Lucy Bernholz, one of my favorite philanthropy consultants (and self-described Philanthropy Wonk) just published her Top 10 Philanthropy Buzzwords list. She annually tracks the words and phrases that are picking up steam in the philanthropy, nonprofit, and social enterprise arenas. If you look at her past lists, most have stuck around and/or evolved. To pay [...]
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Whom do you trust to lead community improvement?
Whom do you trust to lead community improvement? This question keeps rolling through my head as I’m participating in the Growing Social Impact for a Networked World conference. It’s not an easy question. It gets to the heart of a person’s values, upbringing, work history, own sense of self-control, and more. And, it’s a tough [...]
What I Learned About Networks at Summer Camp
What do funders really want from networks? I heard one set of honest answers to this question this summer as I wrapped up consulting for the Lumina Foundation for Education. "Camp" was actually the session “Funder Perspectives on Investing in Networks” that I had the honor to facilitate for Lumina’s partners and grantees in its KnowHow2 [...]
Creating Shared Value Between Grantmakers and Grantees
I just read the Harvard Business Review article “Creating Shared Value” by Michael Porter and Mark Kramer (also here) and highly recommend it. (Thanks to Paul Shoemaker at Social Venture Partners for the tip.) The article makes the case for businesses to create shared value – “policies and practices that enhance the competitiveness of a [...]
Tony Macklin 