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Monthly Archives: September 2010

Easy Would be Boring

Last week, I had a conversation with Adam Kahane, author of the book “Power and Love: A Theory and Practice of Social Change”. He had related his impressions from witnessing the Copenhagen climate change summit to a group of social entrepreneurs at the Hub in Brussels by describing two opposed camps: Those that focus on… Continue Reading

Marketing vs. Campaigning: In Need of a new Term

We in the nonprofit sector tend to have a conflicted relationship with the word ‘marketing’. We tend to see it as evil, as over-the-top, as the art of selling stuff to people they don’t need. Having gone through a year of studying these dark arts, I’m no longer sure. My textbook defines marketing as “a… Continue Reading

Love Letter to my Blog

My dearest Blog, we haven’t spoken a lot recently, but I have to tell you: I can’t stop thinking about you. The more I do, the more I know for sure: I want to hang out with you more often. I want us to go steady. You’ve existed in so many places by now. Your… Continue Reading