The film Social Network painted a pretty negative picture of Mark Zuckerberg’s creation of Facebook. If Zuckerberg opened up more about his entrepreneurial experience – the successes and mistakes – it would inspire other entrepreneurs and manifest the authentic values of his platform.
Read more >My advice to the President for his state of the union speech to unite Americans against a broken Congressional and political system.
Read more >My review of President Obama’s leadership after his first year in office.
Read more >With Cheryl Dorsey, CEO, Echoing Green — The Obama administration’s plan offers a new deal for nonprofit groups—more general, multiyear support to carry out essential programs in return for more innovative and effective results. We have seen firsthand how this approach can build stronger organizations that make a bigger difference in their communities, and we look forward to this practice…
Read more >My defense of Van Jones, the “green jobs czar” fired by the Obama administration because of right wing attacks of his past.
Read more >My argument that many of our best social innovators in the nonprofit sector won’t run for office not because of the demands of office but because of how broken and repellant our politics have become.
Read more >A tribute to Senator Ted Kennedy and the impact he had bending America’s arc of history further toward justice in ways even Republicans now acknowledge and support.
Read more >On the importance of life-work balance. No older mentor has ever told me they wish they spent more time at the office; many have said they wish they had spent more time with family.
Read more >After Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates was arrested as a suspected intruder at his own home, the President connected it to racial profiling and the media went nuts. The President was right, even though he apologized.
Read more >Upon her resignation as Governor of Alaska, I argue that while many of us dismiss her, the constituency that supports her is real and must be reckoned with.
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