Let’s Put the Awe Back in Altruism: So get Your Aspiration in Gear!
“There are two kinds of people and organizations in the world: eaters and bakers. Eaters want a bigger slice of an existing pie; bakers want...
Appreciative Philanthropy Blog
Shifting Strategy: From Inside Out to Outside In
The only way we are going to disrupt the practice of philanthropy and turn it upside down is to turn it outside in. Playing with words...
Hey, Watch Your Language!
Hey, Watch Your Language: A New Lexicon for our Profession Twenty years and counting, and an abject failure. Well, not at everything, but at something...
Being Benefactor-centric, Relationship-based and Inquiry-driven In These Challenging Times
Personal isolation does not have to mean social isolation. Those who believe in the shift from transactional to relational fundraising can and must continue to make...
Engendering a Sense of Gratitude
What ties the world together in common pain and suffering may well spark an era of gratitude the likes of which we have not seen...