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Janine Teo

Conference reports Janine Teo 9 July 2023

What does trust-based philanthropy and unrestricted funding mean for social impact organisations

Public Service Announcement: for not-for-profits out there. I was on a panel at AVPN’s Global Conference last week in Kuala Lumpur together with Dee Bourbon from Chervon Group, Antara Lahiri from Micron Technology, Aimy Lee …

Conference reports Janine Teo 8 July 2023

How to stay inspired when working on complex systematic problems

The energy at the AVPN annual conference in Kuala Lumpur is infectious and full of hope. Which is odd because we are all working in the social impact space. And this means that we face …

Conference reports Janine Teo 6 July 2023

The spirit of collaborative philanthropy at AVPN

The hall was filled with excitement as we watched Naina open the 2023 AVPN conference. The underlying theme this year, from my perspective, is collaboration. As the old saying goes: If you want to go …