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Ep 36 - What If You Built A Movement? with Liz Weaver
Category: Government & Organizations
Duration: 00:49:52
Publish Date: 2022-01-12 01:00:00
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Introducing Liz Weaver

Just before the first COVID lockdown and 2020, we were reaching out to local leaders to find out what they would think of bringing in an international expert to learn from. The general consensus was that it wasn’t necessary and that their groups were working well.

At the same time, lower level people in those same organisations disagreed. They felt frustrated by the bureaucracy and the lack of impact of these collaborative leadership groups were having.

I found the disconnect rather interesting. Liz Weaver never could visit us due to the pandemic, but we have her here on the podcast today.

As one of the CEO’s of the Tamarack Institute in Canada, Liz shares her personal story of the first collaborative group she was involved in and how that has influenced Tamarack’s work in guiding and shepherding what is now a nationwide movement in poverty reduction, youth wellbeing, and climate transitions.

So, if you've been having one of those demoralising days or weeks where you feel like you are doing this all alone, then this conversation is going to leave you feeling really uplifted.

In today’s episode you’ll learn:

  • How community organising means paying attention to the context, what you can leverage and how you can create opportunity for different kinds of conversations.
  • The tension between process and product and how it can be used together to reach small and large goals.
  • The importance of telling our stories in order to grow a movement.

Resources mentioned in this episode

  • Join us for the Talk It Up unconference in February 2022 in Kirikiriroa Hamilton
  • Liz Weaver’s LinkedIn profile
  • The Tamarack Institute website
  • Liz’s email: liz@tamarackcommunity.ca
  • Podcast Episode 19 - Collective Impact with An Aotearoa Flavour - with Israel Hawkins

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