At Connect for Good, we believe communities become stronger when more people feel welcomed into participation and leadership — not just those with titles, influence, or traditional power.
We intentionally spotlight everyday leaders: people making meaningful contributions through service, resilience, generosity, creativity, lived experience, and community care.
Many of the people shaping hopeful community life are not the loudest voices in the room. They are neighbors, volunteers, nonprofit workers, emerging leaders, caregivers, bridge-builders, newcomers, retirees, and people rebuilding their lives after hardship or transition.
Their stories matter too.
Connect for Good creates welcoming spaces where people gather around tables, exchange fresh ideas, share stories, build trust, discover opportunities, and strengthen meaningful relationships across community life.
Through Purpose Forums, Board Connect, Possibility Gatherings, and relationship-centered experiences, people connect beyond their usual circles and discover ways to contribute their gifts, lived experience, leadership, and energy to the community around them.
People often leave feeling lighter, energized, hopeful, welcomed, and more connected than when they arrived.
What is Netweaving™?
Most networking asks:
“What’s in it for me?”
Netweaving™ asks:
“What’s possible for us?”
At GoodnessCO, Netweaving™ is the practice of building authentic relationships rooted in generosity, curiosity, participation, and meaningful connection.
Rather than transactional networking focused on status or self-promotion, Netweaving™ creates welcoming pathways for people to build trust, exchange ideas, discover opportunities, and strengthen community life together.
Why Connect for Good Was Created
In a time when loneliness, disconnection, and division continue to rise, many people are quietly searching for something deeper: meaningful relationships, hopeful conversations, opportunities to contribute, and a stronger sense of connection to the communities where they live.
In 2023, the U.S. Surgeon General identified loneliness and social isolation as a growing public health crisis affecting nearly half of all adults in America. Yet alongside that reality is something equally powerful: people are hungry for belonging, participation, encouragement, and genuine human connection.
Connect for Good was created to help respond to that need.
Rooted in the Grand Valley, Connect for Good creates welcoming spaces where people gather around tables, share meals, exchange ideas, build trust, discover opportunities, and strengthen relationships across community life.
Many people want to make a difference but don’t know where to begin. Others feel disconnected from traditional leadership spaces, unsure whether their voice, story, lived experience, or gifts truly matter.
At Connect for Good, we believe healthy communities become possible when more people feel welcomed into participation — not just those with titles, influence, or traditional power.
Through Purpose Forums, Board Connect, Possibility Gatherings, and relationship-centered experiences, Connect for Good helps people discover ways to contribute, collaborate, build meaningful relationships, and participate more fully in community life.
Because when people feel connected, valued, and hopeful, communities become stronger for everyone.
Meet the Founder
Porcia Silverberg is a community-builder, facilitator, and relational strategist helping people and organizations strengthen connection, participation, and hopeful community life through the practice of Netweaving™.
With more than 25 years of leadership experience spanning nonprofits, community engagement, facilitation, media, and cross-sector collaboration, Porcia has spent her career creating welcoming spaces where people feel seen, connected, and inspired to participate.
An immigrant from Taiwan who spent much of her life navigating questions of belonging and identity, Porcia brings a deeply relational and human-centered approach to community-building and leadership.
She is the founder of GoodnessCO and previously founded the National Center for Community Relations (NCCR) in Denver — an early “chamber of community” focused on strengthening connection across cultures and sectors. In Silicon Valley, she served as Executive Director of Thrive Alliance and produced a television series highlighting the stories and leadership journeys of immigrant women.
Today, through Purpose Forums, Board Connect, Possibility Gatherings, and relationship-centered experiences, Porcia continues helping people build meaningful relationships, discover ways to contribute, and strengthen the social fabric of community life.