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About – Anticipate! by Mark Holmgren
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I BELIEVE IN THE BARKING DOG. Let’s Take a Break from Doing Good. I BELIEVE IN THE BARKING DOG. Let’s Take a Break from Doing Good. The Anticipate Blog features the writing of Mark Holmgren. He writes about social issues, innovation, leadership, collaboration, and the non-profit sector. Mark Holmgren resigned as CEO of Bissell Centre. On December 4, 2015 to take the posting of Director, Vibrant Communities. His postings are often syndicated at Customer Think. And his piece on Social Impact Bonds. You are...
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FREEDOM – Anticipate! by Mark Holmgren
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I BELIEVE IN THE BARKING DOG. Let’s Take a Break from Doing Good. I BELIEVE IN THE BARKING DOG. Let’s Take a Break from Doing Good. After nine months on the neural-psych ward. Robin walks through automatic doors. Into the explosion of day. Light. Kisses his sallow face. Look, he whispers. Goose bumps cover his skin,. Even his wrists where scars. The first thing we should do, I say,. Is find you a place to stay. The first thing I should do, he says,. Is get used to feeling like this. However I want to.
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Artist in Residence – Anticipate! by Mark Holmgren
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I BELIEVE IN THE BARKING DOG. Let’s Take a Break from Doing Good. I BELIEVE IN THE BARKING DOG. Let’s Take a Break from Doing Good. You’ve heard about Writers or Artists in Residence. What about having one for your summit, conference, or association gatherings? Mark has also provided spoken word pieces: poems. That complement the conference theme as well as the work experiences of participants. He has held open stages as well during conference events. Let’s Take a Break from Being Good. Enter your commen...
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Updates – Anticipate! by Mark Holmgren
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I BELIEVE IN THE BARKING DOG. Let’s Take a Break from Doing Good. I BELIEVE IN THE BARKING DOG. Let’s Take a Break from Doing Good. I am available for custom consulting work, key notes, and workshops through Tamarack Institute. For more info, click here. Email me at mark@tamarackcommunity.ca. Upcoming Tamarack Gatherings, One-Day Events, and Consulting Services. Upside Down Thinking: Disrupting the Status Quo. September 12, 2016 Red Deer AB. The Community Change Institute, September 26-30th. A Vibrant Co...
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Seeing What Matters – Anticipate! by Mark Holmgren
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I BELIEVE IN THE BARKING DOG. Let’s Take a Break from Doing Good. I BELIEVE IN THE BARKING DOG. Let’s Take a Break from Doing Good. We helped him get a bed, basic furniture, and kitchen and household items. As was our practice we located housing for Jim outside of the inner city where all the drugs and booze and other bad influences had plagued his life for so long. Jim wanted out of the life, although it was not clear what new life looked like to him. You here about the toaster, right? You know, Jack sa...
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I BELIEVE IN THE BARKING DOG – Anticipate! by Mark Holmgren
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I BELIEVE IN THE BARKING DOG. Let’s Take a Break from Doing Good. I BELIEVE IN THE BARKING DOG. Let’s Take a Break from Doing Good. I BELIEVE IN THE BARKING DOG. 8211; for Harley, a one of a kind dog, may he rest in peace. I believe in the barking dog. Sometimes he slobbers on my pillow or steals the blankets and looks curiously at me while I scold him. I know he dreams by the way he moans at night, though he never seems to want to share them with me. I like the sound of his toe nails on the ...I believe...
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Louie and Bruno – Anticipate! by Mark Holmgren
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I BELIEVE IN THE BARKING DOG. Let’s Take a Break from Doing Good. I BELIEVE IN THE BARKING DOG. Let’s Take a Break from Doing Good. Louie had stopped and turned and he was angry, yelling at someone that was out of my line of sight. I stood up as Louie reached into his pocket and pulled out a blade. I said nothing to my colleagues as I headed toward the door. I wasn’t really thinking to be honest. Louie, the knife-out-of-the-pocket Louie. As I exited the drop-in centre, I saw Bruno and his size and demean...
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Let’s Take a Break from Doing Good – Anticipate! by Mark Holmgren
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I BELIEVE IN THE BARKING DOG. Let’s Take a Break from Doing Good. I BELIEVE IN THE BARKING DOG. Let’s Take a Break from Doing Good. Let’s Take a Break from Doing Good. The spoken word piece I did was an update of my first version of. Let’s Take a Break from Doing Good. The process of editing and rewriting continued after our beauty jam. This is what I love about writing: it never is done. So here’s the latest version:. Let’s Take a Break from Doing Good. Let’s agree to never again meet in board rooms or ...
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Let’s lock up the homeless, you know, for their own good – Anticipate! by Mark Holmgren
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I BELIEVE IN THE BARKING DOG. Let’s Take a Break from Doing Good. I BELIEVE IN THE BARKING DOG. Let’s Take a Break from Doing Good. August 6, 2015, 8,am. August 6, 2015, 8,am. Let’s lock up the homeless, you know, for their own good. Bissell Centre is not among this group by the way, just to set the record straight. We think criminalizing poverty and homelessness is, well, wrong. It’s wrong. That happens in Winnipeg. But I wonder, for example, if drunk hockey fans leaving our arena will face arrest o...
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Jesus | Theologybird Writes
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Sermons I listen to. Favorites: Places to Begin. Posts Tagged With: Jesus. Sabbath-ing, August 2016. August 21, 2016. Morsels and Stories: I asked people to reflect on the times in their life when everything was just right, even if it was just half a second. There will be a bit of silence and some strange background noise as a few people share. Feel free to take this time to remember similar times in your life. The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with Luke 13:10-17. Sermon: N...
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