What you need to know to take more “smart risks”
What is a “smart risk”? And why are they important…and different?
What is a “smart risk”? And why are they important…and different?
3 reasons I make sure my organization rejects conventional, offensive fundraising strategies.
Here’s 12 ideas for criteria civil society organizations could use to rate their funders.
“Psst, excuse me, but if an international assistance project is a job or a hobby for you, it can’t actually be ‘yours.’ And if you think that it is, we may have a problem on our hands.”
Grassroots activists and organizations led by people in the Global South are already creating the future we can’t yet see.
What does it take to lead a 30-year-old organization to change its name and brand to reflect its values? I’ll tell you in a few weeks after I’ve had some rest.
A people’s movement is rising in Zimbabwe. Is aid and philanthropy paying attention?
Once people decide to be outward facing, concerned about the suffering in the world and wanting to express their sense of responsibility to others, how can we invite and support them to also transform themselves?
A reflection on the skills I needed to be effective in my job.
When I left my small town in Nebraska to be an aid worker, I found this: the common good still exists elsewhere in the world. This idea can help shift the cognitive frameworks with which we talk about international assistance.
If you’re in Washington D.C. this Wednesday, August 22nd, please join me for a “How Matters Hub” at 6:00pm EST. And if you’re not in D.C., you can listen to my recent radio interview on the Australian radio program, AidWorks.
An estimated 25,000 participants from more than 185 countries will assemble in Washington D.C. next week for the XIX International AIDS Conference. How many of them have cared for a dying neighbor or comforted a grieving child?
Is a lack of humility on the part of the international aid community the real obstacle to creating more well-resourced funding mechanisms that reach grassroots organizations?