Blog Detail
Ben's Blog
http://www.benpeterson.ca
Ben's Blog is a blog about non-profit management. A topic as simple as it is valuable, the blog aims to provide insight to the non-profit community on how to manage, administer, and grow non-profits into sustainable infrastructures such as jhr (Journalists for Human Rights).
Recent Posts
Managing Overseas Staff
How do you bridge geographic gaps when managing overseas staff? Sometimes this feels like an efficient idea.... If I had a perfect answer to this question, I’d be a rich man (I’d be forced to write best-selling management books or s...
Genocide and Canada’s National Interest
Is the prevention of mass atrocities in Canada’s national interest? That’s exactly what a major new report argues. I’ve spent the last two days in Vancouver at the Canadian launch of the “Will to Intervene” report, a ...
What to do in a Crisis
Stay Calm. Tap Your Inner Budda Keep level headed. Breath. Think clearly. Act only when you’ve thought things through. This is simple advice, but it will solve 90% of all problems in a crisis situation....
Guest Blog: Sarah Lee on Overseas Crisis Management
I have a really great job here at jhr. As the main point of contact with our overseas trainers, I get daily updates on the latest happenings on the ground, our new projects and all of jhr’s successes. It makes for consistently exciting work. Ho...
Papa: 1913-2009
My dear grandfather, Clarence Marvin Peterson, passed away on the morning of Tuesday, November 17th, at the age of 96. He died as he deserved–in the arms of his lovely wife of seventy plus years, Marie. I’m taking the week to be with my f...
Guest Blog: Jennifer Corriero on Working at TIG
Team TIG I am continually energized by the power of community-led initiatives and the momentum generated when young people become inspired, informed and involved in social change efforts. TakingITGlobal (TIG) is an organization committed to v...

