"Sharing Fire" is about discovering meaning in our lives through our innate power to ignite the possibilities in others by re-gifting the good we have each been given. The title is derived from the Greek myth of the Titan hero Prometheus who saved the mortals from death by returning the fire that the Greek god Zeus had taken from them. This act was called “philanthropia” – the love of humans – and is the origin of what we now call philanthropy.
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Roxanne Spillett recently retired as CEO and President of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America and is now a Fellow at the University of Notre Dame's Nonprofit Professional Development program. In this short video she tells her story of how one invitation to a holiday party when she was a shy girl in her early 20s gave her the confidence to rise to be the leader of one of the most respected nonprofits in the world.
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Wow. Fabulous story! Thanks for sharing this Marc!
ReplyDeleteThanks Scott! More to come!
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