Grassroots Enterprises

Wednesday, August 28, 2019

The Times (and the Trust) are a’Changin’

As I sat down to write this blog, I didn’t have a starting point. I wasn’t even sure about the topic. But, being good at procrastinating as well as being ready to be distracted, I did a quick scan of some old blogs on the topic that I wanted to address - trust. And, wouldn’t you know, I found a blog I had written some time ago. Although it was 7 years ago, it seemed to hold up and might even more relevant today.

That particular blog was inspired by an… More...

Posted by Brenda Herchmer on 08/28 at 05:44 PM • Permalink

Sunday, August 18, 2019

Want Honey? Plant Flowers!

My work as the Founder and Principal Collaborator of Campus for Communities of the Future involves delivering a lot of training sessions focused on the how-to’s of strengthening community building. As a result, I’m gaining traction in terms of becoming more comfortable and confident with both the content and delivery. However, I wobbled a bit recently when I started to prepare for a session for economic developers.

After all, up until now I have been talking about community building to people who already understand it is as a priority. That is… More...

Posted by Brenda Herchmer on 08/18 at 08:13 PM • Permalink

Thursday, August 01, 2019

Turning Learning Upside Down

While it really isn’t anything I can explain, every once in a while I stumble across a transformative concept that simply feels right. Sometimes I try to push the concept to the back of my mind because I know implementing that change is going to result in disruption, not to mention a significant amount of work. Ultimately though the concept keeps surfacing and draws me in like a moth to a flame.



While it really isn’t anything I can explain, every once in a while I… More...

Posted by Brenda Herchmer on 08/01 at 12:04 PM • Permalink