Comments on: Buzzword Bingo http://tacticalphilanthropy.com/2006/11/buzzword-bingo Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:50:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Sean Stannard-Stockton http://tacticalphilanthropy.com/2006/11/buzzword-bingo#comment-14 Sean Stannard-Stockton Tue, 14 Nov 2006 20:03:13 +0000 http://tacticalphilanthropy.com/2006/11/10/buzzword-bingo/#comment-14 Thanks for pointing out these resources. I love the Jargon Finder! I think a lot of the coverage is transactional as you point out. But more and more of the coverage also seems to revolve around new ways of practicing philanthropy. Thanks for pointing out these resources. I love the Jargon Finder!

I think a lot of the coverage is transactional as you point out. But more and more of the coverage also seems to revolve around new ways of practicing philanthropy.

]]> By: Anonymous http://tacticalphilanthropy.com/2006/11/buzzword-bingo#comment-13 Anonymous Fri, 10 Nov 2006 22:17:05 +0000 http://tacticalphilanthropy.com/2006/11/10/buzzword-bingo/#comment-13 Interesting to hear you talk about the explosion of media coverage. Some observers, like Vikki Spruill of FoundationWorks, say the coverage, while almost all positive, is mostly "transactional"--ie, characterized by the size and amount of grants, but missing the bigger story and/or discussion about philanthropy. The Foundationworks report can be downloaded at http://www.foundationworks.org/pdfs/media_book.pdf On the subject of buzzwords--how about foundation jargon words, which continue to proliferate shamelessly. Great collection of those at www.comnetwork.org/jargonmain.htm Interesting to hear you talk about the explosion of media coverage. Some observers, like Vikki Spruill of FoundationWorks, say the coverage, while almost all positive, is mostly “transactional”–ie, characterized by the size and amount of grants, but missing the bigger story and/or discussion about philanthropy. The Foundationworks report can be downloaded at http://www.foundationworks.org/pdfs/media_book.pdf

On the subject of buzzwords–how about foundation jargon words, which continue to proliferate shamelessly. Great collection of those at http://www.comnetwork.org/jargonmain.htm

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