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Creative arts to the fore at 4th BMW Foundation Young Leaders Forum
Earlier this year, my esteemed colleague Moukhtar Kocache engaged me to take on a small supportive role in a major project he was working on for the Peace and Social Justice Philanthropy Working Group. The …
What kind of leadership is required for the venture philanthropy and social investment sector?
This question will be on everyone’s mind when the European venture philanthropy and social investment community gathers once more for the annual conference of the European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA) on 26 and 27 November. …
DEADLINE EXTENDED to 18 October for nominations for Olga Alexeeva Memorial Prize
The Second Olga Alexeeva Memorial Prize will be awarded to an individual who has demonstrated remarkable leadership, creativity and results in developing philanthropy for progressive social change in an emerging market country or countries. Sound …
GSBI Accelerator program: Learning to love ‘the McDonald’s of diabetes’
Even the most experienced Silicon Valley mentors have something to learn from social entrepreneurs building businesses in remote parts of the world. I think that’s why we keep coming back. The 2013 GSBI® Accelerator …
Inviting nominations for the Second Olga Alexeeva Memorial Prize
The Second Olga Alexeeva Memorial Prize will be awarded to an individual who has demonstrated remarkable leadership, creativity and results in developing philanthropy for progressive social change in an emerging market country or countries. Sound …
Food for thought in the midst of Brazilian social unrest
When you arrive back home after five weeks of travelling, all you want is to unpack and snuggle in your bed. After spending three weeks in a HBS program in Boston and later spending two …
And the winner of the first Olga Alexeeva Memorial Prize is …
It is with great pleasure and pride that we can now announce the first winners of the Olga Alexeeva Memorial Prize: Jane Weru and Kingsley Mucheke of the Akiba Mashinani Trust, Kenya. We have chosen …
Why foundations should support leadership development in non-profits
There has been considerable coverage of the perceived crisis in non-profit leadership and succession planning. This is due to the impact on organizations’ ability to deliver the results which are so badly needed by those …
What will Jim Yong Kim’s World Bank role mean for philanthropy?
It’s not often that I wake up to hear the name of someone I know well on all the morning news programmes, but it happened last month with President Obama’s nomination of Jim Yong Kim …
Nonprofit performance evaluation: financial management (part 2 of 6)
High-performing non-profits must understand how to manage their money. Charities cannot promise great things to supporters and run out of resources along the way. A delicate balance of maintaining healthy reserves, minimizing debt and sticking …
