The Realist Idealist

I spent this past weekend in freezing cold Yale attending the 2nd of three sessions of StartingBloc as an official StartingBloc fellow.
StartingBloc educates, empowers and connects emerging leaders to drive positive social change across sectors.
I think one of the coolest things about this program [...]

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As I’ve started fundraising for our programs in Rwanda, people have continuously asked me “Well, what is your fundraising strategy?” I desperately want to pull out a glossy and laminated booklet that outlines our diversified set of donors and fundraising approaches, complete with detailed timelines and cute little bar graphs.
Instead, I sigh and say “Well, [...]

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Jake has kindly asked me to share my experience of getting a nonprofit up and running in the States. In fact, his exact wording was:
“So, Elizabeth, I’ve been thinking. People don’t really talk about how difficult, stressful, and unglamorous it is to start up an organization. After seeing what you’re going through, I think that [...]

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