In support of a few organizations that are increasing their international engagement, I have been surveying a number of organizations further along the international engagement spectrum for their experiences. I [...]
Most of my work is done with NGOs and n the civil society sector. But as I feel strongly about cross-sector exchange, and finding few conferences that bring together diverse [...]
I was recently asked to do a training session for facilitators. I have facilitated many meetings over the years, of many types of groups, but never received any formal training [...]
This is a guest post by Kate Otto of Everyday Ambassador. My guest post on the same theme can be found on EA's site here. My name is Kate Otto, [...]
Reading and thinking about Oxfam America’s new aid campaign and some of the reactions to it, made me think about the title of a song my kids used to listen [...]
We seem to be in a period where there is a lot of talk (and indeed a fair amount of action) around ‘the need for change’ and ‘doing things differently’. [...]
This is my second annual “Year of Inspirational Reading” blog post. For this year’s edition I’ve also included a category of poems and websites that were sent to me, in [...]
I’ve been reading a lot of things and heard a number of conversations recently that seem to imply that “If you just use this new innovation or tool, or have [...]
Last week I facilitated a roundtable discussing observations and ‘lessons learned’ from the creation and growth of an international organization I helped steer. I wrote about the creation of the [...]
A task force that the Berlin Civil Society Center has working on ‘new models’ for international NGOs has me thinking about governance reviews. Having been involved with quite a number [...]
