In honor of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day earlier in March, I interviewed three of my clients that are doing important work leaving a lasting mark on our community. In part 2 of a 3-part series, I interview…
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In honor of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day earlier in March I interviewed three of my clients that are doing important work leaving a lasting mark on our community. In part 1 of a 3-part series, I interview…
If you’ve ever created a targeted Facebook ad, you are familiar with psychographics. Not only are you choosing the demographics (age, income, occupation, sex, marital status) and geographic of a target audience but you are also choosing keywords to drill…
A recent study showed that most people give up their New Year’s Resolutions by January 12th. How much of that can be attributed to people setting lofty goals without a doable plan in place? Anytime you are creating something new,…
Every year, the end of the year sneaks up on me. Suddenly it’s Thanksgiving Week as I write this and I’m wondering what happened to all the time I thought I had this fall. Then it’ll be December and before…
Social enterprise is not easy to define. There are dozens of explanations that muddy the waters of social enterprise by bringing together business, nonprofits, and the government sectors to define what a social enterprise can be. This resonates with me:…
New Mexico continues to have a jobs problem. I know this because I facilitate community dialogues and strategy planning sessions for local economy programs and projects all over the U.S. and New Mexico, in rural and urban communities. During a…
In March I facilitated a workshop called “Partnering With Purpose” alongside Ellen Shepard of Community Allies and Keagan King of Mount Taylor Organic Farm for the 2018 National Good Food Network Conference. Our goal was to provide skills to food…
Recently I posed a question to my Facebook group, Local, Social Good asking, “What is the best piece of advice you’ve ever received?” The answers were too good to keep to our group so I thought I’d expound on them…
I’m a social entrepreneur, writer, and cultivator of all things local. I get having a burning passion for working in your purpose. After all work is where we tend to spend most of our time. It is an extension of…
What’s So Different in The City Different? In Santa Fe, New Mexico we like to call ourselves “The City Different” and often we can claim that moniker with pride. We like to do things a little differently out here in…
Not every client I work with is looking to start a new endeavor. Sometimes businesses need a fresh infusion of ideas or priorities. Lauren Tresp came to me nearly a year after buying well known local Santa Fe arts publication,…
From rural main street communities to urban neighborhood centers, local first organizations put on “Buy Local” campaigns, create programming to support and grow businesses, and advocate for policies to better the infrastructure for local businesses. These are some of the…
Can data collection and community mapping make strides toward greater equity in American cities? One Southern nonprofit says yes. Data collection and mapping can often be a tedious process. Partners jump on and off these types of projects all the…
I’m excited to share part three of a three-part series written along with Jessica Haynie that focuses on how an organization can make the commitment to change, using a Transformational framework. In this article, we conclude our three-part series on…
I’m excited to share part two of a three-part series written along with Jessica Haynie that focuses on how an organization can make the commitment to change, using a Transformational framework. The new year is a time for renewal, a…
I’m excited to share my latest article written along with Jessica Haynie that focuses on how an organization can make the commitment to change, using a Transformational framework. In the nonprofit world, we talk about change all the time in…
Vicki Pozzebon and Alan Webber There’s a new conversation, a new set of practices and a new vocabulary in the evolving effort to support local economies: Anchor institutions. Local procurement. Procurement policies. Impact investing. What do these terms mean? And…
On a recent road trip across the country my friend picked up a copy of a local magazine featuring local business stories to bring back for me. “It’s what you do,” he said. With Local across the front of the…
Microeconomics (from Greek prefix mikro- meaning “small”) is a branch of economics that studies the behavior of individuals and firms in making decisions regarding the allocation of limited resources. This is in contrast to macroeconomics, which involves the “sum total…
The summer of 2006 I made a leap into a new career from a railroad marketing director to executive director of a nonprofit focused on growing community local economies through the support of locally owned independent businesses. I knew next…
I’m a fixer. There I said it. I like to give advice and fix people’s problems. The truth, though, is that I love listening to people. Their stories are what captivate me and it’s where the good stuff is. Listening…
I’m excited to share my latest article written along with Jessica Haynie that focuses on the importance of investing in the local food system. Funders who are considering lending their support to the local food movement often ask, “Where do…
Usually I get a call that goes something like this: Them: I think I need a consultant like you. Me: For what exactly? Them: Business planning . . .? A lot of people think they need a business plan when…
This time of year is full of lists for things to buy and people to buy for: the co-worker party, the relatives, the kids, the neighbors, the wife, the boyfriend, the girlfriend, the dog… And all of this while trying to…
