“I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the Heart’s affections and the truth of the Imagination.” – John Keats It can be really exciting when we start discovering what moves us personally, what we’re passionate about, what makes our wheels turn. Spark plugs start firing in that engine between the brain and the gut,Continue reading “Heartspace: The Engine of Personal Engagement”
Category Archives: personal engagement
Introducing Personal Engagement
Want to change the world? Change yourself. There is a missing piece in most civic engagement and community engagement initiatives. Most well-meaning practitioners come storming into programming intending to teach folks about issues, engage them in actions, and move forward to change the world. In schools, parent engagement coordinators focus on connecting parents with teachersContinue reading “Introducing Personal Engagement”
10 Questions on Personal Engagement
We all have issues and activities that we’d like to engage others in doing. If you’re running an afterschool program for kids, you might want to engage them in the activity of learning. If you’re leading a protest at the school board meeting, you might want to engage students and parents in concept of schoolContinue reading “10 Questions on Personal Engagement”
Adam F.C. Fletcher 