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A Shift in the Wind1 comment

Sue Hine wrote 1 week ago: Earlier this week Volunteering New Zealand issued an invitation on FaceBook to consider the ethos of … more →

Tags: Civil Society, Impact Measurement, Politics of volunteering, Role definition, Volunteer Experience, Community and voluntary sector, organisation development, Social Investment

Breaking Bounds4 comments

Sue Hine wrote 2 months ago: Last weekend I followed my Sunday habit to visit the fruit and vegetable market held at the local pr … more →

Tags: Valuing Volunteers, A Bigger Picture, Organisation responsibilities, Motivation, Community and voluntary sector, Community Leadership, Job Satisfaction, Competency

Prospecting for a New Year4 comments

Sue Hine wrote 4 months ago:   It’s that time of year for reflection, to look into the pool of 2012 and to assess the prospects f … more →

Tags: Managers Matter, A Bigger Picture, Best Practice, annual review, Managers of Volunteers, Community Leadership, social entrepreneur, Qualitative Outcomes, organisation development

One Step at a time… towards a leap for Change6 comments

terraurban wrote 6 months ago: By Nidhi Batra, PRIA Urban poverty is an issue which is so complex and intimidating that the governm … more →

Tags: Articles Links, Ray, slum improvement, Prashasan Sehron Ke Sang

Enlightenment (Take 2)

Sue Hine wrote 9 months ago: I’m doing a double-take on the word Enterprise. In recent years the word has been thrown around like … more →

Tags: A Bigger Picture, leadership, Managers Matter, Organisational gains from volunteering, Recognition of Volunteering, Civil Society, Community and voluntary sector, Leadership Skills, Management Skills

Enlightenment

Sue Hine wrote 9 months ago: There were two days this week of intensive concentration. Two days of learning new ways of expressin … more →

Tags: language, A Bigger Picture, Conference Communication, Social innovation, organisation development, Civil Society, social enterprise

Right to the finish line: how Moving Mountains supports people all the way

mmtrust wrote 9 months ago: One of the guiding philosophies of Moving Mountains is to create a sustainable future for disadvanta … more →

Tags: Moving Moutains Kenya, school construction, Kenya, financial self-sufficiency, Empowerment, Employment

What if ......?

Sue Hine wrote 9 months ago: I have been rabbiting on for ages about the relevance of volunteering and the importance of good man … more →

Tags: A Bigger Picture, leadership, Organisational gains from volunteering, Recognition of Volunteering, Valuing Volunteers, Community and voluntary sector, Good Governance, Leadership, Management Skills

Core business - is that all that matters?

Rebecca Amundsen (Becs) wrote 10 months ago: The message from New Zealand councils to the government at the recent Local Government Conference wa … more →

Tags: core business, four well-beings, Local Government reform

Big Business in Bumburi: From a Start-Up to Sustainability1 comment

mmtrust wrote 10 months ago: Bumburi is a village high up in the Himalayas, located near the popular Everest Base Camp trek, but … more →

Tags: Moving Mountains Nepal, hydroelectricity, bumburi, nepal, tea making, Commuity business

Interlocking Bricks: Sound boring? Think again!

mmtrust wrote 10 months ago: Interlocking Bricks: Sound boring? Think again! Interlocking bricks in action at Gatwe Primary Schoo … more →

Tags: Moving Moutains Kenya, Appropriate Technology, school construction, Innovative Solutions, embu, Kenya, financial self-sufficiency, Intermediate Technology, Community Involvement

The Changing Volunteer World

Sue Hine wrote 11 months ago: Nothing can be certain, said Benjamin Franklin in a letter written in 1789, except death and taxes.  … more →

Tags: A Bigger Picture, leadership, Leading Volunteers, Managers Matter, Professionalism, Recognition of Volunteering, OCVS, Managers of Volunteers, Community and voluntary sector

Sex, Slacktivism, and How Not to Change the World

IIRR US Office wrote 1 year ago: Did that title grab your attention? Do you think that sounds like a good TEDx talk? An idea worth sp … more →

Tags: General, TEDXUCHICAGO, slactivism

There's a New One Every Day

Sue Hine wrote 1 year ago: In all the gloom and doom of national and international economics the volunteer industry keeps on ke … more →

Tags: Valuing Volunteers, A Bigger Picture, good news stories, Volunteer Experience, Recognition of Volunteering, celebrations, Managers of Volunteers, Community and voluntary sector, Volunteering NZ

In the Wind

Sue Hine wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been to a few meetings lately, listened to presentations and viewed the power point slides.  Th … more →

Tags: A Bigger Picture, Community and voluntary sector, social capital, social entrepreneur, Social innovation, Qualitative Outcomes, charities commission, philanthrocapitalism, Civil Society

"Volunteer Associations"

Sue Hine wrote 1 year ago: Last week’s review of national awards honouring volunteers pointed up the extent of voluntary activi … more →

Tags: Valuing Volunteers, A Bigger Picture, volunteer awards, Community Leadership, social capital, social entrepreneur, Social innovation, Kia Tutahi, Third Sector

Taking advantage of new opportunities: health, urban-rural linkages, and climate change (part 7 of 8)

Groundswell International wrote 1 year ago: This is the seventh post in an eight-part series about how we can transform the roles of non-governm … more →

Tags: Burkina Faso, Cooling the Planet (Climate Change), Ecuador, Ghana, Healthy Women & Children, People-Centered Food Systems (Food Security), Sustainable Development, Agro-ecology, Canastas Comunitarias

Advocating policy reform without neglecting crucial practices (part 6 of 8)

Groundswell International wrote 1 year ago: This is the sixth post in an eight-part series about how we can transform the roles of non-governmen … more →

Tags: Ecuador, People-Centered Food Systems (Food Security), Sustainable Development, advocacy for policy reform, Community advocacy, Community Capacity-Building, Ekorural, policies for sustainable agriculture

Building alliances with farmers’ movements (part 5 of 8)

Groundswell International wrote 1 year ago: This is the fifth post in an eight-part series about how we can transform the roles of non-governmen … more →

Tags: People-Centered Food Systems (Food Security), Sustainable Development, building farmers movements, working with peasant movements, indigenous movements, scaling agroecology, Community Capacity-Building


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