I was lucky to be able to write a piece for this Summer 2014 SSIR journal with a former co-worker at PEPY/PEPY Tours, Karina Kloos.  Karina and I had worked together in 2009 to make Voluntourism101, and have collaborated since on projects and brainstorms around how to further the “social” in the social sector. Karina did her PhD at Stanford, and while there she did extensive research on monitoring and evaluation practices of non-profit organizations. We teamed up on this piece nearly a year ago, working to draw out lessons for how non-profits might reclaim the evaluation conversation.

Check it out and let us know your thoughts! http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/lost_in_translation

I realize I might not have linked this on LIL…. here is a piece Claire Bennett and I wrote for SSIR (Stanford Social Innovation Review) on Learning Service a few months ago:

We often use “service learning” to describe volunteer programs and international volunteer travel, emphasizing learning through service—service that teaches life lessons that help both the traveler and the world. The profound lessons that international volunteering can bring is one of the main reasons that academic institutions are incorporating it—and sometimes requiring it—in coursework.

Read the rest here: http://www.ssireview.org/blog/entry/from_service_learning_to_learning_service

Here is a piece I wrote for the Pioneers Post about “leading from behind” – a concept I learned from the founder of Where There Be Dragons.

Read the piece here if you like!

http://www.pioneerspost.com/comment/20140512/why-the-greatest-leaders-dont-always-go-the-right-way

Here is a piece I wrote this week on the Huffington Post about how our focus on “voluntourism” as the culprit could be doing us a disservice: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniela-papi/is-voluntourism-itself-be_b_5197390.html

I was part of a radio piece for ABC radio in Australia. Of course, as usual, they gave it a very “catchy” title – ”

Is ‘voluntourism’ the new colonialism?

I would have rather had something more along the lines of “how do we make volunteer service more humble” or something…. but such is life.  If you want to read the article they made for it or hear the piece, here you go!

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/encounter/5341384

A random little post I wrote on Huffington Post…. in case you are interested!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniela-papi/what-your-grandmother-got_b_4985053.html

I recently wrote a piece for Unreasonable.is about “getting married” to parts of your start-up… and hopefully getting married to the “right” thing!  Check it out if you are interested: http://unreasonable.is/opinion/what-part-of-your-start-up-are-you-married-to/