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Listening, Leveraging, and Learning

Sidney — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:54:12 +0000

Today, I am honored to be a guest blogger for The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, a private foundation based in Morristown, NJ that tweets at @GRDodge and powers one of the best foundation blogs in the sector. Please read the post, “Listening, Leveraging, and Learning: The work of the Community Foundation of South Jersey“ and [...]

Raising the Buzz: At the Table with Tori Tuncan

Sidney — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:04:01 +0000

The oft quoted if not overly used statement from the late American cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead suggests that we should: Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Tori Tuncan has taken this to heart as she devised an innovative [...]

From “I Blog” to “We Blog”

Sidney — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:22:22 +0000

As many of you know, I’ve been transitioning to a new post as the Executive Director of the Community Foundation of South Jersey, a start-up community foundation serving the eight-county South Jersey region. The transition is “for the most part” complete although there are still unopened boxes at my new home in Haddonfield, NJ. This [...]

The courage to create

edotscott — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:02:16 +0000

“Pick something that you love and do it like a bad habit for ten years, and someone will want a piece of it.” TEDx Columbus wasted no time throwing down the gauntlet. The challenge above was posed by Matt Slaybaugh, the first of eight live presenters at last month’s TEDx Columbus event. The array of [...]

Green is Profitable. Green is Healthy.

Sidney — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:55:10 +0000

Today, I am joining with bloggers from 11,512 other blogs (and counting) to write about climate change for Blog Action Day 2009. I chose to write about green buildings and sustainable practices as one key element to fighting climate change. Last week, I attended a session at the Council on Foundations Fall Conference of Community [...]

Making Room for Movement Building

Sidney — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:23:49 +0000

This is a repost of an October 6 entry in the Council on Foundations, Fall Conference of Community Foundations blog. In his book, Tribes, bestselling author, speaker, and entrepreneur Seth Godin argues that lasting and substantive change begins with a group of people connected to each other, to a leader, and to an idea. A close look at [...]

Changemakers Table: Social Innovators I follow (8.28.09)

Sidney — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 01:48:36 +0000

Since I created my first blog post in January 2009 , I’ve been blessed to meet the most awesome, brilliant, engaging, and inspiring people. Spend a few minutes of conversation with them and you’ll be amazed at the instantaneous boost of inspiration and energy you receive. I sometimes wonder what it would be like to [...]

Raising the Buzz: At the table with Pilar Stella

Sidney — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:24:00 +0000

“Comfort” is momentary and only accessible by some. “Peace” endures and is accessible by all. Spend a few moments with Pilar Stella (@PilarStella) and the conversation will inevitably illuminate the existential difference between the words “peace” and “comfort.” She has found “peace” with her life’s quest to make the world a better place by creating [...]

SocialEarth Post: Nodal Networking for Social Innovators

Sidney — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:54:23 +0000

Today, I am excited to become apart of the SocialEarth.org (@socialearth) content contributors as a guest blogger. The title of the post is From Tweeps to Peeps: Nodal Networking for Social Innovators. SocialEarth is a site where domestic and international nonprofits, for profits, foundations, businesses, venture capitalists, and social entrepreneurs can find rich content and [...]

Beyond the Recession: Who Will Reboot the Social Sector?

Sidney — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 02:07:19 +0000

When it’s all said and done this is how the social sector’s late 2000s recession story might be written. 2008 – The late 2000s recession was finally acknowledged and it all suddenly came unraveled. 2009 – Nonprofits began to feel the effects of the recession and sector thought leaders issued their predictions. 2009 – The [...]