HT: OneAccord newsletter. Amy Karjala from the Non-Profit Fundraising Blog gives 5 rules for writing grants: 1) FOLLOW THE RULES2) EMBRACE THE NEW MATH: YOUR ORGANIZATION ? YOUR CAUSE3) DON’T CHASE SHINY OBJECTS4) FOUNDATIONS ARE PEOPLE TOO5) FOLLOW THE RULES
Read MoreEntrepreneurs or Leaders?
The USA is lagging behind in social innovation and social enterprise rather than leading, suggests a well-researched post released in June by Timothy Ogden. Almost all of the world-changing innovations from from the developing world and very few from USA, despite the money poured into them. Reasons for this, Ogden suggests, have to do with…
Read MoreEchoing Green looking for social entrepreneurs
Echoing Green is looking for their next crop of early-stage emerging social entrepreneurs. Are you thinking of starting a new project? They offer a helpful grant and plenty of support. Check out your eligibility. They do not support faith based initiatives but your social enterprise can have a spiritual base. I had the privilege of…
Read MoreGiving our children a happy place
So this afternoon we interviewed Ajith Fernando, well known minister and Director of Youth for Christ in Sri Lanka for over 30 years. I was in Prague today and I didnt have my watch but I suspected I was running LATE and I had to walk up a really STEEP HILL with my backpack STUFFED with…
Read MoreSocial enterprise and mission-shaped mission
“Mission-shaped mission” is a phrase that came to mind a few weeks ago. If mission shaped churches no longer resemble traditional churches then mission-shaped mission also will be hard to recognize, since it takes its shape from factors other than the modern missions movement (1791 – 1991). Some of the most exciting mission projects I…
Read MoreSocial Entrepreneur Search Widget
A new widget that allows people to find social entrepreneurs on your site/blog has been released. Lets give it a whirl, shall we?
Read MoreMark Driscoll goes to Haiti
My old friend Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Church went to Haiti with James MacDonald. They recorded some footage that I look forward to seeing. Well done Mark! The first video is here on YouTube but I expect much more to come. He also got interviewed by USA Today where he speaks out against the…
Read MoreHelp Towards the Haiti Earthquake
Just reading about the 7.0 earthquake in Haiti yesterday. Awful blow to the country and we pray for the families involved. Its the largest earthquake there since 1770. Possibly thousands killed and the presidential palace flattened. I remember that palace from my last visit there. This is how I remember it, before it collapsed yesterday.…
Read MoreKiva and faith-based micro-finance
The Kiva Effect is a great article on micro-finance and faith based micro-credit unions. Thanks to CT for publishing it and Becky for the HT. Of course there are a lot of these initiatives that escape the media’s eye. Check out my post on emerging philanthropy and the Indian Taxi Fund. Related: I read a…
Read MoreWhatever happened to the girl who started the emerging church network?
Well, she's in her thirties now so you can no longer call her a "girl" without getting into trouble, but whatever happened to Shannon Hopkins? In the nineties, after being part of the Young Leaders 1998 event in New Mexico [where we first met] she helped to launch a coffee-shop kinda church called Soul Cafe,…
Read MoreRockin’ Western Europe’s Poorest City
Only 2 weeks until our Rock on Christmas Festival happens down in Olhão , Portugal. They say it is the poorest city in Western Europe. Olhão has been a city based on the fishing industry. There was, until recently, 97 fishing businesses in Olhão, that sustained its economy. But that number has been reduced down…
Read MoreOne Day’s Wages and Eugene Cho
Speaking of my Korean-American friends making the headlines, as I did in yesterdays post, another one is stirring things up in the USA. Eugene Cho, whom I met at Tom and Christine Sine’s house in Seattle, is part of a church called Quest and a regular blogger and speaker on all things emerging and missional.…
Read MoreNext Decade – Prediction Number 1: Church Will Revisit 1930’s
Yeah. I know it’s a month away from end-of-decade-prediction time but I feel the first one coming on now. I think the next decade of 2010 to 2020 will involve a revisiting of the 1930’s, especially in relation to church and mission. Why? The church in the West will use up much of this coming…
Read MoreClean water for the world though Charity: Water
Rod Arnold and Becky Straw of Charity Water are talking at The Feast. Its only 3 years old but they have already acheived amazing things, thanks to participation by an ARMY of talented companies and individuals. Check out the same video we just saw here at YouTube. Values: Community ownership, financial viability, cultural contextual, comprehensive…
Read MoreSlow Food Movement and Joshua Viertel
Josh Viertal is speaking here at The Feast and asking how many of us have “recently engaged in an agricultural act.” All of us have, obviously. Josh is President of Slow Food USA, a movement that I have always appreciated. He is talking about school lunches under the Time For Lunch campaign, diabetes, obesity, waste,…
Read MoreThe Feast: Memes, ideas, people and their links
Worthy links from the Feast event. Click your way to an inspired future. All the presentations are here. Rod Arnold of Charity Water M ss ng P eces Kaos Pilots in Norway. Lemonade Movie – coming soon Dr. Jay Parkinson, a physician who is re-imaging health care, recommends a look at faith based Medi-share system.…
Read MoreEntrepreneurs Can Change the World
This video on entrepreneurs was just shown to us, courtesy of Grasshopper.
Read MoreAnnie Duke on Poker Wisdom
“Good poker players bet the smallest amount that they think will accomplish their goals.” Annie Duke used her PhD to become the world’s best poker player and is now funding social enterprise overseas. She is speaking to us right now at the Feast. Betting small: – never takes you out of the game – gives…
Read MoreThe Feast Conference for Social Entrepreneurs
Well. I arrived in New York and am staying in Queens in an apartment with 6 other very cool people who are all participating in the Feast event tomorrow. Who is here? Sweet Notion’s Shannon, Andy and Catherine from London, Jessica is coming up from Texas, Brad Sargent from San Francisco, Johannes from Germany and…
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