of our community change work. It&#8217;s not a question confined to a step in a visioning or planning process. It&#8217;s place is within us, no matter where we are going or if we are standing still. It&#8217;s not just a question about purpose<a class="more-link" href="https://markholmgren.wordpress.com/2017/10/06/why-are-we-here/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">"Why are we&#160;here?"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Democracy is dying. Time to get to work.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2017 17:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I came across an article by George Monbiot (www.monbiot.com) that appeared in the Guardian this July. In this article, Monbiot writes about James McGill Buchanan, an economist influenced by neoliberalism and deeply funded by billionaire Charles Koch, the 7th wealthiest person in the world. According to Monbiot, Buchanan was an advocate for what he called<a class="more-link" href="https://markholmgren.wordpress.com/2017/07/25/democracy-is-dying-time-to-get-to-work/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">"Democracy is dying. Time to get to&#160;work."</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Developing Collective Impact Strategies</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Holmgren]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2017 14:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This article contains tools and approaches designed to help with the development of Collective Impact strategies. This resource is meant to serve as a guide for you and your colleagues as well as to stir your thinking. Three approaches are addressed: Divergent and Convergent Thinking, Strategy Criteria, and a structured approach to Strategy Formulation.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wiki Sites are Great Engagement Tools</title>
		<link>https://markholmgren.wordpress.com/2017/04/20/wiki-sites-are-great-engagement-tools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2017 20:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Collective Impact is a long-play on community change. Large scale community change takes time and over the life of a Collective Impact initiative, there will be many documents and lists produced and people will come and go as well. Keeping track of the important reports and data can be time-consuming. And imagine coming into the work<a class="more-link" href="https://markholmgren.wordpress.com/2017/04/20/wiki-sites-are-great-engagement-tools/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">"Wiki Sites are Great Engagement&#160;Tools"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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