The following
not-for-profits actively
engage in community
development and social
change in a manner that
emphasizes compassion and a
positive approach consistent
with the normative
underpinnings of Positive
Organizational Scholarship.
If you know of other
not-for-profit organizations
related to Positive
Organizational Scholarship,
please contact us at
positiveorg@umich.edu.
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The Aspen Institute
The Aspen Institute missionis twofold: to foster values-based leadership, encouraging individuals to reflect on the ideals and ideas that define a good society, and to provide a neutral and balanced venue for discussing and acting on critical issues.
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The Asset-Based
Community
Development
Institute
The ABCD Institute
spreads its findings
on capacity-building
community
development in two
ways: (1) through
extensive and
substantial
interactions with
community builders,
and (2) by producing
practical resources
and tools for
community builders
to identify,
nurture, and
mobilize
neighborhood assets.
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The Association
for the Study and
Development of
Community
The Association for
the Study and
Development of
Community is a
research and
development
organization for
community
capacity-building
and social problem
solving. The
homepage has a link
to detailed and
regularly updated
information about
things communities
can do in response
to the tragedies of
September 11th.
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Building Great
Places to Work
The Building Great
Places to Work
Initiative (BGPW) at
the University of
Michigan focuses on
enhancing local
working climates in
order to support
each of us in
working/contributing
at our best. BGPW
collaborates on
internships and
class projects,
involving students
in observing UM work
settings and helping
with ways to improve
the culture and
climate.
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Business as an Agent of World Benefit
The Center for B·A·W·B is a global forum uniting the best in business
with the call of our times. At its heart is the World Inquiry, which involves a global search
for the ways in which dynamic leaders (in management, academics, and the civil sector) use the human resources, imagination and assets
at their disposal to meet the needs of the earth's diverse population.
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The Center for
Civility
The Center for
Civility is a
nonprofit
organization that
focuses on the
development of
better tools for
capacity building
and helping
individuals and
institutions to be
strong champions for
improvement in their
own communities
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The Center for
Nonviolent
Communication
The Center for
Nonviolent
Communication is a
nonprofit
organization that
seeks to strengthen
people's capacity to
compassionately
connect with and
relate to others
through nonviolent
communication
practices. This Web
site also includes a
point-by-point
description of what
we can do using
nonviolent
communication in the
aftermath of the
attacks on September
11th.
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Centre for Applied Positive Psychology
The Centre for Applied Positive Psychology exists to enable people to be at their best in
the areas of work, education, and health. Across each of these areas, we seek to extend
and apply what is known about strengths, engagement, and well-being, by working in strategic
partnership with organisations, educational institutions, charities, public bodies, and
individual practitioners.
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Commonweal
Commonweal is a
nonprofit health and
environmental
research institute
that has a variety
of programs and
resources centered
on healing.
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The Leader to
Leader Institute
The Leader to Leader
Institute has its
roots in the social
sector and in its
predecessor, the
Peter F. Drucker
Foundation for
Nonprofit
Management, which in
January 2003
transferred its
ongoing activities
to the new identity.
The Leader to Leader
Institute furthers
its mission "to
strengthen the
leadership of the
social sector" by
providing
educational
opportunities and
resources to
leaders.
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Positive Deviance Initiative
The objectives of the Positive Deviance Initiative (PDI) are to document and share information on current global positive deviance (PD) projects, to explore new PD applications, and to expand the cadre of PD practitioners and trainers. The PDI is located at Tufts University's Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy.
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The Positive
Futures Network
The Positive Futures
Network was founded
in March 1996 based
on the belief that
humanity is in the
midst of a historic
transition. The
Network's goal is to
enhance the power of
people working to
create a more just,
sustainable and
compassionate future
by increasing their
public visibility,
their sense of
interconnection and
their access to
visions, tools,
stories and
techniques for
change. To that end,
the Network
publishes YES! A
Journal of Positive
Futures, which
combines analysis of
key problems with
news of actions
people are taking in
the United States
and around the world
to create a more
positive future.
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The Taos
Institute
The Taos Institute
is a pueblo, or
community, of
scholars and
practitioners
working to explore,
extend and share the
view that through
human relationships
we construct our
realities,
moralities and
aspirations. It is
from the meanings
created and
sustained in
relationships that
the future is
largely fashioned.
The Institute is a
nonprofit
organization whose
participants
collaborate to
design and promote
creative,
appreciative and
relational practices
in families,
communities and
organizations around
the world.
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