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David Eisner, Philanthropy Consultant
The National Constitution Center and a Question (0 comments)
November 20, 2009
This week I was appointed President and CEO of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, the museum and education center devoted to engaging Americans, especially young people, in being active and informed citizens of our constitutional... more »
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Barry Varela, Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society
Paper by Professor Fleishman (0 comments)
November 17, 2009
We've just posted a paper, "Foundations and Government: Social Innovation, Policy Advocacy and Collaboration to Improve Government Effectiveness," that Professor Joel Fleishman presented before the Association for Public Policy Analysis... more »
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David Eisner, Philanthropy Consultant
Government Innovation (0 comments)
November 17, 2009
Remember the old joke about “military intelligence” being an oxymoron? I’d bet a lot of money that it was started by people who served in the military. “Government innovation” could suffer the same stigma.... more »
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Phil Buchanan, President, Center for Effective Philanthropy
Beyond Dogma (0 comments)
November 16, 2009
I appreciate the responses to my blogs on the Intrepid Philanthropist site last week. I think my favorite line was this, from Laura Deaton: “Love outcomes, hate sector-bashing.” That certainly boils it down. Like Deaton, a... more »
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David Eisner, Philanthropy Consultant
A Spark of Light in Texas (0 comments)
November 16, 2009
Last month I had the opportunity to participate in a remarkable event—President Barack Obama joined President George H.W. Bush in College Station, Texas, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Points of Light movement, begun in 1989 with... more »
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Phil Buchanan, President, Center for Effective Philanthropy
Will the Real Nonprofit Sector Please Stand Up? (1 comment)
November 13, 2009
Where are the spokespeople for the nonprofit sector’s distinctive value? Where are the people who will stand up and take issue when Jack and Suzy Welch write, as they did in their BusinessWeek column in 2007, "In most nonprofit situations... more »
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Phil Buchanan, President, Center for Effective Philanthropy
Undermining Ourselves (0 comments)
November 12, 2009
In subtle ways, those of us in the nonprofit sector contribute to the lack of appreciation for its strength when we act as though every good idea came from outside it and simply import the language and frameworks of business. Worse, doing so... more »
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Barry Varela, Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society
Center in the News (0 comments)
November 12, 2009
A front-page article in this week's Chronicle of Philanthropy profiled the Social Impact Exchange, an initiative of the Growth Philanthropy Network, the Center, Duke's CASE at Fuqua, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Also, Joel Fleishman... more »
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Barry Varela, Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society
Technical difficulties no more (0 comments)
November 12, 2009
Our crack team of computer experts has solved yesterday's comments problem. Comment away, everyone! more »
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Barry Varela, Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society
Technical difficulties (0 comments)
November 11, 2009
We're having trouble getting the comments function of the blog to work properly, which is, unfortunately, frustrating Phil's many eager commenters. To everyone who's annoyed because they've been unable to toss a bouquet or hurl a brickbat... more »