J. from Tales from the Hood is kicking off this week a “Aid Blog Forum” introducing different topics on a periodic basis. The initial topic is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) [...]
Although I generally don’t like Contests, they do exist, and sometimes participation is important. Earlier this year a partnership of the Gates Foundation, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, USAID and [...]
I often write about a spectrum of international engagement as illustrated here - from organizations that just ‘dabble’ in the international arena to organizations that operate globally. I try to [...]
Over the weekend of November 5th-7th 2010 four groups met in Belgium, Cyprus, and the U.S. (Chicago and Denver) to talk about social innovation and their personal entrepreneurial projects. The [...]
In September 2000, 189 world leaders met at the United Nations and agreed on a roadmap setting out eight time-bound and measurable goals to address extreme poverty by 2015. These [...]
For the past 20+ years I have worked with nonprofits, NGOs, associations and others that have had “good ideas” that have spread around the world, sometimes strategically, more often in [...]
"We don't need a more global perspective. What we need is help in our own backyard"! You've probably heard a statement something like this before. Somehow we separate ourselves into [...]