Did you know that social connectedness is a better indicator of adult well-being than class, education level, and wealth? Are you aware of the sheer volume of data that show how incredibly vital social connections and quality relationships are to personal happiness? There’s a lot of data out there. Not only that, but in addition, … Read more
COVID has changed everything….except your need to raise money During the age of COVID, many groups- church groups, social change organizations, etc- have been forced to get creative in their pandemic response. For groups that generally do a lot of fundraising, either as part of their community outreach or in order to fund group initiatives … Read more
Or, enough about them. Let’s talk about you! Much has been written about how leaders can motivate their people. Much of the writing has to do with corporate environments and work teams. But our blog isn’t for corporate leadership development. It’s about a different kind of leadership. Our focus is on groups that have voluntarily formed … Read more
Good group management means different things on different days It’s been a tough year for group meetings. We all know this. We’re all in different places right now and the lack of unified strategy among the states or clarity in vision from the top leadership has been….a lot to bear witness to. According to the … Read more
Our country is in crisis: we are in the middle of a global pandemic, record numbers of Americans are without work, and many are experiencing financial and food instability. On top of that, we are in the middle of an urgent nation-wide conversation over ongoing systemic racial inequity in the wake of the murder of … Read more
Less entropy, more symphony.. So you’re starting a group, or taking on a leadership role in an established group! Congratulations! You’re now immediately looking for ways to be effective in this new venture, and to use everyone’s time efficiently. You want to capitalize on the group buzz to get everyone’s energy and talents pointed in … Read more
‘Grouping’ as a Verb… Group Management activities should facilitate ‘good grouping.’ So what does that mean? By ‘good grouping,’ we are not talking about target shooting outcomes! We want to talk about ‘good grouping’ from a different perspective. So let’s look at the word group. Group can be used as a noun when talking about … Read more
Group Management failure … Group Leaders/ Facilitators / Admins are usually not to blame for a Group’s Failure to Thrive! They are conscientious, busy people who know how to get things done. They recognize we are better together as a Group than apart. Good leaders can get the rest of us to affirm shared goals … Read more
Welcome to Groupizy…Group Management Software that will make your group hum! We needed this toolbox 20 years ago, because we were engaged in our community, schools, civic organizations, church, extended family, and neighborhood. Some type of communication needed to happen, almost everywhere we turned. Multiple calendars got crazy and keeping up with documents, lists, flyers … Read more