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When I cry at “rubber-chicken dinner” social impact conference plenaries, it’s usually from boredom at the self-congratulatory pablum which is standard fare at do-gooder mega-convenings. However, last week as protests swept […]
To everyone who says, “Maybe someday when I’m rich like Bill Gates I’ll give back to people in need,” consider this man. Look at his face and know that you […]
The Arab Spring captured the world’s attention in a well-documented wave of protests and social activism fueled by new media across the Middle East, but is there another “Spring” happening […]
In one of the more substantive trends in global philanthropy, African philanthropists are pushing the envelope to design methods of social investment more relevant to their cultures, contexts and needs. […]
I was at a benefit tonight for the fantastic SCENARIOS USA which uses writing and filmmaking to foster youth advocacy and self-expression in students from marginalized communities across the country. […]
Prominent African philanthropists and business leaders have launched the African Philanthropy Forum, a new peer-learning philanthropy and social investing forum. Global Philanthropy Forum plans to incubate this new African forum […]
Many in the international charitable sector are grappling with the potential and the perils of big data as it applies to their work and the work of their grantees. Measurement […]
This post was originally published in the Council on Foundations January 28, 2013 edition of Re:Philanthropy. In this version, I have included at the bottom a number of relevant links, […]
Harvard B-School professor and behavioral economist Nava Ashraf travels the world researching the human desire to help others. She calls this urge “altruistic capital,” distinct in economic parlance from financial […]
A natural disaster happens. People are suffering, the media images are devastating. Well meaning volunteers –doctors, philanthropists, inspired students, charitable organizations– swoop in to help. But what happens when helping […]
