Learning:Shiny Baubles and Path Dependence in Philanthropy

Give Smart,The Bridgespan Group’s philanthropy initiative,has allowed LearnPhilanthopy to re-publish this post from their blog at http://www.givesmart.org. If you or your organization has an article to share about learning or development,please let us know;we’d love to share it!

Shiny Baubles and Path Dependence in Philanthropy

By Susan Wolf Ditkoff Reprinted with [...]

What Does It Mean To Be A Learning Organization?

The Council of Michigan Foundations has allowed LearnPhilanthopy to reprint this article from their newsletter. The focus is on learning organizations. If you or your organization has an article to share about learning or development,please let us know;we’d love to re-publish it!

–Editor@LearnPhilanthropy.net

What Does It Mean To Be a Learning [...]

Another Multiplier Effect:Invest in Talent Development – Part Two

LearnPhilanthropy is re-publishing learning posts from the blog team covering the Council on Foundations Annual Conference in Philadelphia. This is the second of a two-part guest post by Daniel Jae-Won Lee,Executive Director of the Levi Strauss Foundation.

by Daniel Jae-Won Lee

Foundation leaders are called upon to deliver on a number of fronts:driving [...]

Another Multiplier Effect:Invest in Talent Development – Part One

LearnPhilanthropy is re-publishing learning posts from the blog team covering the Council on Foundations Annual Conference in Philadelphia. This is the first of a two-part guest post by Daniel Jae-Won Lee,Executive Director of the Levi Strauss Foundation

by Daniel Jae-Won Lee

What would happen if foundations invested – and invested seriously – in developing [...]

Grits Ain’t Groceries. They’re Hope

LearnPhilanthropy is re-publishing learning posts from the blog team covering the Council on Foundations Annual Conference in Philadelphia. We covered the Career Pathways program in an earlier LearnPhilanthropy post. Here’s another take on the progress of its participants. This is a guest post by Vincent Robinson,Managing Partner of The 360 Group.

by [...]

Three Examples and a Prize

LearnPhilanthropy is re-publishing learning posts from the blog team covering the Council on Foundations Annual Conference in Philadelphia. This is a guest post by Daniel Silverman,Communications Director at the James Irvine Foundation.

by Daniel Silverman

I am in Philadelphia enjoying this historic and world-class cultural city before the conference kicks-off with the opening [...]

EPIP Provides Support and Opportunity for Emerging Leaders in Philanthropy

LearnPhilanthropy is re-posting learning posts from the blog team at the Council on Foundations Annual Conference.EPIP This is a joint post by Rusty Stahl,Executive Director of Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy,and Kris Putnam-Walkerly,President of Putnam Community Investment Consulting,Inc.

Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy (EPIP) is an affinity group of theCouncil on Foundations. Its [...]

Learning in the Field –Our Version of the “Man in the Street”Interview

The LearnPhilanthropy team has taken to the streets…or maybe to the virtual streets and the hallways at conferences…to ask practitioners in the field about learning.

The question we’ve been posing is:

Since you’ve been in philanthropy,what is one of your favorite learning resources or learning experiences?

Here’s a sampling of some of the answers [...]

Managing Generation Gaps in Philanthropic Learning

We recently asked Sharna Goldseker to share with LearnPhilanthropy what she is learning about how generations learn in philanthropy. Sharna is currently Vice President of the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies where she directs 21/64,a non-profit consulting division specializing in next generation and multi-generational strategic philanthropy. In that capacity,Sharna facilitates Grand Street,a [...]

12 Resolutions For Savvy Foundations from four of SECF’s most respected veterans

The folks at the Southeastern Council of Foundations recently published 12 Resolutions for Savvy Foundations in their December 2010/January 2011 Newsletter. At LearnPhilanthropy,we’re excited to see people talking about learning in the field and appreciate SECF allowing us to republish their article here for others to read. If you have seen an article that [...]