More blur

I write about the blurring of the sectors often. And I appreciate it when others send me a ‘heads up’ on an example of this at work. Sean Stannard Stockton pointed me to zoosa.org – a new website where job seekers can find “social enterprise” opportunities in the public, private, independent and elected spheres. In [...]

Monday bits and pieces

Is it redundant to post small bits and pieces of thoughts on a blog since so much of what gets blogged is small bits anyway? That asked, here are a few “bits and pieces*” of philanthropy thoughts to start your week: ******************* New Report on Community Foundations and Social MediaThe Future Matters report “Community Philanthropy [...]

Devolution to nonprofits and the markets

Photo Credit: Center For Environmental Health Photo, via Washingtonpost.com Devolution – the shifting of responsibilities once met by the federal government to state or municipalities – is nothing new. Nor is devolution to nonprofits anything really new. Devolution to market entities also isn’t new, its just called “privatization.” So, this post isn’t new, its just [...]

Recognizing the limits of markets

Hats off to Kevin Jones for his comment on “the things markets will not solve.” Though he focuses his comments on malaria, he points out that there are certain social ills that -while horrible- don’t effect the balance of power or money in such a way that the market is moved to solve them. As [...]