I just published a new op-ed in the Huffington Post, titled “The Most Important Word for Nonprofits: MERGER” and it accomplished everything I had hoped, and more. The article itself presents a few ways in which using collective resources could muster better economies of scale for the sector…but the real experiment for me was how the title itself would be received. Simply put…the nonprofit sector should be a powerful, vital, recognized force in America…but it isn’t. Much of this is due to our subservient nature, born of decades of relying on the extra our society… Continue reading »
Dace West, Denver’s Nonprofit Liaison
People say to me…..”Dude, you are ALWAYS on the road!” And I say, “No, Baby…I’m always on a mission, and the mission takes me to the road.” This week, the mission took me back to Colorado, Denver to be specific, where I saw countless colleagues from previous visits, or from other cities, but who now call the Mile High City, or that great state, home. I spoke at the Colorado Nonprofit Associations Fall Conference. The room was packed with over 500 people who came in search of best practices, new ideas and….from me….a sense of… Continue reading »
Deb Heinrich, the CT Governor’s Nonprofit Liaison
JUST back from a whirlwind trip that took me from Idaho to Wisconsin to Connecticut. At EACH juncture, I spoke, with escalating fervor, to nonprofit colleagues about our shared economic contributions to every community and our essential need to work in concert to elect new leaders. What kind of leader do I want? Ones who commit to appointing a liaison to work everyday with nonprofits in their city or state. There is only one state where a Governor has a point person—Connecticut, under Gov Malloy, and his point person, Deb Heinrich sat down with me… Continue reading »
Gen NOW Leaders are Knocking Down the Divide
I am a futurist. I study trends and anticipate opportunities….then I march out to meet that “likely” future with the audacious goal of changing it. Here’s an example. There are 90 million “Millennials” (people born between 1985 and 2000) in America…and they have been raised doing service. They will have a huge impact on America if they choose to move beyond the charity that they may have encountered during those service trips and channel their ideas and energy into tactics that embrace economics and politics. Some already are. I travel ALOT, and I dig the… Continue reading »
First Floor–Oakland, Food Revolutions and Joel Gion
As many of you know, I really dig CA. I grew up in SoCal in the 60’s, and even though I am a now a threw and through east coaster, I a-l-w-a-y-s feel at home when I step foot in the Promised Land. I was invited out this time to be a judge at the East Bay Food Fight, which raised the profile of, and cash for, the Kitchen of Champions, one of numerous DCCK inspired “community kitchens” that operate across the country. (We’re an open-source model, in that we have no interest in hording… Continue reading »
