Through the wonderful technology of livestreaming and a number of conference organizers who planned livestreaming into their events, I was able to travel recently to conferences and workshops in Rome, [...]
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 [...]
This is an update on the piece on Global Health Trends (Whither Global Health?) I wrote a little over two years ago. In addition to what I have been observing [...]
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’. [...]
It strikes me that we are going through some of the significant change in civil society since I entered the profession 30 years ago . In the past few years [...]
I have again returned to the CIVICUS World Assembly this year after having last attended in 2010. Here is my blog post from that session. Many of the themes this [...]
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 [...]
How we conceive of organizations is changing. What we have come to know as NGOs, nonprofits, charities and civil society organizations are being re-envisioned as concepts like social enterprise have [...]
The beginning of January is a time for reflections and can be a chance for new beginnings: personally, professionally and as world citizens. As this “New Year’s Time” piece notes [...]
