I recently had the opportunity to catch up with Chris Wendel, one of our A Bigger Voice pilot clients. Chris and his brother Tim are the sports fans and history buffs behind the blog Buffalo Nation. Their new book, Buffalo,…
The last year I worked for Ben & Jerry’s Homemade, I was supervised by a woman who destroyed my faith in my skill, intelligence, and competence. She raged at fellow employees in front of me. She called me in to…
This morning, as I was working on a new business idea that popped into my brain over the weekend, I found myself thinking about Clark Kent, Superman and what it takes to have a bigger voice. I noticed there is…
This blog is about the “how-to” of transforming an idea into a sustainable movement, helping wisdom entrepreneurs achieve success more easily and intentionally. The how-to’s don’t say anything about personal traits that contribute to success. Enter a few thoughts on…
Edwina Froelich may not be household name, but millions of mothers who have nursed a child, have been influenced by her wisdom. Edwina died recently and her community lives on, in the form of La Leche League International. A Wall…
Hi, I’m Carol Ross. The concept of A Bigger Voice came to me while driving home after dropping off the kids at school. In a matter of seconds, I knew that this was my work to do for a lifetime.…
It’s with great pleasure that I introduce Beth Wallace, a new blogger for A Bigger Voice. Beth is the community-building lead and someone who sees and inspires community wherever she goes. When I first asked Beth to join our team…
It’s been over a week since I had a conversation about social entrepreneurship with twenty like-minded individuals in Traverse City, Michigan–people who believe in the idea of “doing well and doing good.” Lesson One: Dive in, the water’s fine. A…
The Wall Street Journal recently profiled Gene Sharp, founder of the Albert Einstein Institute and a pioneer in researching non-violent resistance principles, based on successful uprisings to dictatorships throughout history. His wisdom is simple: Any dictatorship will eventually collapse if…
Pilot Project Exploring the Five Modules of ABV
In addition to providing examples of ABV at work and deepening my own learning of the concepts through blogging, I’ll also be “pulling back the covers” occasionally on parallel efforts. One of these is a pilot that I’ve started to…