LogoLogoLogoLogoLogo
Search
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Who We Are
    • Meet The Team
    • About ABCD
    • ABCD Institute
  • What We Do
    • What We Offer
      • Learning & Development
      • Consultancy Services
      • Research & Evaluation
    • Who We Work With
    • Where We Work
      • Learning Sites
    • Proof Of Impact
      • Reports
      • What People Say
    • ABCD Community
      • Publications
      • ABCD Videos
    • Nurture Development
      • Glossary
      • Publications
      • Videos
      • Webinars
  • Blog
    • News and Events
    • ABCD Thought Leadership
    • Community Building Practice
    • ABCD Video Presentations
  • Contact
  • Rekindling Democracy
  • Community Renewal Centre
  • Home
  • About Us

    • Who We Are
    • Meet The Team
    • About ABCD
    • ABCD Institute
  • What We Do

    • What We Offer
      • Learning & Development
      • Consultancy Services
      • Research & Evaluation
    • Who We Work With
    • Where We Work
      • Learning Sites
    • Proof Of Impact

      • Reports
      • What People Say
    • ABCD Community

      • Publications
      • ABCD Videos
    • Nurture Development

      • Glossary
      • Publications
      • Videos
      • Webinars
  • Blog
    • News and Events
    • ABCD Thought Leadership
    • Community Building Practice
    • ABCD Video Presentations
  • Contact
  • Rekindling Democracy
  • Community Renewal Centre
Nurture Development / Articles posted by Cormac Russell (Page 6)

Beware of the Progressives (Part 1)

October 5, 2018
2 Comments
Share

The harsh reality is that some of the folk who appear socially progressive, are more interested in career progress than in authentic social change....

Read More

Questioning our certainties

September 21, 2018
1 Comment
Share

Socrates genius lay in his ability to question ‘certainties’, to probe into closely guarded beliefs that people assert as certainties, without good grounds...

Read More

Universal Unconditional Basic Income (Part 2 of 2)

August 24, 2018
0 Comments
Share

Honest questions alongside open dialogue about the way in which we think about salaried and non-salaried contributions will open up space for more fruitful...

Read More

Universal Unconditional Basic Income (Part 1 of 2)

August 17, 2018
1 Comment
Share

When we start the conversation around contribution, and intentionally shift away from market language - including the word ‘value’ which is also an economic...

Read More

Beyond Good Intentions; Towards A Good Life

August 10, 2018
1 Comment
Share

Mostly with good intentions, institutions develop processes that degrade the human capacity, inventiveness and autonomy of the person/persons they serve....

Read More

Scarcity & remembering the obvious.

August 3, 2018
0 Comments
Share

The concept of ‘abundant communities’ is vital as it recognizes that the huge reservoir of individual, associational, cultural, economic and ecological capacities we have...

Read More

Thisness: Coming to our Senses (Part 3 of 3)

July 13, 2018
1 Comment
Share

"It benefits without pretension, it is content with it’s nature, and therefore can’t be faulted."...

Read More

Thisness: Coming to our Senses (Part 2 of 3)

July 6, 2018
0 Comments
Share

That life is a terminal condition should focus us, all the more strongly, on building community as a wise course of action in shaping...

Read More

Thisness: Coming to our Senses (Part 1 of 3)

June 29, 2018
2 Comments
Share

Start with a focus on that which is external, beyond our own senses and our influence is to inadvertently render that which is proximate...

Read More

Sport as an asset for Community Building

June 15, 2018
2 Comments
Share

This is part one of a two part post on sport as an asset for community building. The origin stories of nearly all team...

Read More

The Paradox of the Alongsider: Serving While Walking Backwards (Part 2)

May 22, 2018
0 Comments
Share

The alongsider 'serves while walking backwards' they stand with the person they serve, by seeking the help of community insiders who know their community,...

Read More

The Paradox of the Alongsider: Serving While Walking Backwards (Part 1)

May 18, 2018
5 Comments
Share

Being an alongsider, the shift from being an outside agent to an alongside colleague means supporting those inside a community to support eachother....

Read More
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • The Connected Community-Discovering the Health, Wealth & Power

  • Keeping Our Best Side Out

  • Learning from the Strathcarron Hospice Experience

Featured Writers

  • Cormac Russell
  • Shaun Burnett
  • John McKnight

Themes

Archives

Follow Us

LinkedIn
Twitter
Wordpress
YouTube

USEFUL LINKS

  • Terms & Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Careers
  • Contact Us

Contact Office

+353 87 928 0998
91 Bird Avenue
Clonskeagh
Dublin 14
Ireland

Keep In Touch

Register for news and update e-mails.
  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Copyright 2018 © Nurture Development Ltd. Web Design by Illustrate.
This site uses illustrations created by the following artists: Graham Ogilvie / HSC Voices / Debbie Roberts / Tragic O’Hara from Model X Media
We would like to thank them for sharing those with us.