Isabel White | 6th July 2013 Twice a year I share my 25 years’ experience with ASVI students in London. When you have worked in a sector for that long, based on your years of experience, you inevitably take a different view to those who may be new to fundraising. It is easy to be cynical about […]
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Bernard Ross | 4th July 2013 Bernard Ross with help from Angela Cluff and Paula Guillet of = mc A powerful movement to encourage major donor giving has been labeled philanthrocapitalism. The name comes from an influential book of the same title published in 2008 and an associated website. Two journalists working for the Economist magazine, Matthew Bishop and
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Sandro Calvani | 13th June 2013 Some of the greatest innovators of our time including Bill Gates (Microsoft), Steve Jobs (Apple) and Marck Zuckerberg (Facebook) have changed the world of business and of the market without having obtained first an academic degree in their education. Some of them attempted to obtain it but then became
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Laura Taraborrelli | 25th June 2013 From 25th until 27th of April the XXVIII general assembly of Amnesty International Italy – the Italian branch of the NGO fighting for human rights to be respected all over the world – took place in Rome. During the convention, international guests were invited to give a personal and
Non violent struggle, the shuttering power of inaction, together! Read More »
Isabel White | 4th July 2013 I asked a fellow fundraiser recently what was his pet hate in the voluntary sector. By coincidence it was something I was also thinking about. He said “my pet hate is people or organizations who think that just because they are “doing good” that they deserve loads of
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Marco Crescenzi | 27th november 2014 In the 1700s London was a filthy city where 3 out of 4 children died under the age of five. Sanitation was simply unheard of and the gap between the rich and the poor was extremely wide. In Public Houses, which later became known as “pubs”, gin became very
Tony Colville | 03th February 2015 In 2014 the elites owned the topic of inequality. My hope for 2015 ? We all get our say and we all listen, learn and mobilise. I’m a former young carer from a council estate in Birmingham now living in London, one of the most unequal cities in the
What inequalities do you face and what should we be doing about it? Read More »
Alain Vidal | 10th February 2015 The sheer scale and urgency of our world’s food security mega-challenges require action from many partners. Further, reliable food systems, including value chains, markets, infrastructure and consumption, are critical for human health, nutrition, wellbeing and equity. Producing sufficient and quality food for 9 billion people by 2050 is in
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Emmanuelle Lacroix | 07th July 2015 Following the launch of the CHS Alliance in Nairobi, I took part in a field visit, organised by our colleagues at ActionAid Kenya, to see accountability in action and hear feedback from community members, the main stakeholders of the quality and accountability agenda. The trip gave me a very timely and
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Marco Crescenzi | 15th September 2015 “How much is it?” asks Dona Raimunda, widow and mother of 8 kids. “Six palmas”, replies the cashier. At this point, the woman takes out some strange money from her purse. The trader collects the money and the woman walks away with her shopping bags. Brazil, one of the
We are the Bank- Will social banking change the world? Read More »
