I loved this piece! It is not only the part where Christopher London says “A building can’t teach.” when referencing donating school buildings that resonated with me, but his whole conclusion that product-driven development might sometimes be easier but less effective. Sing it, Christopher! (I wrote to his organization to get approval to re-post this [...]
Join in our conversation on VoluntourismGal’s website about volunteering in Haiti: http://voluntourismgal.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/spring-break-in-haiti/
I have been blogging elsewhere recently, so I wanted to link some of them here. This blog post was written for The International Business Council (IBC) blog and can be found in it’s original form here. The IBC and PEPY Tours in Cambodia When running a start-up organization, you are always looking for volunteers, people [...]
Maryann Fernandez of Philanthropy Indaba invited me to be a guest blogger on her site this week, and I was delighted to have the opportunity to share some more thoughts on “giving things”. You can see the post can see on the Philanthropy Indaba blog, and I have copied it below as well. Please comment [...]
In the social venture world, there seems to to two types of prizes, money and/or a chance to learn from and connect with experts about their work. Many prizes are designed to reward people by supporting their ideas of how to “scale” or “become financially sustainable”, but I wonder….. are there prizes or support out [...]
I see a slippery slope ahead and I fear that donating to non-profits is becoming more and more like shopping for a magazine in the UK. About 10 years ago I lived in London, and when I would stop at a news stand, I noticed that nearly all of them were wrapped in plastic and [...]
I recently tried to post a comment in response to this listing on Trip Advisor which encourages visits to orphanages while traveling in Siem Reap. As my comment was not a review of the area, it was not approved, so I am posting it here. — I am writing in response to a post stating [...]