Valuable Leadership Lessons from the 2022 Resilience Summit – Part 2
Worldmaker hosted its 9th Annual Resilience Summit at Michigan State University in Lansing, Michigan, USA on October 28, 2022. This is the 2nd blog in a two-part series outlining tangible resilience-building takeaways from the Summit. Click here to read part one. Building resilience requires learning and practicing life skills Brigadier
Addressing Military Mental Health Stigma with Mindfulness: Tim Boughton Honored as 2022 Trailblazer Award
Tim Boughton, a former military helicopter pilot who served as Colonel of Mental Health Engagement and the lead for mental health in the British Army for the past three years, serves as a member of Worldmaker’s Development Committee. We are proud to announce that Tim is this year’s recipient of
Valuable Leadership Lessons from the 2022 Resilience Summit – Part 1
Worldmaker hosted its 9th Annual Resilience Summit at Michigan State University in Lansing, Michigan, USA on October 28, 2022. Veterans and military community, crisis response, nonprofit and corporate experts gathered to share insightful presentations about leading through the uncharted territory of a global pandemic. These speakers and panelists supplied hope-filled
Courtney Martin Recognized as 2022 Worldmaker Community Weaver Awardee
Courtney Martin, speaker, blogger and author, is the recipient of the Worldmaker Community Weaver award. She resides in a co-housing community in Oakland, California with her family. The Community Weaver Award is presented to a community-based collaborator deepening social trust by celebrating diversity and inclusion, cultivating a sense of
Grow Through What You Go Through: A Community Resilience Workshop
Workshop Details Is your concept of adversity purely negative? Yes, going through difficult things can be painful and disrupt our lives in major ways. Yet, our bodies and brains are actually very well-equipped to not only get through difficult things, but to also grow through them. And with the right
Becoming a Strengths Spotter: A Community Resilience Workshop
Workshop Details Did you know that people who know their strengths and use them to help others tend to feel more competent, happier, and purposeful? A thriving community is one that supports everyone to play to their strengths and welcomes their unique contributions. Join us to learn how to foster
The 2022 Worldmaker Awardees
Worldmaker Awards are an outward expression of the fullness of the Worldmaker mission, uplifting and celebrating collaborative human resilience building that is actively shaping a stronger, more connected and equitable world where all are supported to thrive. Read more about each awardee by clicking on their photo. Meet the 2022
Lead from Where You Are: A Community Resilience Workshop
Workshop Details Ubuntu: I am because you are. As this beautiful African saying reminds us, we are who we are because of the others around us. Each of us has a role to play in contributing to environments that support all to thrive. This workshop provides simple, research-based strategies to
Five-Step Process to Help You Manage Fear In The Moment
Sitting with fear is not about finding a solution, but rather about acknowledging fear instead of suppressing it. Why? Because suppression is not particularly helpful or healthy. The steps below are suggestions for how you can begin the process of allowing yourself to acknowledge and accept your emotions. Take what
9th Annual Resilience Summit: Leading Towards a Post-Covid World
9th Annual Resilience Summit: Leading Towards a Post-Covid World Join us as we help leaders navigate, recover and grow through the unique challenges of the pandemic landscape. 21st-century resilience experts will start the day by sharing lessons learned from the field, paired with collaborative discussions about putting these learnings into
Worldmaker’s History
Every September we recognize #SuicidePreventionMonth. Suicide prevention and awareness have been embedded in Worldmaker’s DNA since its founding as a grassroots community resiliency project over 10 years ago. From a Grassroots Community Resilience Project to the National Resilience Institute Dr. Mollie Marti started the work that has become Worldmaker as
Reflections and Key Takeaways from the 2022 International Resilience Symposium
Worldmaker and Consolidated Africa Services – Private Voluntary Organization (CAS-PVO), co-hosted an International Resilience Symposium in Victoria Falls on August 1, 2022. The focus was Redefining Resilience for a Post-COVID Zimbabwe. 2022 Resilience Symposium speakers & participants Train. Retain. Sustain. Ed Holme, a leader at CAS-PVO, opened the day by