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Capstone Project – Rethinking Defensiveness

May 23, 2017

Rethinking Defensiveness: Understanding and Shifting the Impact of Defensiveness in Unconscious Bias Trainings Author: Heidi Hartman, March 2017 Advisor: Ryan Smerek MS Learning and Organizational Change (MSLOC), Northwestern University This study examined unconscious bias facilitators and how they leverage defensiveness in their training sessions as a way to understand how defensiveness in all types … More Capstone Project – Rethinking Defensiveness

Disruption of New Technology Within Teams

February 19, 2017

Author: Heidi Hartman MS Learning and Organizational Change, Northwestern Course: 421 – Advancing Learning and Performance Year: Fall 2014 Overview Theriou, Maditinos & Theriou (2001) explain that organizations can improve their effectiveness when new information technologies are successfully adopted within teams and organizations. Unfortunately implementing new technologies within teams disrupts existing routines and relationships, requiring … More Disruption of New Technology Within Teams

Corruption Reduction Events, March 2004

February 12, 2017

As the manager of Special Projects and Publications at the Center for Citizen Initiatives, I was the lead organizer for the below events from organizing detailed logistics for getting delegates to Washington, DC, breaking them into small groups and arranging for meetings with officials and embassies, negotiating contracts with venues, managing volunteers that were helping … More Corruption Reduction Events, March 2004

Recommendations for the President of the Russian Federation

February 12, 2017

Below are the documents the Russian delegation composed on their learning about Corruption Reduction to present in the Kremlin in March 2004 to Russia’s leadership. Learn more about the Corruption Reduction events that led up to the creation of to these documents Address to the President of the Russian Federation, March 2004 Recommendations for … More Recommendations for the President of the Russian Federation

Symposium on Corruption Reduction Publications

February 12, 2017

In addition to producing the Symposium on Corruption Reduction in Washington, DC and in Moscow, I also taught myself Adobe Illustrator and Pagemaker to create these publications. Those skills have since faded as this was in 2004 and I learned that graphic design was really not a strength of mine (I tend to be a … More Symposium on Corruption Reduction Publications

SVI Hollyhock Video from 2009

February 12, 2017

Unfortunately it appears I did not do a blog post for SVI Hollyhock Reflections for 2009. I believe this was the year I was also serving as the Marketing Manager while my colleague was on sabbatical, in addition to my other roles as the SVI Hollyhock Producer and the Vancouver Marketing Coordinator (later the Vancouver … More SVI Hollyhock Video from 2009

SVI Hollyhock Reflections 2012

February 12, 2017

By Heidi Hartman on November 5, 2012 – 3:39pm Originally posted on http://www.renewalpartners.com In mid-September, 140 business leaders and social entrepreneurs gathered on Cortes Island to share challenges, successes, and experiences with peers during the 17th Annual Social Venture Institute (SVI) at Hollyhock. The unique mix of participants across generations and industries made this a gathering to … More SVI Hollyhock Reflections 2012

SVI Hollyhock Reflections 2010

February 12, 2017

By Heidi Hartman on October 18, 2010 – 2:50pm Originally posted on http://www.renewalpartners.com One month ago, 140 business leaders and social entrepreneurs gathered on Cortes Island to share challenges, successes, and experiences with peers during the 15th Annual Social Venture Institute at Hollyhock. Here is what this year’s participants had to say about it: … More SVI Hollyhock Reflections 2010

SVI Hollyhock Reflections 2008

February 12, 2017

By Heidi Hartman on September 25, 2008 – 1:14pm Originally posted on http://www.renewalpartners.com It’s been a little over a week but we are still basking in the glow of the 13th Annual SVI at Hollyhock. We had a remarkable group of people join us for four days of skill building, networking, truth telling, and beautiful sunshine. This … More SVI Hollyhock Reflections 2008

SVI Hollyhock Reflections 2011

February 12, 2017

Originally posted on http://www.RenewalPartners.com in October 2011 In mid September, 140 business leaders and social entrepreneurs gathered on Cortes Island to share challenges, successes, and experiences with peers during the 16th Annual Social Venture Institute (SVI) at Hollyhock. The unique mix of participants, industries and sectors made this a dynamic gathering. We were thrilled to … More SVI Hollyhock Reflections 2011

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