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Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Will Power-Engergizing Keynote in MA 2011
Please follow this link to hear the amazing performer and educator Will Power, as he addresses the crowd at the 2011 Conference for Community Arts Education in MA.
Video HERE
Video HERE
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Getting Paid as a Freelancer
Below is a great resource for independent workers who are starting from scratch in terms of creating Contracts and finishing project negotiations.
The Art of Negotiation
The Art of Negotiation
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
2010 Grant Presentation
Check out my 2010 Center Student Grant Project that was one of the starting elements in my investigation in the public housing institution.
Youtube link: http://youtu.be/Ds2EkFuBS64
Youtube link: http://youtu.be/Ds2EkFuBS64
Friday, October 7, 2011
The debate of the Business: Non-Profit Business Growth Potential
Trying to understand who voice is the voice of the sector can be difficult-But I admire that we have a healthy conversation of people in the field and those looking from the outside in. Here are some snippets of the dialogue...
A) The Emerging Capital Market for Nonprofits
by Robert S. Kaplan and Allen S. Grossman October 2010
Fifty years ago, Microsoft, Wal-Mart, Intel, Apple, Cisco, Oracle, and Google didn’t even exist. Today each one has a market value exceeding $100 billion. Meanwhile, many companies that were business giants in 1960—including Bethlehem Steel, U.S. Steel, CBS, RCA, GTE, ITT, and LTV—have disappeared, shrunk, or merged into other companies. These dramatic shifts in fortune are vivid examples of the cycle of creative destruction famously described by the economist Joseph Schumpeter.
Few new nonprofit ventures, in contrast, ever reach national scale (Habitat for Humanity and Teach for America are among the exceptions), and the largest nonprofits rarely fall out of the top rankings or disappear. Apparently, Schumpeter’s cycle doesn’t operate in the social sector.
That few innovative nonprofits grow to a significant size is, at first, surprising, since each year people make massive new investments in this sector. In both 2007 and 2008, donations to nonprofits in the United States exceeded $300 billion—more than 2% of GDP. But small local organizations dominate the sector. More than 700,000 nonprofits operated in the United States in 2009. Ninety percent of them had annual budgets of less than $500,000, and 99% spent less than $10 million on their constituents. The average grant size for large foundations was only $50,000. (Cont. HERE)
Here comes another piece that oversimplifies the nonprofit sector and sees improving it as a matter of simply importing the “dynamics” of for-profits. This one, by Harvard Business School’s Robert S. Kaplan and Allen S. Grossman, is yet another in a long list of examples of this kind of thinking, which I have written about over the past two years (including here, here, and here).
Kaplan and Grossman open with a lament that the nonprofit sector lacks the “cycle of creative destruction famously described by the economist Joseph Schumpeter.”
Right! That’s precisely the point.
Nonprofits take on issues that other actors in our society cannot or will not — the challenges markets haven’t solved. If market forces could solve everything, we would not need a nonprofit sector.
As Bill and Melinda Gates point out frequently (including on this recent 60 Minutes segment), if we left if to the markets to decide what diseases to do research on, we would pay attention only to the diseases affecting those with an ability to pay (even more so than we already do). Kaplan and Grossman seem not to understand — or perhaps choose not to acknowledge — that the ability to operate outside of traditional market dynamics is at the root of why the nonprofit sector matters!...(Cont. HERE)
A) The Emerging Capital Market for Nonprofits
by Robert S. Kaplan and Allen S. Grossman October 2010
Fifty years ago, Microsoft, Wal-Mart, Intel, Apple, Cisco, Oracle, and Google didn’t even exist. Today each one has a market value exceeding $100 billion. Meanwhile, many companies that were business giants in 1960—including Bethlehem Steel, U.S. Steel, CBS, RCA, GTE, ITT, and LTV—have disappeared, shrunk, or merged into other companies. These dramatic shifts in fortune are vivid examples of the cycle of creative destruction famously described by the economist Joseph Schumpeter.
Few new nonprofit ventures, in contrast, ever reach national scale (Habitat for Humanity and Teach for America are among the exceptions), and the largest nonprofits rarely fall out of the top rankings or disappear. Apparently, Schumpeter’s cycle doesn’t operate in the social sector.
That few innovative nonprofits grow to a significant size is, at first, surprising, since each year people make massive new investments in this sector. In both 2007 and 2008, donations to nonprofits in the United States exceeded $300 billion—more than 2% of GDP. But small local organizations dominate the sector. More than 700,000 nonprofits operated in the United States in 2009. Ninety percent of them had annual budgets of less than $500,000, and 99% spent less than $10 million on their constituents. The average grant size for large foundations was only $50,000. (Cont. HERE)
B) Creative Destruction, Oversimplification, and Assessing Philanthropy
by Phil Buchanan, October 14th, 2010
Kaplan and Grossman open with a lament that the nonprofit sector lacks the “cycle of creative destruction famously described by the economist Joseph Schumpeter.”
Right! That’s precisely the point.
Nonprofits take on issues that other actors in our society cannot or will not — the challenges markets haven’t solved. If market forces could solve everything, we would not need a nonprofit sector.
As Bill and Melinda Gates point out frequently (including on this recent 60 Minutes segment), if we left if to the markets to decide what diseases to do research on, we would pay attention only to the diseases affecting those with an ability to pay (even more so than we already do). Kaplan and Grossman seem not to understand — or perhaps choose not to acknowledge — that the ability to operate outside of traditional market dynamics is at the root of why the nonprofit sector matters!...(Cont. HERE)
Thursday, September 1, 2011
The Art of Asking Questions - Ron Ashkenas - Harvard Business Review
The Art of Asking Questions - Ron Ashkenas - Harvard Business Review
I often find myself going back and forth trying to compile information I need to complete/start a project. This was a nice and direct article on the topic of setting yourself straight by asking effective questions.
I often find myself going back and forth trying to compile information I need to complete/start a project. This was a nice and direct article on the topic of setting yourself straight by asking effective questions.
Friday, July 29, 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Freelance Resources
I have personally been seeking opportunities to learn more ways to better manage my personal and professional practices, as a independent contractor and freelance designer it is hard to show the value of ones work. I found this website that helps freelancers calculate bill rates for work/contracts. Hope this helps out, I know it will make my life easier.
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Thursday, June 23, 2011
Network After Work at Public Works
Network After Work at Public Works
Connecting a multitude of industries...Hopefully I'll be able to attend. Please check it out.
Connecting a multitude of industries...Hopefully I'll be able to attend. Please check it out.
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Looking for a new Team Member??
Ok So this is typical, but I am looking for employment right now-Post BFA from CA College of the Arts. I am uploading my resume in this blog and also below are some photographs of my multiple fields of work.
I also do freelance: photography (event, professional, art, and product), event planning, fund development, and graphic design (print production).
If you have leads please contact me:)
MERCI!!
I also do freelance: photography (event, professional, art, and product), event planning, fund development, and graphic design (print production).
If you have leads please contact me:)
MERCI!!
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Dis/Assembling Public Housing_pt 1
In April 2011, I display the work that I have been collecting and investigating for the past year and a half. I often came upon questions instead of answer to my initial proposal, but now I know that questions are the way to start a conversation on what public housing is and who are the people involved; after my thesis show at CCA, I am now more interested in how people are involved and the power that individuals have within this institution.
Check out some photographs of the process
Check out some photographs of the process
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