Dana Carman is an expert in human and organizational transformation. Since 1984 Dana has worked as a senior advisor, consultant and executive coach to leaders of more than 200 visionary organizations on 5 five continents. Hilary : I believe the educational term for what you do is “scaffolding.” This refers to the coaching and, or […]
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Have you ever wondered what it takes to achieve meaningful, lasting community change? How can you bring together researchers and community partners to work collaboratively to understand community issues and create relevant, long-lasting solutions? These are questions we have asked ourselves over the past decade through our work in the field. Though there are no […]
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What is and what is not PAR? How can emerging scholars effectively use PAR methods to bring about community change and social justice? What is the future of PAR? These are the questions we had in mind when we decided to obtain answers by interviewing Dr. Marja-Liisa Swantz, a distinguished participatory action research expert whose […]
Read More...Abstract provided on behalf of the authors, Jim Mann, Lillian Hung Research about patients with dementia in the context of acute care has been traditionally designed and carried out by researchers with little or no involvement of people with dementia. Moving away from the traditional way of conducting research on people with dementia, this study involved […]
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How do you know your strategy tool works? This question has long haunted strategy consultants because using one tool naturally excludes the use of another and thus a comparison. We propose a simple yet powerful method to assess the effectiveness of a workshop-based strategy tool. Using participants’ evaluation of planned future actions’ relative impact on […]
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