A recent conference report published by the Johnson Center at Grand Valley State University focuses on concerns of emerging leaders in the non-profit sector.  One hundred emerging leaders gathered last June 2007 at NonProfit 2020: Issues and Answers from the Next Generation and identified that the future leadership deficit is already here.

Thanks to NCG, northern California grantmakers get a generous dose of social enterprise inspiration.

One of the most enduring areas of conflict between community-based non-profit institutions and the foundations who fund them is that of the urgency of need versus the how and why of making funding availabile to address need.

I wasn’t at the CNN Democratic Presidential debate in Los Angeles tonight between Senator Hilary Clinton and Senator Barack Obama, but I was at the debate in Las Vegas a couple of weeks ago. At the Las Vegas venue the audience was all minorities, union members, and civil servants, since it was sponsored by the 100 Black Men organization and U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the College of Southern Nevada.

Many of the executives I know have at least two things in common:  obsessive multitasking disorder, and an avid appetite for reading.

Tessie's predictions for community technology in 2008

If the presidential candidates had a debate on YouTube and you didn't have internet access, did it really happen? I was recently asked if the term digital divide was outdated. Here's an article that says not only is it still relevant, but possibliy worse than ever in light of the new emphasis on web based political campaigning.

Net2Squared Day 1 was like a fundraising reality show. Some hits, some question marks, but all worth at least a vote.

Has our vision changed the world or has the world changed our vision?