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In continuing to celebrate thirty years of institutional strategy advancements, we honor the pearl anniversary by presenting our April pearl of wisdom, collected and refined over the years. Find the full article here: https://lnkd.in/eMMeiazj #anniversary #companyanniversary #institutionalstrategy #pearlsofwidsom

Annual meeting 2024! I always leave Milwaukee feeling grateful and inspired. I ran my first 5k in years, soaked up tons of knowledge & developed new relationships. I look forward to implementing what I’ve learned and continuing to be a guiding light for my clients. The best keeps getting better. 👏🏻 #financialplanning #womeninfinance

We're counting down the days to our 40th anniversary celebration by looking back through our history, year by year. Why has our work been so concentrated on affordable housing? Because stable housing affects nearly every aspect of a person's life, particularly their health and well-being, and because that where our tools--loans and training--have enormous impact. https://bit.ly/44idbQY

Join us on October 24 for Understanding Cultural Differences: Intercultural Communication Styles!

The start of a new year can be a time of reflection, looking back at the last year and celebrating successes. Read about our accomplishments during 2022-2023 by reading our Annual Report: https://buff.ly/48CnZfK

Read more about our CEO, Dominic R. Ortiz in the linked article below. 💡

Take this Sunday to write a lesson you've learned from every role you've held, both volunteer and paid. Know your value so you can articulate your value. ✨

"The grandparent advantage — the gift grandparents AND grandfriends give the next generation — provides younger generations not just knowledge but purpose, peace, hope, and roots." Check out our latest blog post written by Generations United Executive Director Donna Butts, which is titled "Celebrating Grandparents Day 2023 & The Grandparent Advantage" https://lnkd.in/e67ssd-5

As a lifelong learner, meeting and learning and laughing with colleagues is uplifting and rejuvenating. Take a minute to laugh with a colleague it makes the journey more meaningful. Parent Institute for Quality Education (PIQE) #piqestrong #leadershipdevelopment #nonprofitleadership

I don’t get booked for National Indigenous Peoples Day anymore. I used to get lots of requests on this day. I think it might have something to do with the conversation I have with potential bookings for this day. When people ask me to do “awareness” days like this, the look on their face when I tell them what my rate is, tells me that they were only prepared to give me a $250-$500 honorarium for bringing awareness to their team. Some of the bigger billion dollar corporations will also only offer $250 but have a huge list of expectations of what they want from you with a bulleted list of things they want you to cover so they can tick things off their list of what they did to learn. I share with these groups that “This month and this day comes every year, it’s never a surprise, yet when it comes, there is never an appropriate budget set aside to properly compensate the people you’re asking to come in and teach you. When you do your budget, it’s not even a thought or priority to set aside $10,000 for speaker fees and $1000 for elders and knowledge keepers to do openings for your important events throughout the year. I say this not for myself but for those who feel they can’t speak up because $250-$500 is a lot to many people and they can’t say no because that is food money for their family” I will not take honorariums from corporations or businesses to speak to a group of people who are only there as a performative measure, who don’t really care about reconciliation. What is worse is that they never send someone in charge of the money to ask you, they send someone with no authority over the budget who feels horrible for not being able to offer more. I WILL take honorariums from other racialized and underrepresented groups who don’t have money or big budgets and who are sharing with each other and building reciprocal learning relationships and that work can be done any day of the year. I appreciate those organizations and corporations who actually plan ahead and honour our people in our own lands on this day in a meaningful and appropriate way.