Rural Realities
Using Reflection to Help Choose Goals: Assessing the State of the State
Everybody has opinions. It’s just a fact of life, right? When thinking about SARTs, everybody has opinions on the things (1) going well (2) going…
Weigh In Wednesday: Nuggets of Knowledge from 2016
It’s the New Year! People are ready to leave behind 2016. Which means, everyone feels a renewed sense of commitment and purpose, right?! With that…
Resource Spotlight: Victim Rights Law Center
I had to take this week to provide the December resource spotlight for the Victim Rights Law Center. This fabulous organization works to provide legal…
The Shiny Problem: Focusing Your Team through Key Questions and Agency Commitment
As a SART coordinator, one of my major gripes was around the problem of what I began to refer to as shiny things or the shiny problem. All…
Weigh In Wednesday: Keeping Your Team Motivated
It’s the most wonderful time of the year as a SART leader…the time of constant “out of office” replies as well as weather, stress, travel,…
Agreement Isn’t Always Positive: the Power of Conflict within Rural Teams
Coming from the upper Midwest and living in some version of the rural Midwest most of my life has really shaped my view on conflict.
Resource Spotlight: The Iceberg of Conflict
While reading up on conflict, my office mate came across a great concept of the iceberg of conflict. This concept illustrates that the conflict we…
Conflict Styles in Your SART
As we addressed last week with the weigh-in Wednesday question, conflict can be a scary thing for many folks. However, we all experience conflict at…
Weigh In Wednesday: What Does Conflict Mean to You?
The word conflict has many meanings for people. I think of conflict and get excited for the challenge of discussion and debate. As a SART leader, I…
Resources Spotlight: Transgender Survivors
While at the National Sexual Assault Conference in Washington D.C. I had the opportunity to attend a really great work session focused on providing services…