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Taking time off? Here’s how to switch off
The first thing I do as I prepare to go for leave is to…panic. ‘Oh my, how will I ever get it all done?’ ‘What will happen if this or that doesn’t get follow-up while I’m away?’ Isn’t it time to fill...
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The invitation: This is what it feels like (Part II)
For us white and privileged folks: Let’s say you’re asked to speak on a panel, at a conference in our social good sector. It’s going to be a great professional opportunity for you, completely aligned...
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Where we get crazy effective
Now is the time to talk about what healing could look like in our sector, what’s our role in it, and what can we reimagine and redefine. That is why I was happy to take part in the Healing Solidarity...
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Why I use the term “do-gooder” (and count myself as one)
Do-gooder. Twice over the last few months, incensed humanitarians have reached out to tell me how wrong I am for referring to people in this way, as if it were demeaning or disparaging, or that it...
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Time to get uncomfortable
I have been meeting with 10 people who are working in global development and philanthropy in Washington, D.C. over the last 3 months. The name of our group is “The Uncomfortable Club,” and they are...
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What is your “right role”?
I dropped the coffee beans container on the floor this morning. They went everywhere. As I sat down on the floor to clean them up, I noticed just how dirty the floor was too. I thought, “I have an...
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To be real
I guffawed – unmuted – during a webinar last year. Honestly, it was more like a mocking cackle. It was not a good look. But what was being said/suggested just hit me at that moment as...
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Longing for stability
It was my turn. I woke up in the middle of the night with chills and in the morning tested positive for COVID last July. My first time. It had taken over four years for this virus, this global...
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What chaos asks of us
This is a highly confusing time for leaders within social good organizations. The foundations of international aid and the independent nonprofit sector are being shaken. Our determinate strategies and...
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There is a great rebalancing afoot in our world. The work now is to welcome it in. Institutions are not forever nor are organizations reliable in the way professionals have been prepared to believe....
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