Author Archives: Ron Milam
The Case for Los Angeles as a Bicycling City
Los Angeles gets a bad wrap when it comes to bicycling. Rumor has it that the center of car culture crushes all transportation alternatives. Yet, over the last 15 years, I have both participated in and watched with joy the … Continue reading
How and Why I Bike to Retreats
A skilled facilitator brings some important materials to a meeting including an easel, markers, post-it notes, sticky-dots, chime, a small clock and most challenging of all to carry on a bicycle, a full sized poster board to scribe notes to capture everyone’s … Continue reading
Retreat Success: Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA)
Organizations change. Visionary founders launch organizations. Over the long term, staff work together and make the vision reality, each contributing their own unique passion. What better place to have these discussions than at a retreat for the Museum of Latin … Continue reading
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Retreat Success: Los Feliz Improvement Association
“The activities Ron planned worked great and I was delighted at how fully the board members threw themselves into the skits and other things on the agenda. I was also impressed at how well Ron kept to the time frames, … Continue reading
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Retreat Success: Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust
“We had a great retreat. All of the staff were really happy.” –Beverly Keefe, Director of Operations, Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust Organizations grow. They hire new staff. As they grow, they need to bring everyone up to speed so … Continue reading
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Mapping My Network
I value relationships and appreciate all of the fantastic people in my life. When facilitating retreats, I do my best to build stronger relationships within the leadership I serve. Outside of retreats, I do my best to steward relationships I … Continue reading
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Tagged #Nonprofit, #NPLA, Board Recruitment, Community, Leadership, Leadership Development, Team Building
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