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How to reframe the #globaldev message: Local organizations telling their own...
A guest post by Judith Madigan, co-founder and director of BrandOutLoud. The development sector in The Netherlands has been captivated by ‘Reframing the Message’, an EU-funded cross-sectoral program...
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Are the jobs of communicators changing in the development sector?
Global Communities’ David Humphries and I sat down to talk about our upcoming InterAction Forum panel, “Respect, Reality & Responsibility: How to Communicate Global Development with a Double Bottom...
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Can photos provoke people to donate to charity AND ensure people’s dignity? A recap from ODI’s great online dialogue on development photography . You can join the dialogue on Twitter at #DevPix. Below...
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Is “poverty porn” making a comeback?
Or rather, did “poverty porn” ever go away? Malaka Gharib in NPR’s Goats & Soda blog yesterday, asks “At What Point Does A Fundraising Ad Go Too Far?” Are exploitative photos of the poor creeping...
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Why I give
A version of this post originally appeared on Medium. *** I could see him becoming agitated as I started to cross the street. He was dressed all in black, dirty, ragged, with matted hair and beard....
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Philanthropists, nonprofits need you to be brave
Jeanné Isler wrote “Nonprofits, philanthropy needs you to be brave” on the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy blog last week. It seems only fair that the reverse piece gets written, right?...
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How are you avoiding reliance on expats, white saviours, and local masters?
A guest post by Chris Wardle in Nepal “Is there any validity in local civil society’s perception that is taken more seriously by the donor community in Nepal, if it is represented by an expat?” an...
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11 (still!) useless approaches to communicating about global development
It’s fundraising season again, and with it each year, a new allotment of poverty porn arrives. I was recently asked to comment on the Radi-Aid awards in The Guardian UK: “It is not surprising,” said...
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No, I don’t feel bad for Ed Sheeran
This post originally appeared on Thousand Currents’ blog. Tariro Mzezewa, a New York Times Opinions editor, made an argument this week that I want to refute about Comic Relief’s fundraising video...
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#GivingTuesday is over: Now what to do about those objectionable fundraising...
The #GivingTuesday hubbub has died down. Our organization made its declaration why we don’t get over-involved, and now my fellow do-gooders I have a question to ask you: Are you proud of how your...
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