Strategy

The Potential of Limited Life Philanthropy in Uncertain Times

By June 12, 2017

(Orginally posted on the Center for Effective Philanthropy blog) CEP’s new report, Shifting Winds: Foundations Respond to a New Political Context, reveals that two-thirds of foundation leaders surveyed said that in light of the current political climate, they are at least contemplating new strategies for their foundations. That finding certainly underscores what I’ve heard in…

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Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast

By November 13, 2015

Last week I was a panelist at the Net Impact Conference in Seattle on Rethinking Scale and Transformative Change. As I explored this abstract sounding topic with my fellow panelists, we started to ground it in practice – both individual and organizational. Particularly in the context of a conference bursting with a couple thousand aspiring do-gooders…

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