Celebrating 10 years of how-matters.org!
Wow! Whew! Woohoo! What a ride it’s been! Will you help me celebrate the 10th anniversary of how-matters.org? See which opportunities below strike your fancy: 1) Celebrate with me at a 10th...
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Sharing a letter I sent to family and friends earlier this week. *** Dear friends and family, If you’re like me (and we’re friends or family, so you likely are), you may be worried during this time....
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An excerpt from the introduction of the book Smart Risks: How small grants are helping to solve some of the world’s biggest problems, edited by myself and Tanya Cothran: Often called “community-based...
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During my annual “no social media” break, there of course were twelve great articles, editorials and announcements that deserve a share. Here they are in no particular order: Articles by individuals...
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A guest post by Tori Dietel Hopps* and Andy Bryant** Tory: After 25 years of fundraising and playing leadership roles in a variety of nonprofit organizations, I was given an opportunity to work on the...
View ArticleWhy I wrote about “smart risks” in philanthropy and why I would frame it...
This coming Saturday on April 15, my first book, co-edited with Tanya Cothran, comes out. It is based on many of the things I’ve written about on how-matters.org over the years – funding for grassroots...
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We all know there are aid donors and international funding partners out there that want to change “business as usual,” to challenge the terms of global development. (Or at least people inside those...
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A version of this post originally appeared on Medium. *** I could see him becoming agitated as I started to cross the street. He was dressed all in black, dirty, ragged, with matted hair and beard....
View ArticleWhite supremacy, black liberation, and global development: The conversations...
Below all of the talk of “evidence-based approaches” and “taking interventions to scale,” there is an undercurrent of disquiet. It happens when “local partners’ capacity” is maligned. It happens when...
View ArticleHow to reframe the #globaldev message: Local organizations telling their own...
A guest post by Judith Madigan, co-founder and director of BrandOutLoud. The development sector in The Netherlands has been captivated by ‘Reframing the Message’, an EU-funded cross-sectoral program...
View ArticleCelebrating 10 years of how-matters.org!
Wow! Whew! Woohoo! What a ride it’s been! Will you help me celebrate the 10th anniversary of how-matters.org? See which opportunities below strike your fancy: 1) Come celebrate with me at a 10th...
View ArticleYou are needed
Sharing a letter I sent to family and friends earlier this week. *** Dear friends and family, If you’re like me (and we’re friends or family, so you likely are), you may be worried during this time....
View ArticleWhat’s so “risky” about funding at the grassroots level?
An excerpt from the introduction of the book Smart Risks: How small grants are helping to solve some of the world’s biggest problems, edited by myself and Tanya Cothran: Often called “community-based...
View ArticleWhat I missed
During my annual “no social media” break, there of course were twelve great articles, editorials and announcements that deserve a share. Here they are in no particular order: Articles by individuals...
View ArticleAvoiding the Black Hole: What happens when funders focus less on themselves...
A guest post by Tori Dietel Hopps* and Andy Bryant** Tory: After 25 years of fundraising and playing leadership roles in a variety of nonprofit organizations, I was given an opportunity to work on the...
View ArticleWhy I wrote about “smart risks” in philanthropy and why I would frame it...
This coming Saturday on April 15, my first book, co-edited with Tanya Cothran, comes out. It is based on many of the things I’ve written about on how-matters.org over the years – funding for grassroots...
View ArticleA new kind of donor: 4 things they do differently
We all know there are aid donors and international funding partners out there that want to change “business as usual,” to challenge the terms of global development. (Or at least people inside those...
View ArticleWhy I give
A version of this post originally appeared on Medium. *** I could see him becoming agitated as I started to cross the street. He was dressed all in black, dirty, ragged, with matted hair and beard....
View ArticleWhite supremacy, black liberation, and global development: The conversations...
Below all of the talk of “evidence-based approaches” and “taking interventions to scale,” there is an undercurrent of disquiet. It happens when “local partners’ capacity” is maligned. It happens when...
View ArticleHow to reframe the #globaldev message: Local organizations telling their own...
A guest post by Judith Madigan, co-founder and director of BrandOutLoud. The development sector in The Netherlands has been captivated by ‘Reframing the Message’, an EU-funded cross-sectoral program...
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