Summer 2022 Reading & Listening Recommendations
With summer right around the corner, we’d like to offer you a special treat to encourage warm weather learning! We asked our board members and staff to recommend books and
June 16, 2022
Category: General ICL News
Remembering Ed Easton, ICL’s founding Executive Director
When I learn that significant loved ones or mentors have died, it often feels like a very large tree has fallen in the forest, creating a gaping hole in my
September 10, 2019
Facilitate Meetings That Matter: Boost Your Skills With ICL
Would you like to learn how to design meetings and training experiences that powerfully engage your audiences? From government agencies, to community groups and landowners, working with a wide
August 12, 2019
Investing in You: The Value of Reflection and Continued Learning
Like most nonprofit leaders, we sometimes find that we are so busy “doing the work” that we do not set nearly enough time aside to improve our own practice. We’re
June 13, 2019
Want an Effective Partnership? Ask These 4 Key Questions First!
If the word “partnership” makes you shudder, you are in good company. It can be hard enough to work with your teammates, much less try to work with anyone else
September 25, 2018
The Power of Peers: Lessons from an Executive Director Learning Group
When in a position of leadership, it’s easy to forget that we don’t have to go it alone. However, as leaders we benefit from spaces with our peers where we
August 14, 2018
Change: ICL’s Summer Reading Recommendations
ICL’s team picks their favorite books about change for this summer. Switch: How to Change Things when Change is Hard by Chip and Dan Heath Recommended by Dianne Russell
July 9, 2018
Lessons from Gardening: Investments that Pay Big
Do you ever wonder if so called “investments” actually pay back? I do. Like most of us in our hard-running culture, I’ve often caught myself thinking, “I can’t take time
June 13, 2018
ICL Supports Phase II of the Delaware River Watershed Initiative
At ICL, we know the whole really can be greater than the sum of its parts. In our work to build collaboration with key players, informed by data, and addressing
April 3, 2018
Organize Meetings that Accelerate Your Work
The last gasps of winter remind me of snowy days sledding as a child in Michigan: scrambling up the hill with a pack of friends and our sleds in tow;
March 21, 2018