Ready… Set… Fail?

These days, when people talk about innovation, it’s almost inevitable that the word “failure” isn’t far behind.
From what I’ve seen, failure and its role as a necessary ingredient for innovation is getting quite a bit of buzz these days, with everyone from design thinkers to social change agents to Warren Buffet saying that failure should [...]

Open. Big. Fast. Connected. Long.

I was lucky to come across this TED talk by Katherine Fulton, President of Monitor in Cambridge, MA and I just felt the need to share it.
“You Are the Future of Philanthropy” is a compelling, articulate discussion of 5 emerging trends that Ms. Fulton has witnessed in philanthropy today:

Mass Collaboration
Online Philanthropy Marketplaces
Aggregated Giving
Innovation Competitions
Social Investing

She [...]