Author: Deb Brown

outside meeting

What if you held your meetings outside?

You’ve sat through plenty of board meetings and a few city council meetings. They are held in the ‘official’ locations, with assigned seating (real or imagined) and there’s…

Kill the Committees

Committees are just a group of people who want to do things. The problem is forming committees is the old way of doing things. Volunteers are harder to find…

Use Art to Build Community

I sit on a volunteer board for Legacy Learning Boone River Valley in Webster City, Iowa. I was surprised at the number of local instructors in my community…

Is your town accessible?

There are some practical steps you can take right away to make your community easier for people of all ages and abilities.