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) [...]
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 [...]
April 5th this year is a Day Without Dignity a counter campaign to a Day Without Shoes. Saundra Schimmelpfennig the originator of A Day Without Dignity had a number of [...]
A recurring conversation in organizations that engage internationally is “What does it mean to be an international or global organization?” These terms are often used interchangeably in the international community, [...]
Unless you’ve been very far away from any media over the past year you know there was a devastating earthquake in Haiti last January. And you may have observed that [...]
From an earthquake in Haiti to rescued miners in Chile…from the IPad to Jumo ….and don’t forget the World Cup and the Millennium Development Goals review: Where were we and [...]
I primarily blog about topics of interest to NGO practitioners as their organizations engage internationally. But from time to time a topic comes along that is international but a little [...]
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 [...]
The annual Blog Action Day is this year focused on water. Take a few minutes with me to focus on this important issue. In some ways I’ve had water conservation [...]
A few times recently I’ve found myself writing these words: “One of the most inspirational voices of our time” about Kumi Naidoo, Paul Farmer and Wangari Maathai. As I don’t [...]