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At Skoll's Annual Oxford Confab, Capitalism In Shift

Tom Watson | Posted 05.03.2009 | World

Read More: Kiva.org, Philanthropy, Globalgiving, Social Entrepreneurship, Matthew Bishop, Jeff Skoll, Skoll World Forum, Philanthrocapitalism, Causewired, myc4, World News
Tom Watson

The world economic crisis tends to sharpen the focus at this year's Skoll confab, nicknamed the 'Davos of Social Entrepreneurship.'

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The 2/3 : 1/3 Rule

Dennis Whittle | Posted 02.06.2009 | World

Read More: Foreign Aid, Globalgiving, Poverty, Global Poverty, Dennis Whittle, Charity, Aid, Giving, World News
Dennis Whittle

As Bill Easterly has pointed out, we have spent more than $2 trillion in aid over the past fifty years with not enough to show for it.

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How Much of Your Brainpower Are You Using?

Dennis Whittle | Posted 02.05.2009 | World

Read More: White Man's Burden, Poverty, Bill Easterly, Globalgiving, World Bank, Video, World News
Dennis Whittle

Below is a clip where I talk about how much brainpower is wasted in top-down hierarchical systems like the World Bank.

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What Happens When One Man Takes on the System

Dennis Whittle | Posted 02.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: White Man's Burden, Poverty, Development, Bill Easterly, International Aid, Globalgiving, Entertainment News
Dennis Whittle

Check out the trailer for the coming documentary for The White Man's Burden, a book by Bill Easterly. The movie is coming out in 2010, and I urge you to read the book in 2009.

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"Any Other Result is Possible."

Dennis Whittle | Posted 01.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Globalgiving, Happiness, Living News
Dennis Whittle

Last night, my friend Clive lent me some music by John Martyn, an outstanding but little known Scottish singer. Martyn's obscurity led us to talk abo...

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Leadership is about creating a new reality.

Dennis Whittle | Posted 01.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Leadership, Globalgiving, Washington Post, Steve Pearlstein, Fred Smith, Business News
Dennis Whittle

What could they have done? For starters, just one of them could have shown up at one of those closely watched investor conferences and stolen the show...

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Small changes can make all the difference.

Dennis Whittle | Posted 12.22.2008 | Green

Read More: Iphone, Technology, Globalgiving, Green News
Dennis Whittle

Some apps wander around the wilderness for a while until they can find the perfect home. For Evernote, that home is the iPhone. The note-taking, pict...

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We Hold Which Truths to be Self-Evident?

Dennis Whittle | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Declaration of Independence, Globalgiving, Abraham Lincoln, Racism, Obama, Thomas Jefferson, Civitl Rights, Barack Obama, Gettysburg Address, Politics News
Dennis Whittle

Though all men were declared equal in 1776, a terrible political compromise meant people of certain racial heritages were not considered full men.

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What Humans Crave

Dennis Whittle | Posted 11.30.2008 | Living

Read More: Globalgiving, Happiness, Living News
Dennis Whittle

JoAnna Schull from SYPartners sent me a link to some work by Jane McGonigal. She pointed out (and I agree) that the following was particularly compel...

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Why invest in women and girls?

Dennis Whittle | Posted 11.15.2008 | Living

Read More: Women's Rights, Women, Globalgiving, Women's Issues, Women's Health, Economy, Living News
Dennis Whittle

Poverty is bad. How's that for over-simplification of a complex issue? That is from a very nice blog post by Laura P. Thomas. She goes on to say:...

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How to Think About the Financial Crisis...

Dennis Whittle | Posted 11.08.2008 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Globalgiving, Wall Street Crisis, Bailout, Wall Street, Business News
Dennis Whittle

  This graph comes from a blog post by Michael Clemens over at CGD.  Michael points out that short term shocks, while potentially severe...

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How to find the best ideas

Dennis Whittle | Posted 10.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Development Marketplace, Foreign Aid, Philanthropy, Globalgiving, World Bank, Google News, Google, Business News
Dennis Whittle

Ten years ago, Mari Kuraishi and I launched the first-ever Innovation Marketplace at the World Bank. The idea was that any team of staff, without reg...

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Politics is not about policy

Dennis Whittle | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Philanthropy, Globalgiving, International Philanthropy, Presidential Debates, Barack Obama, Politics News
Dennis Whittle

Food isn't about Nutrition Clothes aren't about Comfort Bedrooms aren't about Sleep Marriage isn't about Romance ... And Politics is not about po...

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Fighting Violence with Generosity -- and Opportunity

Dennis Whittle | Posted 10.12.2008 | Living

Read More: Globalgiving, Iraq, War in Iraq, Afghanistan, September 11th, 911, Afghanistan War, The Giving Life, Living News
Dennis Whittle

Gene decided that he and other 9/11 families should send a message to the world: peaceful collaboration and opportunity are among our best antidotes to terrorism over the long term.

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A "Menu" of Green Energy Opportunities

Dennis Whittle | Posted 10.06.2008 | Green

Read More: Globalgiving, Climate Change, Global Warming, World Bank, Green News
Dennis Whittle

Yesterday the Center for Global Development (CGD) invited me to a meeting with the World Bank to give some remarks on the Bank's forthcoming Climate C...

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If Only Global Warming were Lex Luthor

Dennis Whittle | Posted 10.04.2008 | Green

Read More: Globalgiving, Climate Change, Daniel Gilbert, Global Warming, Green News
Dennis Whittle

David Wheeler from CGD sent me a link to this video of a short talk by Daniel Gilbert at PopTech! on why we are so slow to respond to global warming. ...

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A Cooler Shade of Giving

Dennis Whittle | Posted 09.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Globalgiving, Going Green, Green, Green News, Climate Change, Green Living, Global Warming, Green Tips, Green News
Dennis Whittle

Recently we launched GlobalGiving Green - a new part of the site that highlights projects that BOTH fight global warming AND improve local economic, ...

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Sweet Sixteen

Dennis Whittle | Posted 08.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Globalgiving, Honduras, Philanthropy, Aging, Ageing, Happiness, Living News
Dennis Whittle

My grandmother ("Mood") turned 99 this past week, and Mari and I went to visit her at the nursing home in Manchester, NH. For several years, Mood has...

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Filmanthropy

Dennis Whittle | Posted 08.08.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Globalgiving, Movies, Snag Films, SnagFilms, Dennis Whittle, Ted Leonsis, Entertainment News
Dennis Whittle

Check out Snag Films, a new site from Ted Leonsis. Snag Film's own blurb describes it well: At SnagFilms.com, you can watch full-length documentary...

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