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Quote: Being Safe Places for Others

October 15, 2019

"Being Safe Places for Others" by Henri J. M. Nouwen [more] "When we are free from the need to judge or condemn, we can become safe places for people to...
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Quote: An excerpt from the poem “Desideratta”

October 15, 2019

An excerpt from the poem "Desideratta" by Max Ehrmann [more] "With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy."
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“Uncle John’s Band”
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“Uncle John’s Band”

By Grateful Dead

October 15, 2019

Editor’s Note: I never “got” the Grateful Dead as so many of my friends did. But since the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is opening a new exhibit to...
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October Quote: Helen Keller

October 15, 2019

"I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to...
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October Case Study: Foundations as Catalysts for Collaboration

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

Article Link Editor’s Note: In the attached article, Jacob Harold of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation shares his perspective on the role foundations should play in aligning the self-interests...
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October Case History: “Supplies on Demand” by Hope Gibbs

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

Editor’s Note: Hope Gibbs does a nice job highlighting this, one of the first peer-to-peer philanthropy site. Donorschoose.org is a cool concept, nicely boot-strapped and then scaled. Article:
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The Warmth of Other Suns
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The Warmth of Other Suns

By Isabel Wilkerson

October 15, 2019

by Isabel Wilkerson Book Link Editor’s Note: Wilkerson is a first time book writer but a Pulitzer Prize winning feature writer for the New York Times. This epic non-fiction work...
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Nicaragua: Living in the Shadow of the Eagle
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Nicaragua: Living in the Shadow of the Eagle

By Thomas Walker and Christine Wade

October 15, 2019

Editor’s Note: Our foundation helped International Partners in Mission (IPM) create its “international immersion experience” program as a way to generate unrestricted revenue in order to sustain and expand its...
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October Article: The Geography of Poverty

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

Editor’s Note: This article’s surprise for me is that most of the world’s poorest people don’t live in the poorest countries. Does this mean sending aid to autocrats that never...
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“One Love”
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“One Love”

By Bob Marley & The Wailers

October 15, 2019

Editor’s Note: The Rastafarian thing always threw me off (religion in which Hailee Salasee was considered the Almighty) but I’ve enjoyed a number of Marley’s pieces, particularly this and Redemption...
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October Article of Interest: Turning the Jobless into Entrepreneurs; Letting Talent Cross the Border

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

Article Link Editor's Note: As a person who was forced into entrepreneurship by losing his job, this Bloomberg point of view really caught my eye. And it gives impetus to...
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November Quote: Peter Drucker

October 15, 2019

"Whenever you see a successful business, someone made a courageous decision." Peter Drucker
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November Quote of the Month: Jessye Norman

By November Jessye Norman

October 15, 2019

“One has to find a balance between what people need from you and what you need for yourself”  -Jessye Norman
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November Newsletter: The Search That Never Ends

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

One of my favorite cousins, Mike Murphy, teases bartenders by saying “I’m searching for the second best martini in America.” When they take the bait, they ask, “Why the second...
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November Case Study: Distance Learning and the Changing Face of Business Development Services

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

Editor’s Note: As part of foundation’s work to establish a CDFI (Community Development Financial Institute,) we have been researching best practices to (someday) achieve scale beyond Ashtabula County.  This paper...
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November Case History: “Building Strategic Corporate Partnerships”

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

Editor’s Note: The partnership between iMentor and Marsh & McLennan (MMC) has been fruitful for both the nonprofit and the corporate partner. MMC has been able to get employees more...
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November Blog: “Mutual Accountability” by Tim McCarthy

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

Every success rests on mutual accountability. There are no exceptions of which I am aware. Yet few organizations see and position accountability as a clear goal. It’s probably because it’s...
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Newsletter: You Can’t Please Everyone

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

The LeBron James’ debacle could have been easily avoided if he would not have tried to please everyone.  That’s a good reminder for all of us, personally and professionally to...
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Newsletter: Will We Learn?

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

Risk and reward is the basis of all successful financial systems so the US government must not intervene in such a way as to put that system out of balance. ...
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Newsletter – “Why Don’t We Teach Them How Not to be Poor?” by Tim McCarthy

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

Here it comes again. It’s April of 2015 and the first two presidential candidates are off and running for November of 2016. I find it especially chilling that these first...
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Newsletter: Who Should Change First?

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

Great organizations and great lives are built by great people – people who are willing to grown and change.  Those who treat their employees how they wish to be treated...
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