Blog Questions Week 4
Rules: Post your answers on your blogsite by Tuesday, April 15 by midnight and be entered in the drawing for one of our book titles…
NOTE: Please enter your answers as either a comment to the original question OR as a brand new entry on your blog so that the answers are easy for people to find.
Reflective Questions:
- What words of wisdom would you give to a community just starting a program like Horizons?
- Words of warning?
- What kind of changes in their community and its leadership might they expect?
- What kind of changes in themselves might they expect?
Scavenger Hunt Question:
- Which community’s chamber of commerce recently met with high school youth to work together to involve more youth in the community?
This week’s winner will get to choose ONE of the following books:
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You by John Maxwell
Or
April 14th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
The Horizons Project in our community has inspired an “awakening.” Conversations and perceptions are changing. Initially, people expected immediate results and most wanted to know “What will we get out of this?” It has been challenging to explain to folks that the project is really about capacity building - not about specific, instant outcomes. Another challenge has been to get people thinking beyond today and tomorrow. Horizons asks us to think 10, 15, even 20 years down the road. For people living in poverty, that is impossible to imagine - as the “future” for many means the next meal or the next rent payment. But, Horizons certainly has opened eyes here. People are beginning to realize that change - for better or for worse - will not happen over night. With patience and perseverance, great things are possible. Kudos to our Community Coach for her leadership throughout this Project… She will be missed…