Last month I wrote about the importance of communication loops to effective internal decision making. Systematizing effective communication is hard within any organization (especially in an era of ‘information overload), [...]
Unless you’ve been very far away from any media over the past year you know there was a devastating earthquake in Haiti last January. And you may have observed that [...]
From an earthquake in Haiti to rescued miners in Chile…from the IPad to Jumo ….and don’t forget the World Cup and the Millennium Development Goals review: Where were we and [...]
I primarily blog about topics of interest to NGO practitioners as their organizations engage internationally. But from time to time a topic comes along that is international but a little [...]
Last week , I lamented “Why am I still surprised at the number of organizations that don't follow the most basic 'good practices' for internal decision-making?” A colleague replied that [...]
Over the weekend of November 5th-7th 2010 four groups met in Belgium, Cyprus, and the U.S. (Chicago and Denver) to talk about social innovation and their personal entrepreneurial projects. The [...]
Thursday is Thanksgiving in the U.S. With Christmas Day and New Years it is one of only three days when almost all commercial and governmental operations are closed. I especially [...]
In June I wrote about some of the scale-up work I was doing with the Helping Babies Breathe. In August I wrote about a collaboration with Amy Sample Ward of [...]
The annual Blog Action Day is this year focused on water. Take a few minutes with me to focus on this important issue. In some ways I’ve had water conservation [...]
A few times recently I’ve found myself writing these words: “One of the most inspirational voices of our time” about Kumi Naidoo, Paul Farmer and Wangari Maathai. As I don’t [...]