CM Messages
Choosing Words that Help and Heal Resources
By Change Matrix Team|2021-02-09T19:43:43-07:00January 24, 2018|
Sticks and Stones may break your bones and words can hurt or heal. There is a difference between thinking before we speak and being thoughtful about the words we speak. Words themselves make a difference for they form images and response based on experiences and associations. Our mental models, implicit [...]
Deciding What Type of Collaborative Group Meets Your Need
By Change Matrix Team|2021-02-09T19:43:53-07:00November 9, 2017|
Change Matrix promotes collaboration for collective impact, learning and innovation. Collaboration can enhance our work, help us address community issues, and implement community-driven solutions. But collaboration isn’t always easy. It can be hard to know what collaboration should look like, since collaborative groups can take many forms. Through our work [...]
Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness, Emergency Preparedness, and Post-Event Considerations
By Alina Taniuchi|2021-08-12T11:45:13-06:00October 4, 2017|
The growing number of recent natural disasters and tragedies have directly touched some of our Change Matrix team personally, and have affected us all in some way, as part of a global community. These traumatic events prompt us to consider proactive measures and post-impact considerations related to individuals directly or [...]
The Change Matrix Leadership Approach
By Change Matrix Team|2021-09-03T12:29:42-06:00January 30, 2017|
There is a growing body of research that suggests that leadership for human services in the 21st century should be grounded in real work and focused on competencies required for success in different leadership roles. Change Matrix has focused on these top competencies and has created a framework that supports [...]
Equality and Equity
By Change Matrix Team|2021-02-09T19:45:30-07:00December 21, 2016|
For many of us, the result of the presidential election was surprising and left us wondering what it meant for our country. Part of the uncertainty came from the statements and sentiments of us vs. them embedded in the discourse leading up to and following the election. Gender, race, national [...]
National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month Is a Time for Action
By Change Matrix Team|2021-02-09T19:46:38-07:00July 28, 2016|
July is National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. At, CM our values of social justice and equity guide our work and passions. July is a time to further highlight the need for all of us to increase our awareness and knowledge and turn that into action. We are always eager [...]