Just want to send my thanks out to the 50-60 people that cycled through the Tactical Philanthropy Un-Reception last night. It was a last minute idea, so I was thrilled that so many people showed up (including Tactical Philanthropy reader Bill who drove in to say hi even though he wasn’t attending the conference). I’m [...]
(This is a guest post from Sara Melillo, Program officer, McCormick Tribune Foundation, who is covering the Council on Foundations Conference for Tactical Philanthropy)
By Sara Melillo
USC Annenberg Dean Ernest James Wilson III made the room chuckle today with his take on the state of the media as part of the popular Media and Philanthropy mini-summit [...]
(This is a guest post from Peter Deitz, Founder of Social Actions, who is covering the Council on Foundations Conference for Tactical Philanthropy)
By Peter Deitz
For micro-philanthropy groupies, including me, yesterday’s session on Philanthropy 2.0 at the Council on Foundation’s annual conference featured a star studded panel. The founders of DonorsChoose, Facebook Causes, and The Motley [...]
(This is a guest post from Peter Manzo, board member of National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, who is covering the Council on Foundations Conference for Tactical Philanthropy)
By Peter Manzo
The themes about philanthropy’s role in the larger gatherings on Monday and Dr. Robert Ross’s remarks at the Philanthropic Awards Celebration in the evening were a big [...]
(This is a guest post from Dahna Goldstein, of PhilanTech and I Do Foundation, who is covering the Council on Foundations Conference for Tactical Philanthropy)
By Dahna Goldstein
One of the things that struck me yesterday is the importance of language in the various contexts of conversations about philanthropy at CoF. There is the obvious - this [...]
The majority of the COF conference is being held off site today. So without wireless access and with everyone on the move, there will likely be limited posting until this evening.
But there’s lots of great coverage from yesterday if you scroll down the page. Thanks for reading!
President’s Point of View: Philanthropy - 700 miles away!
The president of the Grand Rapids Community Foundation reflects on the disdain others have communicated to her about her decision to not attend the COF conference.
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PhilanTopic: Philanthropy’s Vision: A Leadership Summit
More coverage of the COF conference from the blog of Philanthropy News Digest.
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A Paternalistic [...]
(This is a guest post from Carla Javits, President of REDF, who is covering the Council on Foundations Conference for Tactical Philanthropy)
By Carla Javits
The Yankee stadium sized conference center here full of 3,500 people makes you long for a bicycle to ride from place to place and binoculars to watch the action on stage (despite [...]
(This is a guest post from Chris Cardona, of the NYC Venture Philanthropy Fund, who is covering the Council on Foundations Conference for Tactical Philanthropy)
By Chris Cardona
After yesterday’s broad conversations and themes, day 2 of the CoF summit was about getting into the nitty-gritty. I went to the morning concurrent session on social entrepreneurship, so [...]
(This is a guest post from Peter Deitz, Founder of Social Actions, who is covering the Council on Foundations Conference for Tactical Philanthropy)
By Peter Deitz
I’m tucked away in a remote corner of the enormous Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center, the site of this year’s annual conference of the Council on Foundations.
Before heading over to [...]
(This is a guest post from Steve Butz, President & Founder of Social Solutions, who is covering the Council on Foundations Conference for Tactical Philanthropy)
By Steve Butz
So I just left an afternoon session that I had been looking forward to…”The Impact and Future of Venture Philanthropy.” The session was lightly attended, 30-35 people, and the [...]
(This is a guest post from Steve Butz, President & Founder of Social Solutions, who is covering the Council on Foundations Conference for Tactical Philanthropy)
By Steve Butz
As I sit down to write, I’m finding it challenging to determine which of the many important concepts presented at the conference to focus on for this post, and [...]
(This is a guest post from Sandra Bass,
Program officer at the David & Lucile Packard Foundation, who is covering the Council on Foundations Conference for Tactical Philanthropy)
By Sandra Bass
Zzzzzzzzz…..okay it’s not like I shouldn’t have know better…I mean the title of the session did have the word “counting” in it…so that the session “Beyond Counting: [...]
For those of you that don’t know, an anonymous “Young Staffer” frequently posts some of the most illuminating, complex ideas in the comments section of this blog. Today he/she struck again in a comment on Steve Butz post “Opening Plenary”. So I’m going to make the anonymous commenter an honorary member of the Tactical Philanthropy [...]
(This is a guest post from Debbie Kobak, Foundation Market Strategist at Shore Bank, who is covering the Council on Foundations Conference for Tactical Philanthropy)
By Debbie Kobak
I’ll admit that I have a bone to pick. Mission related/socially responsible investing, program related investment, community development…not only are these strategies for leveraging a foundation’s assets to [...]
