Posted on Tuesday, 23rd December 2008 by chris wignall

During a meeting today with Opportunity International, Lise Struthers (Governors Council Director)shared what she’s told people who ask her what her job is. I love her response:
“Everyday I get out of bed and get to connect those who live in chronic poverty with those who live in chronic wealth”.
Perfect.

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Posted on Tuesday, 23rd December 2008 by chris wignall

Nonprofit guru Peter Brinckerhoff just posted his thoughts on what he hopes the future of nonprofits could hold. Here are a couple from him:
3. I want funders of all kinds (foundations, corporations, government, individuals) to accept the fact that when they fund nonprofits, they purchase services, they don’t get to control the nonprofits in ways [...]

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Posted on Friday, 12th December 2008 by chris wignall

So much of the promotion work done by relief and development charities requires the viewer to get out of our cultural context and imagine life for those living in severe poverty half a world away. Most of us flip channels when Sally Struthers or some other spokesperson pops up in front of a mud hut [...]

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Posted on Thursday, 11th December 2008 by chris wignall

I’ve always been something of a jargon junkie. When I enter a new subculture I quickly seek to understand and adopt the particular language that marks one as a member. That has also been true in Philanthropy.
The most difficult word to parse has been “Partner” as I blogged about months ago.
In our society the word [...]

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Posted on Saturday, 6th December 2008 by chris wignall

In the last year I’ve spent more time in a variety of leadership workshops and training seminars than ever before, including the last two days. I like learning and leadership is a topic for which I have a large appetite. So why is it that in the vast majority of cases I am checking email [...]

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