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The 2019 Center for Effective Philanthropy Conference is finally here! If you’re one of the nearly 500 attendees joining us in Minneapolis-St. Paul tomorrow, we look forward to welcoming you to the Twin Cities. Unable to be with us? Fear not! We’re excited to share...
The flight was delayed due to bad weather in Washington, and I found myself bumped to standby. Boarding the shuttle flight late out of Logan, coach looked full. A stewardess saw me floundering and gestured toward first class. “There’s an open seat up there,” she...
I love working in the Land of 10,000 Lakes, and what is sometimes affectionately called the "Land of 10,000 Nonprofits.” We’re an increasingly diverse state with more than 100 languages spoken and home to 11 Native Nations. In Minnesota, we take pride (in our modest...
We’re in the final month of early bird registration for Stronger Philanthropy, CEP’s 2019 national conference. At current registration levels, we’re predicting that the conference will sell out in the coming weeks. If you are a senior leader at a foundation (or a...
As an avid runner, I’m anxiously awaiting the opening of the 2019 Boston Marathon registration. It is one of the premier events in the running world, and I’ll be refreshing my browser next Wednesday at 10am the second that runners in my qualifying timeframe are...
“Philanthropy can be more effective by getting more proximate to problems,” said Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) Founder and Executive Director Bryan Stevenson in his opening plenary at the 2017 CEP Conference in Boston earlier this month. “Being proximate can have an...
“This is 9-1-1, may I have your name and your emergency?” “My house is on fire! 234 Maple Drive. Please send the fire trucks!” “Can you please describe your house?” “What? OK, it’s a green house on the corner.” “Can you tell me the square footage?” “What? What...
Leadership is hot these days. Everywhere we look, there are new books, conferences, trainings, and talking heads sounding off on the topic. So, why is public trust in our leaders so in the pits? Phil Buchanan, president of the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP),...
Grant Oliphant, president of The Heinz Endowments and chair of the CEP Board of Directors, delivered the following address at the opening of the 2017 CEP Conference last week in Boston. This transcript originally appeared on The Heinz Endowments blog. These are, to...
