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30 Lessons Learned in Pursuit of Deep Social Impact: Fostering Authentic Learning & Engagement Jan 24, 2020 When it comes to philanthropy, jumping right into action can be the ‘fun’ part, and can also offer opportunities to experiment with different approaches as a way to inform next steps needed to...

30 Lessons Learned in Pursuit of Deep Social Impact: Putting Strategy into Practice Nov 14, 2019 As a strategic philanthropy advising practice working with donors to increase the impact of their philanthropy, we talk a lot about the word “strategy”. But what does strategy really mean? Beyond...

30 Lessons Learned in Pursuit of Deep Social Impact: Finding Vision, Refining Focus, and Determining Goals Nov 07, 2019 When TPI celebrated its 30 th anniversary this past June, we shared 30 lessons learned through our three decades of working with ambitious, thoughtful, and creative donors to increase the impact of...

Philanthropy: What is Most Needed Jul 25, 2018 Originally appeared on the Alliance Magazine blog (July 23, 2018) In the growing turbulence of our times, the power of philanthropy also seems to be growing exponentially, yet awkwardly and in rough...

The 'Ground Sense' from Ground Zero Sep 01, 2011 I am sitting in a dark theatre and suddenly am aware all the doors are locked – how did they get locked and what am I doing here? The theatre didn’t seem that big but now seems vast – row after row...