A Network for Grateful Living
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Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
International Interactive Website
Our primary tool for communication is www.grateful.org, an interactive website and host for our ongoing programs and offerings. Through attracting, encouraging, and challenging people who visit the site, we are able to build a network for grateful living that provides online support for offline action. Grateful Living has continued to attract subscribers to our email list, with members in all 50 states of the United States and countries throughout the world.
Workshops and Events
We develop and lead workshops and events that are offered both online and in-person.
E-Courses and Webinars
Our offerings are designed to guide and support living gratefully in the world.
Gratefulness Gatherings
Gratefulness Gatherings are an opportunity to explore grateful living as an orientation to life. They currently take place online, hosted by members of the community. Through rich discussion and collective wisdom, Gratefulness Gatherings help inform and deepen our relationship with grateful living and usher it into the common lexicon.
Practices for Grateful Living
We offer a variety of practices to allow you to experiment, and become familiar, with diverse approaches to grateful living in daily life, finding those practices which suit your lifestyle, needs, and preferences…
Word for the Day & Daily Question
Daily quotes and questions to contemplate and inspire living gratefully.
Stories of Grateful Living
Community stories that we uplift in different forms of media, video, poetry, music and stories.
Light a Candle
E-candles: Throughout the world, lighting candles is a sacred ritual. We light a candle for many purposes: to illuminate darkness, dedicate prayers, solidify intentions, offer blessings, evoke Spirit, and/or to nourish grateful living.
Ecards
Ecards: Expressing care and gratitude is a vital part of grateful living practice. Communicating matters. Make someone’s day. Make a connection. Make a difference. For your sake, and for the benefit of others, we hope you use these beautiful eCards often…
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of website pageviews
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
International Interactive Website
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Reports and documents
Download strategic planHow we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We share the feedback we received with the people we serve, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
Financials
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Operations
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A Network for Grateful Living
Board of directorsas of 10/31/2023
Stuart McFaul
Founder | Fractional CMO | Executive Coaching
Term: 2020 - 2024
Chuck Roppel
Master Certified Coach through the International Coaches Federation.
Term: 2016 - 2028
Co-Founder BrotherDavid Steindl-Rast
Mt. Saviour Monastery
Charles Roppel
Coaches Training Institute, faculty member
Michael Barton
Michael Barton Consulting LLC
Mary E. Kostel
Special Counsel to the Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church
Adetola Abiade
Manager of Global Innovation – Americas at BNY Mellon
Stuart McFaul
President of Stuart McFaul Associates,
Ailsa Ace Currier
KanMari Consultant & Feng Shui Practioner
Smita Garg
Arts Commissioner, City of San Jose
Wendy Hanson
Co-Founder BetterManager
Jennifer Long
Attorney & City Council Woman
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.