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Applying corporate planning techniques to philanthropic challenges
‘When it comes to the future, there are three kinds of people: those who let it happen, those who make it happen, and those who wonder what happened.’ Professor John M. Richardson, Jr. of American …
Thoughts after talking to Sergei Zverev
Author’s note Sergei Zverev is a famous Russian fashion designer and socialite whose picture often adorns the covers of glossy magazines. However, there are other Sergei Zverevs in Russia … I was recently invited to …
Crisis watch: worldwide
The effect of the financial crisis around the world upon civil society, including its key foundation funders, remains unclear, with limited reports from Asia, Africa and the Americas. While the situation in the US is …
Crisis watch: Europe
Across Europe, the financial crisis is cutting further into foundation assets and reducing investment incomes, forcing tougher choices about programme priorities in a time of growing needs. Alliance has reports on the crisis from France, …
Solidarity giving to Gaza defies recession
In 2008, there was no escaping the global recession in the Arab region, especially in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, better known as the Gulf states. The local economies are in a dire situation. The …
Learning from the best
In the for-profit world, companies getting information about a competitor’s plans and copying its products is in many cases illegal. In the non-profit world, every organization that does this should get a reward, in my …
Building on success – replication vs propagation
How can non-profit organizations build on their successful projects? And how can foundations help them to do this? Replication is one approach, but propagation is a more robust concept. While both terms imply the continuation …
The financial crisis around the world
The effects of the financial crisis on giving are only just beginning to be felt. Over the next few issues, Alliance will offer a series of snapshots from contributors in different regions, showing what impact …
Twenty years of serving Mexico
CEMEFI – the Centro Mexicano para la Filantropía (the Mexican Center for Philanthropy) began celebrating its 20th anniversary last November with its 12th Annual Meeting in Mexico City under the title Progress and Challenges for …
Are social networks the key to unlocking online donations?
I am often asked to demystify how social network websites can accelerate online donations. I run the Philippine office of AsiaPay, which introduced the first online donation ecommerce service to local NGOs in 2006, and …
