Dialogue

When Anger is the Logical Choice

By June 4, 2015

How do we make challenging critiques within philanthropy in a way that people can hear? That question came up strongly this week when I read a couple of blog posts from Jake Hayman of the Social Investment Consultancy, starting with “Not Fit for Purpose: Why I’m Done with the Foundation World.” His bracing list of…

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Changemakers & funders unite, share ideas at Ashoka Future Forum

By June 2, 2015

How can we re-imagine a brighter future through social enterprise? This question was at the heart of the recent Ashoka Future Forum, which attracted about 400 social entrepreneurs from around the world. Many of the sessions focused on cultivating mindfulness, trust, and empathy, and offered ideas about what the future could look like with more…

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Inter-generational Leadership Development For Those Who Need It

By May 27, 2015

As an intergenerational leadership organization, On the Move modeled their practice internally in a significant way when they hired Alissa Gentille, who started out in one of their young emerging leaders programs, as their current Executive Director. This goal is clearly reflected in their mission: “On The Move develops young people as leaders by building…

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Grantees Lifting Each Other’s Work Up: Repost from IVOH

By May 25, 2015

The following post first published on the IVOH website, one of our grantees, lifts up the work of another one of our grantees, Active Voice, and their new project ONWARD. By Ronnie Lovler  Ronnie is an ivoh core team member and freelance writer, editor, and English/Spanish translator. Not too long ago, I helped out a friend who…

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The Future of Girls: Alliance for Girls Conference

By May 22, 2015

There are too many wonderful things to mention about the 3rd Annual Alliance for Girls Conference I attended this past Wednesday. Alliance for Girls is a TWI annual grantee and throughout the conference many of TWI’s values were employed. Dialogue was a common tool used in sessions and relationship building was central to the way…

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