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Find the Needle

Find the Needle: The Search Party - Fall 2026

FALL '26 APP OPEN! A search party usually starts with bad news, hoping for a good outcome. How do you make sure you have the people you need?

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Find the Needle: An Opportunity - Fall 2026

FALL 2026 APPLICATION: JUL 7-AUG 21, 2026! Learn about FREE coaching to explore collaborative ways to solve long-standing community problems!

Leadership Development

Persistence

Do you want to be successful in your community impact work? Of course you do. Who wants to fail? But what does desiring success look like when...

Personal Development

Safe

Safety has a certain feel to it that isn’t easy to define. Why do some people bring a sense of safe presence more than others? Is it a learnable...

Community Development

Resilience

At any moment, around the globe, individuals, communities, or regions face needs, crises, or disasters. What makes the difference in return to...

Find the Needle

Find the Needle: Community

IN and AS. Understanding the difference between these two simple words can radically change how a community lives together.

Find the Needle

Find the Needle: Tension

It makes great bread, taffy, muscle, and bridges, but what about communities? Welcome tension when building communities? Not usually. What if we did?

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