Celebrating 10 years of how-matters.org!
Will you help me mark the 10th anniversary of how-matters.org?
Will you help me mark the 10th anniversary of how-matters.org?
Sharing an excerpt from the introduction of the book, Smart Risks: How small grants are helping to solve some of the world’s biggest problems.
Sharing some of the great articles, editorials and announcements from during my annual “no social media” break.
A guest post by Tori Dietel Hopps of Dietel Partners and Andy Bryant of Segal Family Foundation.
What is so “risky” about placing relatively small amounts of money in the hands of people addressing challenges in their own communities?
Donors stuck in the old ways of moving money around don’t offer useful capital to new and innovative organizations that don’t fit the mold. Here’s four things a new kind of aid donor does better.
What does racial justice have to do with the international “do-gooder” industry?
For NGOs considering how to ‘reframe their message’ in their communications and fundraising, they can include their local partners in developing countries in this proces. Invest in partners’ branding and communications. Let them tell their own story. As much it is ‘our message,’ even more so it is theirs. ~Judith Madigan of BrandOutLoud
Marc Maxmeister introduces his newly-published book, “Ebola: Local voices, hard facts.”
The strongest assets in this fight are the committed women and men who know and love their communities, says Alison Carlman.
Links to stories on those responding to Ebola on the ground, regardless of international aid or media coverage
3 places where my voice in #globaldev discussions have appeared lately