HOW TO FIND YOUR VOICE AND MAKE AN IMPACT
Giving is what women do, of course. We nurture kids and relatives. We drop everything for friends in need. We form neighborhood associations, join walkathons, sit on school boards and give to clothing drives. Often as not, we also write charitable checks. So what’s this all about? Something of a revolution, really. Increasingly, women are […]
WHY FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES WILL DO THE RIGHT THING
Several years ago, Socially Responsible Investing maven Peter D. Kinder, then president at KLD Research & Analytics (KLD) in Boston, and currently Strategic Advisor to ESG Analytics, wrote a white paper called “Values and Money.” His stated goal was to trace the history of SRI and to provide some real definitions, context and metrics about […]
THE ELEPHANT IN THE NONPROFIT CONFERENCE ROOM
Amid all the current third sector challenges, including how to fundraise in this climate, how to sustain programs, how to maintain the endowment, staff shortages, how to measure and demonstrate impact, how to advance diversity, how to grow the mission, and so on—amid all these concerns and more—I foresee a much bigger crisis coming down […]
LET’S TRY REAL CAPITALISM INSTEAD OF THE SOCIAL KIND
“We need to stop separating investment decisions from philanthropic giving,” writes Alexander Friedman, in an opinion piece in the “Financial Times.” Huzzah! At last! Someone has actually named the bridge that should have been built long ago. Friedman, who recently stepped down as CFO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and who also was […]
STEPPING UP
Increasingly, the survival and safety of women around the world are motivating American women to deepen their involvement. The result tends to be more focus, and more active engagement. Diana von Furstenberg fits that bill. In addition to being chief executive of her global fashion business, the veteran designer is also a mother, the wife […]
WOMEN ARE NOT A NICHE ISSUE. WOMEN ARE THE MARKET
A just-released report from Ernst & Young and the World Economic Forum, entitled “Groundbreakers: Using the strength of women to rebuild the world economy,” offers yet deeper confirmation of the chorus that now includes Goldman Sachs’ 10,000 Women program, the UN, the World Bank and dozens of microfinance initiatives around the world. Says the report: […]