Monthly Archives: April 2008

The Tyranny of Metrics

April 30, 2008 – 2:53 pm

Reader Jeane Goforth writes:
Evaluation. My co-founder and I spent 2 hours standing on a street corner ‘after’ work discussing how to measure and convey the profound experiences we have daily. My stomach churns and my shoulders ache when our expert non-profit adviser talks about metrics. I struggle to add one more thing to my to-do [...]

By Sean Stannard-Stockton | Posted in Evaluation, Impact Measurement, Philanthropy | Comments (5)

links for 2008-04-30

April 30, 2008 – 12:35 am

The Latest Office Perk: Getting Paid to Volunteer
More corporations are letting employees take paid time off to volunteer and helping them find opportunities that mesh with their job skills. Nonprofits get better help, employees love the experience and gain job skills and the corporations are attracting
(tags: philanthropy)

2008 Deloitte Volunteer IMPACT Survey
A new Deloitte study shows [...]

By Sean Stannard-Stockton | Posted in Philanthropy | Comments (2)

Nonprofit Job

April 29, 2008 – 11:46 am

TechSoup, a regular poster to the Tactical Philanthropy Job Board, has a new job opening:
Partner Management SpecialistIf you have experience in managing multi-national partner alliances and would like to leverage your talents to better the world, we may have the position for you. We are seeking a talented, enthusiastic, socially minded individual to support our [...]

By Sean Stannard-Stockton | Posted in Philanthropy, Philanthropy Jobs | Comments (0)

Social Enterprise Job

April 29, 2008 – 11:43 am

A new job posting on the Tactical Philanthropy Job Board comes from Louder Than Words:
Louder Than Words, a Waltham-based boutique PR agency, seeks an accomplished communications professional with the management experience to direct client accounts, and the “PR 2.0” experience required to orchestrate strategic campaigns using the social Web.
ABOUT THE AGENCY: Louder Than Words’ mission [...]

By Sean Stannard-Stockton | Posted in Philanthropy, Philanthropy Jobs | Comments (0)

Millennials as Social Citizens

April 29, 2008 – 9:00 am

The Millennials are coming!!
Millennials (or Generation Y), the generation coming of age in the new millennium, have been derided as having “helicopter parents” being “boomerang kids”, having an excessive sense of self-worth and generally being a pain in the butt in the corporate world.
But they are also volunteering like mad.
USA Today reports that they volunteer [...]

By Sean Stannard-Stockton | Posted in Giving Blogs, New Philanthropy, Philanthropy, Volunteering, Youth | Comments (0)

Evaluation 2.0

April 25, 2008 – 10:21 am

I believe that in many aspects of life, a kind of pendulum effect exists. This effect describes the way in which people’s opinions tend to swing back and forth around reality. Rather than reflecting reality, people’s views vacillate in an arc around true reality. This creates a kind of boom/bust scenario that is very evident [...]

By Sean Stannard-Stockton | Posted in Cross-Disciplinary Conversations, Evaluation, Impact Measurement, Philanthropy | Comments (5)

More Bloggers

April 25, 2008 – 8:31 am

Not too long ago, I had to twist the arm of foundation folks to post comments to my blog, let alone blog themselves. I even wrote a post for the Stanford Social Innovation Review titled Paul Brest Needs a Blog. Starting in November of last year with the One Post Challenge I noticed a shift [...]

By Sean Stannard-Stockton | Posted in Philanthropy, Social Media | Comments (0)

links for 2008-04-25

April 25, 2008 – 12:31 am

Heineken Taps Into Drinkers’ Altruism - WSJ.com
The Wall Street Journal reviews a new ad for Heineken beer which they say “asks beer drinkers to share their brews with others in a pay-it-forward mentality. (Think Oprah Winfrey’s “Big Give.”)”
(tags: philanthropy)

Philanthropy for social change: a response to Michael Edwards | openDemocracy
A response to Michael Edwards’ Just Another [...]

By Sean Stannard-Stockton | Posted in Philanthropy | Comments (0)

The Growing Blog Team

April 24, 2008 – 9:03 am

After the success of last year’s One Post Challenge, I thought that putting together a large blog team for the upcoming Council on Foundations conference might lead to a more dynamic conversation. So far, the list of people signing up has been excellent. You can read some background on what I’m looking for here and [...]

By Sean Stannard-Stockton | Posted in Cross-Disciplinary Conversations, Foundations, Giving Blogs, Philanthropy, Social Media, Transparency | Comments (0)

Disneyland & Growth Capital

April 22, 2008 – 3:22 pm

I’m way behind in blog posts. It has been a busy week. Let me explain.
Last week I went to Chicago to visit a client of mine who I helped start a private foundation. He’s one of the donors I’ve met over the last few years who is relatively new to organized philanthropy, but who is [...]

By Sean Stannard-Stockton | Posted in Philanthropy | Comments (0)

links for 2008-04-18

April 18, 2008 – 12:36 am

Intelligent Discussion of Philanthropy for Donors : Philanthropy Action
My friend Tim Ogden, formally of Beyond Philanthropy, has moved his site to Philanthropy Action.
(tags: philanthropy)

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Tactical Philanthropy Podcast: Fred Krupp

April 17, 2008 – 2:14 pm

Today’s podcast is with Fred Krupp of Environmental Defense Fund. Fred has been the leader of EDF since he took over in 1984 at age 30. Known for embracing partnerships with corporations and advocating market based solutions, EDF has become a powerful force in the environmental movement. Last year, Fred was named by U.S. News [...]

By Sean Stannard-Stockton | Posted in Philanthropy, multimedia, podcast | Comments (0)

Conversations with a New Donor

April 17, 2008 – 8:46 am

I had a fascinating conversation over lunch at the Global Philanthropy Forum with a young philanthropist. He was in his 20’s and along with his uncle had started a pretty large family foundation. He described the difficulty they had just trying to figure out how to get things started and how now after 18 months [...]

By Sean Stannard-Stockton | Posted in Foundations, Grantmaking, New Philanthropy, Philanthropy | Comments (1)

links for 2008-04-17

April 17, 2008 – 12:39 am

Governor’s Tax Return Gets Tough Public Audit - New York Times
It seems that charitable giving is now mandatory for politicians.
(tags: philanthropy)

What Would You Do With $70 Million? - Freakonomics Blog
A real person is asking for help on how to donate the $70 million he just inherited. This isn’t the latest social networking charity event, this [...]

By Sean Stannard-Stockton | Posted in Philanthropy | Comments (0)

How to Blog

April 16, 2008 – 11:17 am

A member of my blogger team asks, “Any instructions/advice as to length, timing, topics, style?” In case you’re thinking about signing up and are wondering what it might entail, here’s my response:
I think you should write about whatever topics you are most passionate about. If you attend a great session or one that you deeply [...]

By Sean Stannard-Stockton | Posted in Philanthropy, Social Media | Comments (2)