Outside of our Comfort Zones
“Do One Thing Every Day That Scares You” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt “I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.” [...]
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Nov 2011
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Oct 2011
We are 7 Billion – what’s next?
Earlier this year I wrote about ‘awareness raising campaigns'. Although the 7 Billionth Person mark is not an awareness raising campaign per se, it has many of the same characteristics. [...]
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Oct 2011
Translating Complexity into Manageable Action
We live in an increasingly complex world, but to implement effective solutions, especially on any type of large scale, we need to have relatively simple approaches that a wide range [...]
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Sep 2011
Working Together
One of the themes that came out of last week's discussions around Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is the need for more effective cross-sector partnerships. Although there are specific examples, they [...]
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Sep 2011
Reflecting on Corporate Social Responsibility
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) [...]
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Jul 2011
The Grand Challenge: Saving Lives through Collaboration
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 [...]
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Jul 2011
Reflecting on being a ‘changemaker’
At the end of June I had the good fortune to be among a team of facilitators from different countries helping with the Ashoka Changemakers Week in France. I facilitated [...]
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Jun 2011
Increasing International Dialogue and Engagement
What does it take to have more effective international dialogue? Incorporate diverse and marginalized voices? Communication to be effective needs to be two way [See "Words that Communicate"]. Even in [...]
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Jun 2011
Impact without Boundaries
As we’ve been working to bring about significant social change, alleviate poverty, and face other challenges over the past few decades, we’ve separated ourselves into silos. We refer to: Non-governmental [...]
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May 2011
Trends in the international NGO (INGO) world
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 [...]