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Final Buzzword List - 2009.8, 9, and 10

With less than 48 hours left in 2009 it is time to post up the final three buzzwords of the year. Here they are, in reverse order, as well as numbers 1 -7. Numbers 8, 9, and 10 were officially announced on Marketplace: Buzzword 2009.10 Impact Investing Partly a

Buzzword 2009.7 Taxonomy

(photo by dubai.digital. Flickr, creative commons) I am honored to announce the wonkiest buzzword ever. Taxonomy. For those of you who don't traffic in test-prep vocabulary, a taxonomy is "the practice and science of classification," or, as I like to think of it, a taxonomy

Buzzword (buzz tool?) 2009.6 Maps

(Photo by Annie Mole, Flickr Creative Commons license) (I posted this on July 14 and edited it slightly on July 15, 2009) In the last few months maps of grant data have started popping up everywhere. Here are a few - launched and in process. I'd appreciate your

Buzzword 2009.4 Leverage

(Photo by Tyger_lyllie, Flickr, Creative Commons) I am remiss as I have just realized that I have not previously tagged leverage as a buzzword. I guess it goes to show that some buzzwords become so embedded that we almost miss them. We've heard a lot of bad

Buzzwords 2009.2 and 2009.3

(Photo by Maurice King, Flickr, Creative Commons) Buzzword 2009.2 Sidecar Funds The Gates Foundation got a fair bit of attention last week for the $10million in unsolicited funds that it raised in 2008. This is not just news for the Gates Foundation but for all of philanthropy - private

Buzzword 2009.1 - "move the needle"

Here's the first buzzword of 2009 - and it was sent in, via twitter, from the #cof09 conference. To quote @QuixoteTilts: "Move the needle," official cliché of #cof09. Replaces "sea change" after a record-breaking run." Need I say anything more? Except to note