Pooling Our Experiences
“Over 100 years of experience in facilitating social change in a global context”. That’s how many years we got when we quickly estimated our combined work. How to assess what [...]
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May 2012
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Feb 2012
The Value of Mentoring
The good folks at whydev.org are starting a peer coaching program for the international development community. That got me thinking recently about mentoring. One of my earliest mentors advised me [...]
19
Jan 2012
Navigating Global Change
What skills, methods and tools will we need to navigate the choppy waters we are in and bring about transformative social change? I have just spent 3 days [...]
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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 [...]
20
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 [...]