john anner

author, international development expert, fundraising strategist and avid explorer

social change

Breakthrough Performance #1: Introduction

organizational mgmt, east meets west, leadershipJohn AnnerComment

I have become increasingly obsessed with how social change organizations can achieve breakthrough – meaning how can they become powerful in effecting the social change that they want to see. I’ve also become discouraged at the way our sectors are structured, and the sources of financing available. At the end of the day, it’s only possible to be big and powerful if you can raise enough money – no matter if you are a for-profit company, and non-profit organization, or some hybrid form. Unfortunately, the sources of catalytic capital are few and few between, meaning that most social change organizations will languish in marginal obscurity for many years, never reaching escape velocity and changing the world.