Update – It’s May of 2023 and after 3 strange years of social distancing and isolation I am happy to be back to playing music with others, hosting shows like Kootenay Morning on Kootenay Coop Radio.
I have also upped my game in self-care – yoga 2x a week, walking early morning and evening with a bike ride or something else during the day and I feel more energized and healthy and it feels like I’m moving into a new chapter – semi-retirement but still engaged in community, music, and a rich social life. This year I have been engaged in a monthly learning network A New Commons and we have Peter Block as a guide and sage. Peter has informed my work for a long time this year-long learning process is great and really the key learning happens through the community.
I am still a consultant/facilitator in the Columbia Basin Trust – Non Profit Advisor’s program. I work with local and regional not for profits doing organizational development and staff and leader development. I am also continuing to work with the Banff Centre and other clients in the coaching and leadership development field.
The quote on the header is from the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati. I see this play out often in my work and personal life. I discovered it while walking on a break from a Connecting to Community conference with Peter Block, John Mcknight and a few other mentors.
My Bio has info about my work and community experience.
You can read my blog page to find out about what is important to me and I am in the process of cleaning up the site and fixing links and deleting content that no longer stands on it’s own anymore.
Besides my leadership development work I was a School Board Trustee from 2001 to August of 2015 and I am very interested in leadership, learning and community. I have had the great fortune of being in a leadership position while also offering leadership development learning for others. These two worlds have intersected well and assisted me in my understanding of and approach to leadership and to creating learning.
My blog tab will have regular updates about education, learning, democracy, leadership, and community – please reply with comments and let’s talk!
Here are a few pictures of me in earlier days as a performer:
Kim as Millennium Man – 2000
Kim Bater.com 