The road(s) to paradigm change
The Testing Change project I founded and am managing had an in person gathering earlier this month. It was a great opportunity to really grapple with the concept of what [...]
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May 2019
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Apr 2019
International Civil Society Week 2019
Earlier this month I participated in International Civil Society Week in Belgrade. Since 2012, when I last wrote about a CIVICUS sponsored global gathering, we are seeing more agreement on [...]
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Feb 2019
The long term nature of change
I’ve been leading an initiative that’s now going into its sixth year and have thus been thinking about some of our learning around long term change. Long term change for [...]
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Jan 2019
Trends to Watch for in 2019
As we move into a new year, there have been a number of pieces discussing trends we should be aware of. Here are some of the trends I find most [...]
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Dec 2018
2018 Year End Wrap-up
Some of my favorite pieces this year From my blog: Strategic International Outreach, October 2018 Global Trends for Social Sector Organizations, February 2018 From elsewhere around the internet: Executive [...]
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Oct 2018
Strategic International Outreach
If your organization is expanding its international reach, taking time for doing the due diligence to explore and understand new environments is crucial. First steps to take include clearly articulating [...]
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Aug 2018
Going Global Takes Time
Going Global Takes Time - that was the theme of an American Society of Association Executives MasterClass on operating globally that I presented at last week. 80% of the group [...]
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Jul 2018
Two decades of learning
We’re at an interesting juncture in the history of civil society / social sector organizations. Many innovative organizations that started 20-25 years ago have now reached a certain maturity, with [...]
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May 2018
Multi-Generational Dialogue: Getting Practical
This post has been co-authored by Bonnie Koenig and Alyssa Smaldino Last year we wrote about the importance of multi-generational dialogue. We noted a number of considerations to help make [...]
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Apr 2018
Test It! Lessons we are Learning Part II
Introduction The Civil Society and Testing Change project (CS&TC) is an initiative to develop and test new ways for civil society organizations and their partners to operate. The project’s [...]