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Community Foundation Conference

The Council on Foundations is having their annual community foundation conference here in Seattle starting tomorrow. I'm looking over their agenda and if you have feedback on what I should attend, please feel free to send it to us. I'm hoping to develop an understanding of the ways in which community foundations actually build community.

Posted: 9/18/05; 10:24:18 PM #

Don't Pick the Tools First

The smart folks at 37 Signals make the quick and compelling point that we wouldn't pick the tools ahead of the craftsman if we were building a house, but that this is exactly what we do with a great many software projects. I've been very disappointed to see this happen over and over in the nonprofit sector.

Posted: 9/18/05; 10:12:40 PM #

The Red Cross Is No Substitute for Competent Government

Echoing a point being made by many commentators, Kathryn Cramer points out that The Red Cross Is No Substitute for Competent Government. She quotes some compelling statistics from the Harvard School of Public Health and frames them in light of some issues of basic infrastructure.

Posted: 9/18/05; 10:10:16 PM #


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