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Heather is an experienced Nonprofit Manager, Researcher, Trainer, and Blogger. She teaches and presents on a variety of topics in the nonprofit sector and she participates on a variety of national nonprofit committees including the Nonprofit Sector Workforce Coalition and Independent Sector's NGen Advisory Committee.
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I was awed and amazed by the philanthropists and nonprofit managers came together for the social innovation fund. The corporation for national and community service’s website states, “The Social Innovation Fund is an illustration of the Corporation’s “all hands on deck” approach to solving social challenges by bringing the public, nonprofit, philanthropic and private sectors [...]
David Abbott, CEO of the George Gund Foundation spoke during Thursday evening’s plenary session about the Fund for our Economic Future, a collaboration of over 70 philanthropists & organizations in Northeastern Ohio created to revitalize businesses and bring new jobs to the region. This collaboration has been going on since 2004 and has raised over [...]
I attended USD’s annual nonprofit governance symposium this past weekend. My favorite session was Ruth Westrich’s (Westreich Foundation) session about the differences between nonprofit and for profit businesses. Her presentation is available on her Foundation’s website. I really wish more funders were like her. I am not just saying this because she is an advisory [...]
I’m really tired of philanthropists and the media writing and talking about what is sexy or trendy with philanthropy. Many philanthropists, nonprofits, and especially the media have lost sight of what is important in our sector that is, to solve social problems. Philanthropists continue to have the same boring conversations like the one at the [...]
I’m here at National Philanthropy Day in San Diego with over 900 people in attendance. It is that time of year to recognize local philanthropists and volunteers that have impacted the San Diego nonprofit community. I am here because my friend Emily Davis of EDA Consulting and Board Chair of YNPN San Diego sponsored a [...]
A few weeks ago I had an amazing conversation with Susan Raymond of Changing our World, a Philanthropic consulting firm. My initial interaction came from hearing her speak at the Los Angeles Summit onPhilanthropy where she reported on her research about public perception of the US nonprofit sector and international philanthropy. In our phone conversation, [...]
