Which of these solution focused questions can you ask today?
Lately, thanks to my friend Christina Attard, I’ve been reading a book called Fry the Monkeys by Alan Kay. In it, I am learning about how to talk about solutions instead of just problems. I think it’s a useful lesson for us as nonprofit leaders and managers, when people come up to us in a […]
Do you serve the Penniless, Jobless, Marginalized and Despised? Read this.
The Gospel of the Penniless, Jobless, Marginalized and Despised by Chris Hedges I love reading Chris Hedges. His books, The Empire of Illusion and Death of the Middle Class were so good. He also writes articles and talks about reviving popular politics and reviving popular culture from the rise of predatory corporate capitalism. This time, he […]
Pam Slim Says: What is Your ROOT?
“If you are trying to get your motivation just from the need to survive financially, you will feel emotionally anemic.” -Pam Slim
Have you ever bought an auction “vacation package”?
Then Guy Debord has something to say to you.
“In its most advanced sectors, a highly concentrated capitalism has begun selling “fully equipped” blocks of time, each of which is a complete commodity combining a variety of other commodities. This is the logic behind the appearance, within an expanding economy of “services” and leisure activities, of the “all-inclusive” purchase of spectacular forms of housing, of collective pseudo-travel, of participation in cultural consumption and even of sociability itself, in the form of “exciting conversations.” “meetings with celebrities” and suchlike. Spectacular commodities of this type could obviously not exist were it not for the increasing impoverishment of the realities they parody. And, not surprisingly, they are also paradigmatic of modern sales techniques in that they may be bought on credit.”
So, have you ever been to Disney world? Have you been to a Disney “timeshare”? Me TOO.
It was a completely artificial experience. It made me want to seek out nature, and the dark, and something more real.
If you have been similarly dissatisfied with Disney and its sanitized backward-looking version of life, perhaps you might enjoy this video.
Is your nonprofit a “safe bet”? Let’s Get Dangerous!
Dear Western Donors: “For God’s Sake, Please Just Stop”
“We are tired of being the subject of aid.” “We have to reform our economies, change our leadership, and be more democratic, and we have to do it ourselves.” -Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Finance Minister in Nigeria