by Allison Fine Another day in Israel, more fascinating events. The first event was a packed house at Tel Aviv University’s Communications Department. This was a full-circle moment for me as I spent a semester in college at the university. I never expected I would be back for a talk on social change (I was going to say social media for social change, but who could have ever predicted that even a few years ago!) A participant named Hadas … [Read more...] about Allison in Israel: Day 4
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Allison in Israel: Day 3
by Allison Fine Day 3 started with a long drive down to Ben Gurion University in Be’er Sheva in the Negev in the south and ended just a bit north of Tel Aviv at the Microsoft Building. Quite a journey in many ways! The event at Ben Gurion was hosted by Dr. Hagai Katz the director of the Israeli Center for Third Sector Research. He and the program were very impressive. An issue that arose during the session, and that has come up a few times … [Read more...] about Allison in Israel: Day 3
Allison in Israel: Day 2
by Allison Fine Day 2 in Israel was jam packed and action filled! The day began with a Tweet Up organized by Dan Brown of eJewish Philanthropy. Participants included Charlie Kalech (who very kindly tried for a long time, alas in vain, to get my iPhone working, stupid AT&T!), Margot Stern, Miriam, Schwab and Florence Broder just to name a few (apologies to folks I left out.) They described the current state of Israeli use of social … [Read more...] about Allison in Israel: Day 2
Allison in Israel: Day 1
[Allison Fine is a social entrepreneur and writer dedicated to helping grassroots organizations and activists successfully implement social change efforts. She is the co-author, with Beth Kanter, of the bestselling book, The Networked Nonprofit. Allison spent the past week visiting Israel as a guest of the U.S. Embassy's Office for Public Affairs. Here are her observations.] by Allison Fine Had a terrific first day talking to foundations … [Read more...] about Allison in Israel: Day 1
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