Community Resource Guide

Nineteen local charities just received a share of $124,500. The entire event is driven by an amazing group of Carol Stream residents who bring people together for two weeks of tournament play and massive local impact.  Over the last decade, they have given away more…

Access to comprehensive, integrated behavioral health care can be a lifeline. Knowing where to start in a crisis is a major community barrier. The Ecker Center for Behavioral Health is a solution bridging that gap.  Ecker Center has served Kane County, northwest Cook…

What happens when you stop asking high schoolers “what they want to be” and start asking them “how they would solve this?” Innovation and creativity happen in real-time. Mark Connor and I represented our businesses, Provable Solutions LLC and Good Works Results LLC ,…

Feeling stuck in operational tasks with no time for “new and needed things”? Wanting to expand your thinking but unsure how to navigate existing leadership dynamics? These were the real challenges we tackled during our Nonprofit Leaders Forum session, where midlevel…

How do you balance being an available manager for your staff while protecting time for strategic work? How do you navigate moments of self-doubt, even when you are hearing that you are leading effectively? These were the real, human challenges shared and navigated at…

What happens when you bring 50 community leaders into the same room to talk about what we’re seeing in our students? New connections. Cross-sector problem-solving. And the most common feedback: “I wish we had more time.” That’s the goal of the Community Leaders Series…