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Jun 25, 2012
Thanks for the comment, update and link, Jim. I think it's great you're helping to lead the council into a new era on this critical front, and I'd be willing to be that the session track you've put together for the annual conference will be wildly popular. Will those sessions be open to all conference attendees?
Commented Jan 22, 2012 on Foundation Leadership for a New Era at PhilanTopic
Foundation Leadership for a New Era
The news that Peter Hutchinson had stepped down as president of the St. Paul-based Bush Foundation after four-plus years at its helm came as a surprise to many. Hired in 2007 to lead a strategic refocusing of the 55-year-old foundation's mission and grantmaking activities, Hutchinson impressed ...
Thanks, Cynthia. I like the way you've framed the issue. At the end of the day, though (as Jim Canales notes), it's still the board that's in the driver's seat. And to paraphrase the old saying, "If you've seen one foundation board, you've seen one foundation board." How do we change that calculus?
Commented Jan 22, 2012 on Foundation Leadership for a New Era at PhilanTopic
Foundation Leadership for a New Era
The news that Peter Hutchinson had stepped down as president of the St. Paul-based Bush Foundation after four-plus years at its helm came as a surprise to many. Hired in 2007 to lead a strategic refocusing of the 55-year-old foundation's mission and grantmaking activities, Hutchinson impressed ...
Nenad, thanks so much for the suggestion. I'm adding it to my list.
Commented Dec 16, 2011 on Questions for the Stavros Niarchos Foundation at PhilanTopic
Questions for the Stavros Niarchos Foundation
I'll be speaking tomorrow with a couple of program officers at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, a private philanthropy founded by Greek shipping magnate Stavros Niarchos before his death in 1996. While I'm with them, I hope to gain some fresh insights, informed by a non-U.S. perspective, into th...
David --
Thought you might be interested in this comparison of OWS and the Tea Party movements (h/t The Big Picture):
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2011/11/occupy-wall-street-vs-tea-party/
Comments?
Commented Nov 14, 2011 on What OWS Can Learn From Gandhi at PhilanTopic
What OWS Can Learn From Gandhi
In today's New York Times, Tom Friedman has some excellent advice for the Occupy Wall Street movement -- and, by extension, anyone working to bring about social change. In the column, Friedman compares the emerging grassroots protest movements in the world's two biggest democracies, India and t...
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