Recently I attended Lynne Twist’s Fundraising from the Heart workshop in San Francisco. Lynne, as I wrote in a previous post, is the co-founder of the Pachamama Alliance, best-selling author of “The Soul of Money,” and by all accounts a champion fundraiser. Her event was richly meaningful and highly recommended for anyone who would like to take their fundraising […]
One of the best parts of being a documentary filmmaker is that everyday work can take you on incredible trips and connect you with inspiring people around the globe. Recently, one of our field producers, Mark Jackson, embarked on one such trip from his home in Cape Town, South Africa, to Bangalore, India. His goal […]
This post is dedicated to all of our pioneer readers, to those of you breaking new ground and following your visions, from failure to failure to failure without losing enthusiasm on your way to success. Crossing the Golden Gate Bridge on my way home Friday, I saw the famous French sailboat l’Hydroptère DCNS below. I had to […]
In a recent letter from the President’s Corner, our friend Steve McCormick, President of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, argues that given the times we live in, large foundations are uniquely positioned to make “transformational change.” By that phrase, he means change that ushers in a new and improved era complete with “new norms, conventions, behaviors, understandings, […]
After years of crossing paths with Lynne Twist, co-founder of the Pachamama Alliance and best-selling author of “The Soul of Money,” I am very happy to be attending her Fundraising from the Heart workshop in San Francisco on September 7th and 8th. This woman is one of the best fundraisers I have ever seen. I have been inspired by […]