Beyond the Recession: Who Will Reboot the Social Sector?

Sidney | July 26, 2009

When it’s all said and done this is how the social sector’s late 2000s recession story might be written. 2008 – The late 2000s recession was finally acknowledged and it all suddenly came unraveled. 2009 – Nonprofits began to feel the effects of the recession and sector thought leaders issued their predictions. 2009 – The  [...]

Recessionary Job Loss as Golden Opportunity

Sidney | March 30, 2009

In 2006 The Bridgespan Group conducted an extensive study of the leadership requirements of nonprofit organizations with greater than $250,000 annual revenue (excluding hospitals and institutions of higher education).  I had the privilege of hearing Tom Tierney present the report entitled The Nonprofit Sector’s Leadership Deficit (hot off the presses) at the Grantmakers for Effective [...]

"Why Uplift?"

This blog covers the issues of our world community and the people whose innovative ideas will bring about sustainable solutions for the good of all. The word “Uplift” is used as a metaphor for “sustainable” social change. Uplift was borrowed from the ideology of “racial uplift” espoused by twentieth century civil rights leaders that sought new approaches to social change in their pursuit of racial equality. Similarly, today's innovators seek new approaches to social change that will uplift the human race.