There were a number of recent posts that caught us where we hang out at the intersection of learning and philanthropy. We thought you might be interested in checking some of them out. Following some recent trends in philanthropy: Discussion round up:How businesses can tackle their social impact (thinking beyond traditional CSR and philanthropy) [...]  There are plenty of good ways to learn from your colleagues,ranging from the informal (a shout or IM over the wall) to the extremely structured. In this week’s Learning about Learning post,we introduce a technique called “Peer Assist,” which provides a structured (and socially acceptable) way to steal the brains tap the insights [...] A book I read recently,Cutting for Stone,by Abraham Verghese,takes place mainly in a cash-strapped hospital in Ethiopia,and has one of the best literary commentaries on philanthropy that I’ve read in a while. It’s a great scene in a thought-provoking,blush-inducing way – a passage that would make wonderful fodder for discussion [...] Do you remember the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life,the Universe,and Everything? Right. If you were a nerdy pre-teenager in the late 70s and early 80s,you know that the answer is “42”. Now what’s the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life,the Universe,and Philanthropy? “It depends.” Aside from the [...] Recently there has been some discussion in the world of philanthropy about failure. We thought we would gather a few different viewpoints on failure and learning from both the field of philanthropy and from other sectors. Here is a collection of ideas about failure –whether you learn more from it than success,how you [...] LearnPhilanthropy has been reaching out to the field and asking for “how to…”learning paths from practitioners. ”How tos”include things such as how to develop a skill,prepare for a new role,be more effective in a current role or learn something important to one’s career. This post is from Karen McNeil-Miller who is [...] LearnPhilanthropy aspires to be the hub for grantmaker learning and development. We’re building a site by the field for the field…so we’re also interested when the field talks about learning,development and careers in philanthropy. There have been a few posts lately in the philanthropic blogosphere that we thought were worth capturing and linking to: [...] The following was posted on the GEO (Grantmakers for Effective Organizations) blog earlier this month. LearnPhilanthropy’s Jessica Bearman was the guest blogger. A Growing Appetite for Learning about Learning As part of the team working to develop LearnPhilanthropy* — an emerging field-wide hub for grantmaker learning — I’m partial to the topic of [...] A book is a garden,an orchard,a storehouse,a party,a company by the way,a counselor,a multitude of counselors. –Henry Ward Beecher At the intersection of summer and learning…comes the “reading list.”During our school years,these lists were provided by our teachers. As adults we have all sorts of mentors,friends,[...] Thanks again to Bridgespan for permission to republish one of their posts from their Bridgestar initiative –great stuff on learning! Please make your comments here or over at the Bridgestar site. 52 Free Development Opportunities for Nonprofit Staff Kirk Kramer,partner at The Bridgespan Group,led a session on organizational effectiveness at Bank of [...] | 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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