Writing in First Draft
First Draft Thinking, Derek Beres, Jason BiehlMy personal Substack
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When Disruption Hits
Dear friends,
Last winter, Nonprofit Quarterly handed me a wide-open invitation: design a talk and write a companion essay about what I had been seeing and sensing in the work. As generous as the invitation was, it also presented a challen...
Every Comeback Trained the Next One
When the Knicks signed Jalen Brunson in 2022, I was one of the non-believers. I had watched him at Villanova and, to a lesser extent, in Dallas. I liked his game. I knew he was tough, smart, efficient, composed. But I did not see a savior....
Dispatch: The Theater of Voluntary Surrender
Last week, I wrote about Pope Leo XIV stepping into the global leadership vacuum to confront the predatory rise of “technological feudalism.” That piece was part of a longer argument I’ve been trying to build in public these past few months...
Pope Leo XIV Enters the Fight Against Technological Feudalism
I want to be clear at the outset of this piece: I am not Catholic. I do not anchor my worldview in church dogma, nor am I someone who typically looks to Rome for political or strategic direction. It is by no means a knock on the institution...
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Movement Ecosystem Infrastructure. Author. Journalist. Educator. Philosopher. Entrepreneur. Strategist. Lawyer. Citizen. Community member. Parent. Husband. Friend. Ally. Xer. Seeker.
Derek Beres is an Emmy-nominated journalist, podcaster, and speaker based in Portland, Oregon. He is the co-host of the Conspirituality podcast.
Teacher, Antiracism Facilitator, Writer. Unicorns, Book One, On Discomfort, out now!
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