Handout for HUD #SustainableCommunities Grantee Convening, December 4-6, 2013

1. 6 WEadership
Practices
ADOPT A WIDE
ANGLE
VIEW
BUILD
DIVERSE
NETWORKS
EMBRACE
OPENNESS
Description
Look broadly for resources to help achieve goals
and seek to deploy assets in creative ways. Focus
on solving important community problems.
Resources Cited
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CodeforAmerica.org on repurposing solutions
GitHub.com for sharing solutions
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http://inmaps.linkedinlabs.com/network for
mapping networks
Monitor Institute’s Gather guide:
http://www.monitorinstitute.com/downloads/
what-we-think/gather/
GATHER_The_Art_and_Science_of_Effective
_Convening.pdf
Rockford/Etsy case: http://www.etsy.com/
blog/news/2013/etsy-and-rockford-team-upon-craft-entrepreneurship/
TaksRabbit.com for gigs; Kiva.org for small
business lending; P2PU.org for un-school
http://meshing.it/companies for shareconomy
AmericanSamoaRenewal.org for video
GraduatePhiladelphia.org
Prototyping Framework (NESTA)
http://www.nesta.org.uk/news_and_features/
assets/features/prototyping_framework
Cloudgate
http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/dca/
supp_info/millennium_park_artarchitecture.html#cloud
Embrace multigenerational workplace
Leadership as mindset http://arnander.com
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Collaborate with partners creatively, using
informal networks alongside traditional hierarchies.
They make engaging people with diverse perspectives
a priority.
Share the role of leadership with staff,
partners, and the public. Use social technologies
to listen, inform, and collaborate.
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ENCOURAGE
EXPERIMENTATION
Industries and organizations needs new ideas, and
new ideas need testing.
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ADD UNIQUE
VALUE
Find ways your unique contributions can
make a real difference in their communities. Those
who add value remain relevant over time.
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CULTIVATE
NEXT
GENERATION
LEADERS
Build skills, share knowledge, and create
opportunities for others so that new leaders
can emerge.
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www.weadership.org