Building a Philanthropy Canon

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 [...]

A Thirst for Learning

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 [...]

Round-Up:Learning Mentions in Philanthropy Blogs

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:

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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 [...]

Falling into Philanthropy;Wandering into Learning

 

 

 

Ask someone how they came to work in a foundation and more often than not you’ll get a laugh and hear something about “falling into philanthropy.” It’s as though the world of grantmaking were a large,unexpected hole in the ground that,fortunately,just happens to open into a really comfy [...]

Ten Things I Always Tell a New Grantmaker

Spring 2011 Update:We’ve started a new series of posts around “learning paths”which help people develop a new skill or perspective helpful to their current job or future career aspiration. We’ve added this post from Joyce White to the learning path collection.

In a recent conversation with Joyce White,Executive Director of Grantmakers of [...]