Many industries suffered in 2020 due to the egregious COVID-19 pandemic, including transportation in Colorado’s Front Range. When people began isolating themselves in their homes, the demand for rides to restaurants, shopping malls, grocery stores, and other places dropped, although…
What Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Means DEI is the influence of a diverse group of people on the same field (equity), intentionally including the perspective of all individuals in the group in meaningful conversations. Figure 1. Equality, Equity, Justice.…
Business Insider shares that social distancing influences silver linings like “an uptick in savings, cleaner air, and cheaper cars and homes.” What silver linings have you found during the pandemic? Time almost feels slower during the pandemic. There is no…
Culture is values in action. Corporate culture looks like the actions, words, thoughts, and other creations of its members. It’s how we do things around here. Culture is an unstoppable influence on an organization’s activities and results. It informs people…
The Organization Development Network-Greater Denver Region’s (ODN-GDR) eBook Club is an exclusively digital book club for OD enthusiasts. We’ll read top-rated industry books and meet for a lively discussion over Zoom about every six weeks. This eBook club will enable…
There is no “one size fits all” solution to engaging newly remote employees. Regardless, development professionals are facing the challenge of quickly adapting to the effects of the pandemic on the office. Many organizations are scrambling to shift to a…
Effective grant writers align a nonprofit’s vision and with the resources needed to achieve it, like Zoe, who has secured multiple millions of dollars in funding from Federal, State, local government, and private foundation grants. She has five years of…
The Problem Nonprofit X provides transportation services. One way that Nonprofit X generates revenue is by entering into incoming-generating contracts. One such contract is longstanding with the local mass transportation system, Y. Nonprofit X operates some of Y’s transportation services.…
Elements of creating professional teams Diversity A factor to consider when creating professional teams or work groups is diversity. According to Frigotto and Rossi (2012), a higher level of diversity in a team increases “knowledge amplitude” and “knowledge variety,” meaning…