Tag: community leaders
Ancient Technologies
“This is the world I know I want to be a part of – one where we can all experiment, where we can stop performing, where we can belong, where we can relax, celebrate, and grieve and be confused…together.”
Avoiding the Black Hole: What happens when funders focus less on themselves and more on grantees
A guest post by Tori Dietel Hopps of Dietel Partners and Andy Bryant of Segal Family Foundation.
Five years in the making
There is a growing number of small NGOs and foundations specializing in offering direct funding to grassroots leaders. And 20+ of them have come together to write a book!
Social inclusion through the arts: An alternative to international development?
An interview with Bonnie Castañeda de Garcia of Honduras on the transformative role of arts & culture in violent environments.
For the disruptors
Here’s to the ones who ask “why” openly in meetings because they just can’t tolerate the façade of “doing good.”
Excuse a little shameless self-promotion
3 places where my voice in #globaldev discussions have appeared lately
Leading From Love: The attentiveness that brought accountability
“In his breakdown, he not only owned up to embezzlement, but also to having let down his own family, his community, his people, and the generations to come.” A guest post from Rajasvini Bhansali, Executive Director of IDEX.
Write a book in 4 hours with 20 grassroots organizations?—How!?!
Nobody believed that writing a book together could happen, but forty community leaders produced 27 stories about their work in development and empowerment in just 4 hours. Independent consultant Lucia Nass shares her story from Myanmar.
Listening to People on the Receiving End of Aid
Aid recipients “are more concerned about ‘how’ assistance is provided than how much is given.” Initial findings from The Listening Project, a systematic exploration of the insights of people who live in societies that have been on the recipient end of international assistance efforts.