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Calling People Forward Instead of Out: Ten Essential Steps

NonProfit Quarterly

It’s well documented in studies in the fields of psychology, anthropology, sociology, and even neuroscience that shaming, blaming, and guilting someone shuts down the center of their brain responsible for learning and growth. I’m committed to making the world a kinder place, for us now and for our children.”

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From Lucy to Leadership, Part 1: We Are All Africans

Fundraising Leadership

Didn’t we invent psychology, sociology, and anthropology because we are obsessed with understanding who we are and why we behave as we do? My iPad drew a small crowd of adults and children alike as I stepped out of my tent with it on the banks of the Omo River in Ethiopia. Don’t we check how we look when we pass a mirror?