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Thanksgiving Remarks at Georgetown Day School

By Ian Yaffe on November 23, 2010

November 23, 2010 | 11:00 a.m. Thanksgiving Assembly | Georgetown Day School | Washington, DC It’s a real honor for me to be back here at one of my favorite GDS assemblies. Thanksgiving is an especially important time of the year for me as it is one in which we give thanks and think about how […]

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GDS Students Make a World of Difference

By Ian Yaffe on November 21, 2010

Published by Georgetown Day School and also available online. Ian Yaffe ’05 Makes His Mark on Maine Ian Yaffe credits GDS with inspiring him to “shape my place in the world.” Ian said, “When I think about my time at GDS, I really consider it to be the foundation for the rest of my life.” He can […]

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Code 5-5-5-5: Honoring 105 Fallen Firefighters

By Ian Yaffe on October 3, 2010

I’m going to take a break from topics related to my work at Mano en Mano to talk about another non-profit that I’m involved with: the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation.  Today, we honored 105 firefighters from across the United States who made the ultimate sacrifice.  In honoring them at the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial in […]

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Bregar, Leadership, and Social Change

By Ian Yaffe on September 7, 2010

After spending the summer traveling around the state, moonlighting as a ferryboat captain, and hiring 4 full-time/seasonal teachers for the blueberry harvest, I’m finally ready for my favorite season: fall. In the middle of this, I’ve had time to do some reflecting and after facilitating a leadership development workshop, I got thinking about a word I […]

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Big Ideas at the Philanthropy Partners Conference

By Ian Yaffe on May 11, 2010

May is going to be an incredibly busy month at Mano en Mano and even though we’re only about a week into it, there are many big ideas floating around right now. Last week I gathered in Northport, Maine with 400 other professionals from the nonprofit and foundation world.  Together, we represented nearly every agency and […]

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