Our Flat World
Over the next several weeks I be highlighting lessons learned from the world’s top fundraisers and also bringing you thoughts from this diverse audience on the current state of the global economy and the projected effects on philanthropy. What was most interesting, is that almost without exception and despite the current ‘economic mess’, attendees were upbeat about plans for the next year. While the economy certainly played into many sessions, and was the focus of a special mini-plenary the last morning, we all saw opportunity in the challenge.