Category Archives: New Zealand

Meet People Where They Are (Then Sing to Them)

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Hildy • 3 Comments

(This is Part 6: Community-Driven Tour 2010 New Zealand. To read these posts from the beginning, head here.) Hamilton: Visiting the Waikato Blink twice and it’s Tuesday. We’re in Hamilton, an agricultural and university community about an hour south of Auckland. As I noted in the first post in this series, we rarely know we… Continue Reading

Filed Under: Boards / Governance, Capacity Building, Community-Driven Tour, New Zealand, Travel Stories

Passion Like a Fire (Alarm)

Posted on April 11, 2010 by Hildy • 0 Comments

(This is Part 5: Community-Driven Tour 2010 New Zealand. To read these posts from the beginning, head here.) Workshop: UNITEC It is Monday. We have been in Auckland for 2 weeks, with 1 day off. Dimitri headed out first thing in the morning to get a rental car for our drive to Hamilton, for our… Continue Reading

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Dreaming Ourselves Joyfully Awake

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Hildy • 0 Comments

(This is Part 4: Community-Driven Tour 2010 New Zealand. To read these posts from the beginning, head here.) Waiheke Island The conference ended on Friday. As happens during these events, the energy is both exhilarating and exhausting. After two weeks of nonstop action, though, even exhilarating was exhausting! We spent Saturday catching up on work… Continue Reading

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