Posts Tagged ‘community’
BAM e o Poder da Comunidade
Enquanto escrevo este blog, minha comunidade nas montanhas do oeste da Carolina do Norte, EUA, está apenas começando a se recuperar de um furacão terrivelmente destrutivo, o Furacão Helene. Mais de 150 trilhões de litros de chuva caíram em nossa área em apenas 1 dia (essa é a quantidade de água que passa pelas Cataratas…
Read MoreBAM y el Poder de la Comunidad
Mientras escribo este blog, mi comunidad en las montañas del oeste de Carolina del Norte, EE.UU., apenas comienza a recuperarse de un huracán terriblemente destructivo, el Huracán Helene. Más de 40 billones de galones de lluvia cayeron en nuestra área en un solo día (esa es la cantidad de agua que pasa por las Cataratas…
Read MoreBAM and The Power of Community
As I write this blog, my community in the mountains of Western North Carolina, USA is just beginning to recover from a horrifically destructive hurricane, Hurricane Helene. Over 40 trillion gallons of rain fell on our area in 1 day (that’s the amount of water that goes over Niagara Falls in 700 days). Entire towns…
Read MoreReinforcing Community, Part II
Abraham Maslow, famous psychologist, made it very clear in the Hierarchy of Needs, that humans cannot achieve a higher level of existence or performance until the previous level of needs are met. The need for physical security being the base must be met before a person can advance; psychological security is next, followed by “belonging”…
Read MoreThe Cause
Who wants people who just show up because of a paycheck? Even if they are only walking to the spare bedroom due to Stay at Home orders, that’s not a flourishing team or engaged workforce. The thing that ignites the heart is a sense of meaning, a higher purpose, a “Noble Cause.” Research into employee…
Read MoreThe BAM Relief Fund
Business around the world has been hit very hard by the COVID19 pandemic. Economies in large industrial countries and in developing countries have been wounded and set back. And the Business as Mission ecosystem is not immune. Most BAM companies run on a shoestring budget in good times. There was a shortage of BAM capital…
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