Just finished reading a new research paper, Convergence: How Five Trends Will Reshape the Social Sector. The research was commissioned by the The James Irvine Foundation of California. The researchers, La Piana Consulting identified five key trends that they believe have significant implications for the future of not-for-profit organizations. I discovered the research via Sylvia […]
The Futurist: Finding your way in a reshaped Social Sector
Filed Under: Frameworks for collaboration · Tagged: collaboration, innovation, social innovation
Connect with the world: Another way to make your neighbourhood a better place
International collaboration works. I saw it in the Philippines, where I spent the better part of the last two months working for a Canadian not-for-profit (CESO). I blogged about it (e.g., 27 ways Filipinos create successful, collaborative e-Governance projects). I went half way around the world to collaborate with others. Now, I want to bring […]
Filed Under: Frameworks for collaboration, In my neighbourhood · Tagged: collaboration, community, food security, ICT, social innovation, South Jubilee
How all things connect: Adapting to unintended consequences in Hagonoy, Philippines
Rice farming was the main agricultural activity in Hagony, a Philippines coastal community, at least up to the 1980s. It was around that time that the salinity of the water started to rise; eventually to levels unacceptable for growing rice. Many believe the salinity increase stems from drainage canals and dikes built in the 1970s […]
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Trying to balance conservation and development in San Antonio, Zambales, Philippines
Melchor Ventura is the Planning & Development Officer for San Antonio, a Municipality in Zambales province, Philippines. He is also involved in the eGov4MD project; an international collaborative, orchestrated by the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP), bringing together various Filipino organizations, municipalities, and foreign nonprofits (e.g., CESO). The project will help Filipino municipalities […]
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On Communities of Practice, Knowledge, and Trees
How does your organization or collaborative learn from experience? How do you take the knowledge of your experts, make it available to those who need it, and create value in the process? Communities of Practice provide a great way to do this. Those communities are defined by Etienne Wenger, Richard McDermott, and William Snynder in […]
Filed Under: Frameworks for collaboration · Tagged: community, community-of-practice, social innovation
