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Philanthropy End of Summer Beach Reading: Part 1 26 Aug 2013 | 08:14 pm
It’s nearing the end of August but it’s been anything but quiet when it comes to pieces about nonprofits and philanthropy. A few particularly thought-provoking pieces have been released in recent days...
Avoiding the Perils of Surface Persuasiveness 22 Aug 2013 | 07:55 pm
All too often, I find myself feeling frustrated after reading short online articles and op-eds, where authors’ arguments are too simplistically summarized to withstand even modest critical analysis. Y...
Data Point: Nonprofits Want More Discussion about Assessment with Funders 14 Aug 2013 | 10:57 pm
In our 2012 report Room for Improvement, we explored the grantee perspective on foundations’ support of nonprofit performance assessment. Based on a survey of our Grantee Voice panel, the majority of ...
Secure Your Own Oxygen Mask First 7 Aug 2013 | 10:45 pm
Those of us who fly for business and/or pleasure are familiar with flight attendants alerting us to what happens if cabin pressure decreases. We are told that oxygen masks will deploy and that we are ...
On Peter Buffett’s Op-Ed 30 Jul 2013 | 07:39 pm
In a much-discussed op-ed in Saturday’s New York Times titled “The Charitable-Industrial Complex,” Peter Buffett, Chairman of the NoVo Foundation and son of Warren Buffett, shares his dismay about phi...
Data Point: More Transparency Needed About What Foundations Are Learning 25 Jul 2013 | 08:01 pm
Discussions about foundation transparency have typically focused on items such as financial data, the names of foundation board members, or contact information for foundation staff. But, as we learned...
Six Tips for Improving Staff Performance Reviews 23 Jul 2013 | 08:21 pm
Over the next few weeks, our staff will complete and discuss their individual self-assessments, a practice CEP has undertaken each summer over the last few years. As I prepare to communicate the detai...
D5 at the Midpoint 18 Jul 2013 | 09:29 pm
Not long after I took on the role of Director of the D5 Coalition almost exactly two years ago, I was chatting with my best friend about my new gig. I told her it was running a five-year effort to gro...
Set Your Relationship Up for Success 16 Jul 2013 | 09:28 pm
“I’m calling with good news. The grant was awarded!” These conversations are a true highlight of the program staff profession. This moment is the joyful culmination of often many months of work on the...
Studying Philanthropy for Its Own Sake 11 Jul 2013 | 06:43 pm
I have lamented, probably all too often on this blog in recent years, the degree to which MBA programs are becoming the centers of discussions on philanthropy, and not always in a good way (see, for e...
