I’m getting married and my utility curve is shifting! Ahhh!

I know, I know. Putting these two sentences together is going to get me in trouble, and make me look like a huge dork, but read on. Lucky for me my fiance has not RSS’d my blog…
Two weekends ago I got down on one knee in northwestern Connecticut and gave Katy my grandmother’s ring. It [...]

Why an MBA?

(in response to this post at Philantopic)
I am a current MBA student whose life’s vocation is to be a nonprofit management leader. Let me contribute my perspective:
The real issue here is not whether MBAs are the silver bullet your organization has been looking for (they’re not). Rather, the issue is whether an MBA program develops [...]

The Real Community Impact Discussion

In response to this post at Tactical Philanthropy
Comparing a ‘moment’ at a wedding to changing peoples lives is an apples to oranges comparison. This argument does not hold water.
For a ‘low hanging fruit’ example, look at measuring the impact of an organization whose mission it is to combat chronic homelessness. Either a person is chronically [...]

UWA

This summer I am working for United Way of America, the organization that assists in coordinating the efforts of over 1300 United Ways throughout the United States, and is in the process of deepening its partnerships with the thousands of the United Way affiliates abroad.
I don’t know why, but I have always been attracted to [...]