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By The Whitman Institute // September 28, 2011

By John Esterle Recently, I was fortunate to attend Images and Voices of Hope’s annual Summit. The people, the setting, and what transpired left me feeling, in a word, hopeful! Corny, I know, but there it is. I’m honored IVOH has posted some closing reflections I shared at the end of the summit, which can…

PEAK Philanthropy: A Hierarchy of Needs Pyramid for Foundation Giving

By The Whitman Institute // September 21, 2011

By CJ Callen Abraham Maslow has hit the big time in the world of business – whether you are talking about the industries of articulate, design or hospitality. Recently, I was moved to read Chip Conley’s PEAK: How Great Companies Get their Mojo from Maslow. This is a great and heartfelt exploration of how Conley…

Wiser Together: Partnering Across Generations

By The Whitman Institute // September 2, 2011

By Juanita Brown and Ashley Cooper Tucked away in the small Appalachian community of Burnsville, North Carolina, is a family farm and a place of meeting that has recently become the new home base for Juanita Brown and David Isaacs, Co-Founders of the World Café. Together with Ashley Cooper, a young educator, community organizer, and…

Is it a strategy? An outcome? A tool? It’s a Network!

By The Whitman Institute // February 2, 2011

By Pia Infante February 2, 2011 From the Hollywood hit The Social Network to the recently published non-profit “how to” guide The Networked Nonprofit, it’s clear that in the private, public, and philanthropic sectors – we are abuzz about the power of networks. Particularly social networks. I had the opportunity a few days ago, at…

What's the Value in Following Rather Than Leading?

By The Whitman Institute // April 2, 2010

By John Esterle How do we make following sexy? This question has stayed with me since Katherine Fulton, President of The Monitor Institute, posed it a few days ago at the Annual Meeting of Northern California Grantmakers. It probably stuck because I think it’s an important question to address if more foundations are to move…

Mindful Media

PEAK Philanthropy: A Hierarchy of Needs Pyramid for Foundation Giving

Wiser Together: Partnering Across Generations

Is it a strategy? An outcome? A tool? It’s a Network!

What's the Value in Following Rather Than Leading?

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