We’ve always talked about the LearnPhilanthropy collaboration —funders and providers working together to create a truly field wide resource for grant maker learning –in terms of scaling a mountain. It’s a long journey,and there are many intermediate peaks along the way,as those of you who have been hiking with us know [...]
By Dara Major
At LearnPhilanthropy,we’re bringing the community of learners and learning providers together,in a central hub,to share resources and insights on good practice. One way we’re doing this is by reaching out to folks across the field – to inquire about their priorities,share our vision,and find areas of [...] By Dara Major Philanthropy rocks! There’s a whole lot of collective intelligence in this community. How can we,together,get better at tapping into and using it? As the LearnPhilanthropy team member leading our knowledge and content efforts (including framing initial ideas about what this collaborative network might support,and identifying relevant knowledge frameworks and [...] ‘Tis the season for reflecting and summing up —as demonstrated by the countless top-10 and best-of lists popping up everywhere. So instead of a lengthy blog post this week,the LearnPhilanthropy team wanted to share some big learnings from 2011: 1. Philanthropy practitioners from across the field find value in,and are eager to [...] By Dara Major At LearnPhilanthropy,we’re working to bring together the wealth of research,resources and ideas on what constitutes good philanthropic practice from high-quality sources across the sector. To help fuel great searches across this site,we’re developing a general-purpose taxonomy –we call it our Real Simple Taxonomy. Great content needs a great search –[...] We’re working on our look —and we want your advice. And,true to form,we also want any tough love you’d like to cast our way. We’re moving from an early prototype that looked like this…
To something more like this… [...]
creative commons:by NatalieMaynor By Dara Major LearnPhilanthropy was launched on the widely-held premise that there *is* an existing learning marketplace for grantmakers (which includes regional associations,affinity groups,universities,advisory firms,and others) – but this marketplace is somewhat fragmented. At LearnPhilanthropy,we’re working to bring together the wealth of research,resources [...] EPIP encourages a thirst for learning! by Marcia Sharp LearnPhilanthropy participated in the annual conference of the Council of Michigan Foundations (CMF) this week. We go to meetings like this to engage conference participants in “kicking the tires” of our prototype learning platform. We also like to talk to people who are excited about [...] by Marcia Sharp As part of our platform development process,the LearnPhilanthropy team has been working hard over the summer to clarify –and write down!! –the things we have in our heads related to who we are,what our value proposition is,and what we do and don’t intend to do. Here is [...] The Council on Foundations 2011 Fall Conference for Community Foundations is meeting in San Francisco this week. From a single community foundation started in Ohio 100 years ago to the more than 700 community foundations working across the US today,community foundations are increasingly catalyzing community conversations and facilitating connections among donors and other stakeholders [...] | Please let us keep you informed about this important effort.  Join the discussions on our Learnphilanthropy LinkedIn Group. Share your ideas and learnings! |
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