Re: [GKD-DOTCOM] Blurring Corporate and NGO Lines

2004-11-05 Thread Cornelio Hopmann
Dear Al, On one side you are perfectly right: large corporations do have resources like technical expertise, logistics and capital, that could and should be leveraged to fight poverty (yet be aware of Halliburton's performance in Iraq or the Water-companies in Bolivia). Yet I'm afraid that your

Re: [GKD-DOTCOM] Is Profitability Essential for Sustainability?

2004-11-05 Thread Meddie Mayanja
On 11/3/04, Andy Lieberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While I feel comfortable with the above-stated model at the local level, I am struggling a bit with the ethics and reality of whether a mid-sized local NGO should build its sustainability off end users. For example, some people have

Re: [GKD-DOTCOM] Is Profitability Essential for Sustainability?

2004-11-05 Thread John Broomfield
Dear Colleagues, This really is a fascinating discussion. So fascinating that I feel compelled to make my first post - so please be gentle.:) One observation to the comment on Branding. I'm not sure I agree with Kevin Jones (or maybe I just missed the context?) that ...the pricing changes

Re: [GKD-DOTCOM] Is Profitability Essential for Sustainability?

2004-11-05 Thread Jeff Buderer
Dear GKD Members, It is great to hear all the thoughtful ideas and I am encouraged by them particularly as a nice counterpoint to the recent political setbacks in US. I am working with a start up social enterprise called the oneVillage Foundation http://www.onevillagefoundation.org. We are