The Good Vibe

One good conversation can shift the direction of change forever.
Linda Lambert

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Donor Personas: Creating Donor Profiles With Empathy Mapping

(This blog had been originally published in Advancing Philanthropy by AFP Global Jan 2021) The coronavirus pandemic did not just throw...

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Our Authentic Selves and Doing Diversity Right

My Canadian-born Chinese-German son is openly resisting bringing a thermos full of Chinese food to school. Ever since his childhood, his...

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Fundraising in the Time of Covid-19: What We've Learned So Far from China

In a short 4-weeks period, the Covid-19 crisis had evolved from a regional emergency and a background story to effectively shutting down...

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Bill Gates, Greta Thunberg and Ways to Change the World

Changing the world has been on my mind lately. I am watching the new Netflix series about Bill Gates called “Inside Bill Gates’s Brain”....

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Why Traditional Nonprofit Model is Doomed and Social-Profit Sector Must Emerge

The September 2019 issue of Stanford Social Innovation Review presented a fascinating study on why business should co-create solutions...

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What I Learned from Building a Social Business to Feed Pandas!

Pandas are lovely. And no, this article is not entirely about pandas but I will mention pandas frequently to hopefully increase viewing....

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Luck Factory for the Unlucky - Thoughts on the German Social Sector

On the corner across from the train station stands a beautiful old red-brick building - a typical Hamburg region architecture. The store...