At LearnPhilanthropy we’ve started collecting things…especially resources to help grantmakers develop. Today’s collection is a list of six blogs in philanthropy that enhance learning. Learning is a frequent topic presented in posts on these blogs and we thought the LearnPhilanthropy community might find this list a helpful start to their own collection of blogs to [...]
Thanks to the folks at Training who have given us permission to reprint this article,“How Attitudes Toward Change Affect Decision-Making”by Tracy C.F. Brown which specifically highlights making better philanthropy decisions. ### The Change Style Indicator can identify factors that can impact a group or organization’s readiness to deal with and sustain [...] What would you say if you were asked to come up with a list of the most important resources related to philanthropy? Would you emphasize history and philosophy,or hands-on,practical advice? How would you balance different ideological perspectives on philanthropy’s role? Adin Miller,Senior Director of Community Impact and Innovations at the Jewish Community [...] by Jim Coutré,Vice President,The Philanthropic Initiative,Inc. Reposted with permission of The Philanthropic Initiative. See the original blog post here. Nearly a year ago,Eliza Petro,Program Director for the Izumi Foundation,went on a learning tour to understand the values and processes that characterize today’s landscape of global health and development philanthropy. [...] 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 –[...] by Jessica Bearman I was inspired to write this quick post after I watched the goofy MASTERFUL video that Gabriel Kasper put together to summarize the top ten learnings from Growing Social Impact in a Networked World:A Grantmakers’Gathering on Networks hosted by Grantmakers for Effective Organizations and the Monitor Institute. Several things stood [...] by Barbara Demarest Mercer,who conducts the What’s Working(TM) survey,has asserted that “half of all US employees are really not happy.”When the economy is down,people understandably stay with jobs they don’t find satisfying. There is no support for transitioning to a different,more satisfying job. The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s recent article:[...]
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 Barbara Demarest With the economy causing everyone to tighten their belts a bit,many of us are finding we have to “do-it-yourself” in some areas where we might once have had professional help. Specifically,we have to actively manage our own careers including keeping an eye on our own training and development. These [...] | 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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