Recruiting for the 2009-10 Acumen Fund Fellows Program is off and rolling! The application closed this past Monday, October 20, with a pool of 342 candidates representing 49 different countries.
“Its truly exciting that we have such strong evidence now of Acumen Fund’s brand going worldwide, with a pool that is heavily weighted internationally!” said Abigail Keene-Babcock, Acumen Fund Talent Associate.
Now in its fourth recruitment cycle, the program has attracted applicants from Afghanistan, Finland, Mongolia, Iran, Georgia, Malta, Ukraine, Jordan, Liberia and Sudan, among other countries. By region, representation breaks down as follows:
38% from countries in Asia/Southeast Asia/Middle East
29% from countries in Africa
26% from US/Canada
6% from Europe
1% from Latin...
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I was planning to write a post about fundraising in a recession, but plenty of other people have done it already, so rather than reinventing the wheel, here’s where to go for information.
But the main points to remember are:
- don’t panic, donors are still giving
- invest in strengthening your relationships with existing supporters
- your organisation is probably needed more that ever now. Make your case. People will support you.
Here’s the links:
Sean Triner has set up an excellent blog on fundraising in a recession.
Conor Byrne has been running a series of articles over the last few weeks.
Jeff Brooks, as usual, has some great stuff to peruse.
And, of course, the words of Warren Buffet spring to mind: ‘Be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are...
When word came last week that Allan Rosenfield, former dean of Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and longtime champion of women's health, died after an extended illness, a wave of sadness washed over the many thousands of us around the world who have admired Allan and been inspired by his public health heroism. Allan was an indefatigable advocate for better reproductive health services, for programs to reduce the toll of maternal mortality, and for interventions to prevent the transmission of HIV from mothers to children -- and no other public health leader has brought more energy, intelligence, humor and commitment to these causes. To get a small sense of Allan's influence, take a few moments to read the comments that are collecting on Nicolas Kristof's blog. Add...
Guest blogger Sue Yun Chi is an Associate at SeaChange Capital Partners, which seeks to mobilize a network of wealthy donors so they provide substantial amounts of philanthropic capital, to increase the impact of outstanding nonprofits.
I arrived in San Francisco with a sense of foreboding from the current financial crisis, but it took only a moment at the Social Capital Markets conference in sunny San Francisco to change my outlook on the future. Although the conference may have started with 650 individuals with different agendas, what transpired over the course of the conference was a movement toward a cohesive social capital marketplace. As the second day drew to a close, I came away with a sense of inspiration and optimism.
The conference offered a variety of substantive topics, from...
First, watch this.
Kay Sprinkel Grace tells us we are Dream Brokers.
Just because the economy is going down the tubes doesn’t mean donors don’t still have dreams of a better world.
‘Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning’ - Gloria Steinem
There’s nothing you can do that can’t be done. Nothing you can sing that can’t be sung … It’s easy.
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Dealing with the recession. To paraphrase, quit whingeing and keep fundraising.
We’re needed more than ever now.
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Howard Lake has been documenting the IFC and he’s got a great collection of videos up on youtube.
Just search for International Fundraising Congress 2008.
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Guest blogger Graham Macmillan is the Senior Director of VisionSpring (formerly Scojo Foundation). In addition to his work with the VisionSpring team, Graham is pursuing his Global EMBA as part of TRIUM, which is a joint program of London School of Economics, HEC Paris, and NYU Stern. He also holds his MSc in International Management from NYU Wagner and his BA in International Studies and History from Colby College.
Is private equity really making a play in this space? If so, what’s their impact going to be? Those were the questions I asked myself as I sat down at the session “New Private Equity Funds” at SoCap08. The session’s description piqued my interest enough to choose it over the many other concurrent sessions. I wanted to learn more about the “serious money”...
Some people are actually managing to write more than two line blog posts while they’re here. Check out Sean Triner’s excellent blog. He’s a bit focussed on the recession today.
And Howard Lake’s been posting regularly too.
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And the phrase for today is:
Kinesthetic Anchors
From Tim Hunter and Bernard Ross
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Editor’s note: Jocelyn Wyatt leads the Design for Social Impact initiative at IDEO (a global design consultancy). Prior to IDEO, Jocelyn worked as an Acumen Fund fellow in Kenya and served as Interim Country Director for VisionSpring in India. Jocelyn has an MBA from Thunderbird and a BA in Anthropology from Grinnell College. She blogs (periodically) on www.jocelynwyatt.com.By Jocelyn WyattFully admitting my bias here, I did think the Design in the Developing World panel was an especially interesting conversation between a top-notch set of designers and practitioners. Caroline Balerin launched the panel with the question "What would it look like to design for the other 90%?" I fully expected the panelists, who have traditionally designed products, to respond with something...
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A regional workshop on Pay for Performance (P4P) in Asia will be held in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India from January
19-23, 2008. Sponsored by USAID, AUSAID, the Center for Global Development, Norad and the World Bank, this workshop will support 16 teams from Asian countries (see the application form for eligible countries). The workshop content builds in part on the findings of CGD's Working Group on Performance-Based Incentives in Health, which has reviewed experiences linking payment to health care providers and/or patients based on verified performance and behavior change. Workshop participants will learn about P4P approaches that
have achieved positive results in countries as diverse as India, Afghanistan, Haiti, Nicaragua and Rwanda. Attendees will work in teams to identify what is...
Over in Holland at the IFC.
From the cover of Think Consulting Solutions’ ubiquitous conference notebooks:
‘I get up every morning determined to change the world and have one hell of a good time…
… sometimes this makes planning my day difficult.’
- EB White
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Thirty-three countries have alarming or extremely alarming levels of hunger, according to the 2008 Global Hunger Index, released for World Food Day. New report, India State Hunger Index, compares hunger levels across...
Not yet. That was the first message I heard at Social Capital Markets today, as I approached the registration table; they weren’t ready for me yet. In fact, they weren’t ready for me, nor were they ready for the 20 other people who had queued up early. If there’s any indication of interest in a conference or event, it’s usually the line of people arriving 2 or 3 hours early. (No, they weren’t giving away iPhones.) Read my SoCap08 conference preview here for some context.
When the table finally opened, I was greeted by a familiar face – Meredith Lobel, now a second year MBA student at Harvard Business School and formerly a tried-and-true changemaker with Ashoka. She’s volunteering here at SoCap08.
Two hours later, the excitement hasn’t died down; in fact, it has...
Opportunities for Investment in Agricultural Research. On October 10, Joachim von Braun is moderating the Plenary Session 'The Food Crisis: What Happened and What Should Be Done?' at the 2008 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group. Press Statement, October 10,...
10 October 2008 – The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR) today signed an agreement to enhance their cooperation to promote and support education, research and technical and institutional capacities in developing...
10 October 2008 - Climate change and bioenergy are the focus of this year’s World Food Day activities, expected to involve over 150 countries. FAO celebrates World Food Day each year on 16 October, the day on which the Organization was founded in...
Click here (opens Google Reader) to access my weekly selection of mainstream news articles covering rich world policies and practices that affect poor people in developing countries.
The global financial crisis continues to change daily and affect the world in new ways. This week's development policy news examined the trickle-down effect as poor countries start to feel the burden of rich countries' financial woes.
Sample articles:
Economic Leaders Call for Action (Wall Street Journal: 10/9/08)
The International Monetary Fund and World Bank leaders urged countries to coordinate an effort to solve the global crisis instead of focusing on just their own countries.
Analyzing China's Exposure To U.S. Debt (National Public Radio: 10/5/08)
China's economy relies heavily on...
Can the Doha Development Agenda Deliver for Least-Developed...