Tactical Philanthropy Multimedia Library

This archive lists podcasts and videos related to Sean Stannard-Stockton and Tactical Philanthropy. You will find Sean’s podcast interviews with social sector leaders (which ran from February 2007 to June 2008), video of Tactical Philanthroy Forum events and video from some of Sean’s speaking engagements.

Tactical Philanthropy Forum Video

December 9, 2008 – 9:29 am

The video of the Tactical Philanthropy Forum is now available on Fora.tv. You can watch the first 15 minutes of the event via the embedded video or jump below to read about viewing the full hour long program and accessing specific segments.

You can watch the full video here. If you want to jump around, click here to access the FORA.tv menu of option for the video. You can click on the various titled chapters. In Chapter 2, I layout the history of the Tactical Philanthropy blog and the purpose of the Forum. You can than click on the other chapters to view Paul Brest, Bill Somerville and myself discussing various issues.

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SoCap2008 Video

October 23, 2008 – 8:29 am

The good people at FORA.tv were at SoCap and filmed a number of sessions. This is the video of the session I moderated on New Wealth Management. The audio is fine on the video, but the mics only fed to the camera, so the large, packed room had trouble hearing us at first. That’s why you’ll notice we decide to stand up to present. 

The session after mine was about Mission Related Investing. I thought the session was excellent and it was interesting to hear from the KL Felicitas foundation (a leader in MRI) talk about their experience. KL Felicitas is a relatively small foundation so they have a different sort of story to tell than the multi-billion dollar foundations who are starting to get into MRI. Click here to view the video.

You can find a listing of all SoCap08 videos, including the keynote address by Matthew Bishop (who coined the word Philanthrocapitalism) by clicking here.

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Tactical Philanthropy Podcast: Brian Gallagher

June 13, 2008 – 8:48 am

Today’s podcast is with Brian Gallagher, CEO of the United Way of America. In the interview, Brian discusses how United Way is transitioning from a fundraising organization to having a focus on community impact. He comments on the prediction I made in the Chronicle of Philanthropy that the nonprofit field would adopt a United Way impact statement as a potential reporting replacement for the 990. And he explains the way he thinks the changes at the United Way will affect nonprofits.


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Sean Stannard-Stockton: Hello and welcome to the Tactical Philanthropy podcast. I’m Sean Stannard-Stockton, author of the Tactical Philanthropy blog and principal and director of tactical philanthropy at Ensemble Capital. My guest today is Brian Gallagher. Brian is the Chief Executive Officer of the United Way of America. United Way of America is the national organization charged with leading the 1,300 local United Ways. Brian has spent his entire career, going back to 1981, at the United Way, and as chief executive since 2002, has been busy redefining the role of the organization. In May of this year, the United Way announced a new 10-year plan that focused the organization on a specific set of new goals. Brian thanks for being here today.

Brian Gallagher: Sean, it’s great to be with you. Thanks.

Sean Stannard-Stockton: Why don’t you begin by talking about the transition of the United Way from a fundraising conduit to an organization focused on community impact and explain the role of your new 10-year plan, titled “Goals for the Common Good” in that shift.

Brian Gallagher: Sure. You know, we really started – local United Ways started this shift 10 or 12 years ago, probably, to get to the real beginning. As a United Way movement, we started it formally just before I came into the CEO role. And fundamentally, it was because of the economic shift in the country. As we move from an industrial to a service to a global knowledge economy…

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Tactical Philanthropy Podcast: Mark Kramer

May 23, 2008 – 9:52 am
Today’s post cast is with Mark Kramer of FSG Social Advisors. Mark and I talk about mission aligned investing, information sharing in philanthropy and whether achieving social impact means limiting financial returns. My favorite line from the interview, “I’ve actually talked to a couple foundation CEOs who, when I’ve said what was your greatest achievement, said putting a nonprofit out of business that just wasn’t doing a good job.”



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Sean Stannard-Stockton: Hello, and welcome to the Tactical Philanthropy podcast. I’m Sean Stannard-Stockton, author of the Tactical Philanthropy blog, and principal and director of Tactical Philanthropy at Ensemble Capital. My guest today is Mark Kramer. Mark is the founder of FSG Social Impact Advisors. FSG is a nonprofit organization that seeks to advance the practice of philanthropy via consulting with foundations, corporations, and nonprofits to increase their effectiveness and their impact. They publish research on philanthropic value creation and evaluation and create tools and best practices within philanthropy. Mark, I really appreciate you joining us today.


Mark Kramer: Thank you, Sean. I’m delighted to be here.

Sean Stannard-Stockton: Mark, FSG recently published a report called “Compounding Impact”, about mission-related investing. Would you start off just by defining what MRI means and maybe talk a little bit about the difference between SRI, PRI, and MRI?

Mark Kramer: Sure, and as that alphabet soup suggests, terminology is actually a huge problem in this field. I would not say that there are consistent definitions for any of those terms out there. But in the broadest sense, what we’ve seen is foundations increasingly taking into account their mission and the social impact of their investments when they think about investing their endowment funds. And there really are a couple different ways to think about the social dimension of your investments. One is simply to screen your portfolio. In other words, to avoid stocks and companies that you think do bad things, like tobacco companies. Or to have a positive screen, where you put more of your assets in companies that are doing what you think of as good things, like, perhaps, alternative energy, green energy.

A second way to have impact with your investments is through your vote of the proxy that you have as a shareholder. And there’s some very interesting work that Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, and some other organizations, have done around the role that foundations can play by influencing corporate behavior through their proxy votes. The third area, and the area that…

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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 & World Report as one of America’s Best Leaders. Fred is co-author of the new book Earth: The Sequel, which Michael Bloomberg has said “[puts] optimism back into the environmental story”.




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Sean Stannard-Stockton: Hello, and welcome to the Tactical Philanthropy podcast. I’m Sean Stannard-Stockton, author of the Tactical Philanthropy blog and principal and director of Tactical Philanthropy at Ensemble Capital. My guest today is Fred Krupp. Fred is president of the Environmental Defense Fund. EDF uses public-private partnerships to tackle the world’s most serious environmental problems. They are known for their long success of leveraging market forces to further their mission, and their strategy of partnering with the world’s largest corporations. Fred and his co-author, Mariam Horn, have recently released the book, Earth: The Sequel. Fred, thank you so much for joining us.Fred Krupp: Delighted to be here.


Sean Stannard-Stockton: Fred, your book is full of stories about innovative ways that for-profit entrepreneurs frequently are creating powerful new business models that they believe, or that you believe, has the potential to save the planet. Why don’t you begin by telling us a story or two about some of these entities that are competing in a marketplace in a way that you think has this potential to save the planet.

Fred Krupp: Sure, Sean. We tell the story of Bernie Karl, up in Alaska, who had this for-profit idea that he could have a lot of tourists visiting his resort if he built an ice hotel. But he had a find a way to keep that ice hotel frozen in the summer. Unfortunately, he built the hotel, summer came, the hotel melted. And Forbes dubbed this the dumbest business idea of the year. But he persevered…

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Tactical Philanthropy Podcast: Alberto Ibarguen

March 4, 2008 – 9:13 am

Today’s podcast interview is with Alberto Ibarguen, the CEO of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The Knight Foundation has its roots in the newspaper business and today makes grants that transform journalism and communities. Alberto was publisher of the Miami Herald before he joined the foundation in 2005.

During the interview, Alberto discusses the foundations effort to hire an “online community manager”, why one of the Knight Foundation’s major projects might make some people “vomit on the table” (and why he’s OK with that), how the foundation is planning on funding “wonderful strangeness”, and the promise of “prize philanthropy”.

(Please be patient while you wait for the audio file to download. The transcript is below.)




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Alberto will be responding to comments, so let us know your thoughts. You can read the transcript by clicking on the link below.


(Full disclosure: my brother is currently on a Knight Fellowship at Stanford. However, he was not involved in any way with the production of this content nor in setting up the interview).

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Tactical Philanthropy Podcast: Phil Buchanan

January 14, 2008 – 10:42 am

Today’s podcast is with Phil Buchanan, executive director of the Center for Effective Philanthropy. The mission of the Center for Effective Philanthropy is to provide management and governance tools to define, assess, and improve overall foundation performance. As the Center’s first executive director, Phil has led the organization to play an increasingly important role in the philanthropic sector. His comments have appeared in numerous national publications, and he is a member of the Nonprofit Times Power and Influence Top 50.

During the podcast Phil and I discuss why most foundations are not strategic, the role of intermediaries in fixing the philanthropic capital markets, and a “secret club” of foundations that seem to be responsible for all of the innovation in philanthropy.

If you post comments and questions in the Comments section, Phil will respond.

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Forces For Good Podcast

December 5, 2007 – 11:13 am

Today’s podcast is with Heather McLeod Grant and Leslie Crutchfield, the authors of the new book Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits. Forces for Good examines the characteristics of nonprofits that are achieving high impact. Heather’s been an advisor to the Center for Social Innovation at Stanford, as well as to many nonprofits. She holds an MBA and worked at McKinsey, consulting with for-profit companies. Leslie is a managing director at Ashoka, a research grantee at the Aspen Institute, and a philanthropic advisor to foundations and high net worth individuals.

During the podcast Heather and Leslie discuss the importance of nonprofit groups engaging in political advocacy, the difficult in measuring impact (and the flaws in Charity Navigator’s system of measuring efficiency), the need for nonprofits to engage their volunteers, and the ways in which nonprofits can learn from Web 2.0 companies.

If you post comments and questions in the Comments section, Heather and Leslie will respond.

You can read some background about the book and both authors here.

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Tactical Philanthropy Podcast: Robert Egger

October 22, 2007 – 9:23 am

Today’s interview is with Robert Egger. Robert is a driving force behind the Nonprofit Primary Project and is the Founder and President of the DC Central Kitchen. During the interview, Robert explains the political clout of the nonprofit sector, says it is an urban myth that nonprofits cannot be political involved, and calls me “brother” twice. I think that this is one of the more important conversations I’ve recorded. Whether you are a donor, work for a nonprofit, or at a foundation, you’ll find a lot to stimulate your thinking. You can learn more about Robert via the background notes I posted last week.

Robert will be answering your questions and comments in the Comments section of this post, so fire away.

You can click on the link below to read the transcript.

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Tactical Philanthropy Podcast: Cheryl Dahle

September 17, 2007 – 10:15 am

Today’s interview is with Cheryl Dahle. Cheryl was employee number 24 at Fast Company Magazine and spearheaded the launch of the Fast Company Social Capitalist Awards. During the interview, Cheryl talks about mainstream media coverage of philanthropy, the importance of social enterprises and the challenges faced by nonprofits that try to grow rapidly. You can learn more about Cheryl via the background notes I posted last week.

Cheryl will be answering your questions and comments in the Comments section of this post, so fire away.

You can click on the link below to read the transcript.

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Tactical Philanthropy Podcast: Stacy Palmer Interview

August 16, 2007 – 8:06 am

Today I’m happy to present the delayed podcast with Stacy Palmer, editor of the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Stacy was involved in founding the paper in 1988, the leading newspaper in the philanthropic sector. During the interview, I ask her about her thoughts on philanthropy blogs, the Chronicle’s plans for their own blogs, the mainstreaming of philanthropy, and whether all of the hoopla over Buffet and Gates is warranted.
You can learn more about Stacy via the background notes I posted last week.

Stacy will be answering your questions and comments in the Comments section of this post, so fire away.

You can click on the link below to read the transcript.

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Tactical Philanthropy Podcast: James Canales Interview

July 25, 2007 – 7:41 am

Today’s interview is with James Canales. Jim is president and CEO of the James Irvine Foundation, a 1.7 billion dollar private foundation dedicated to expanding opportunity for the people of California.

You can read a complete background report on Jim here (feel free to add your own background notes via the comments). Briefly: Jim was one of the panelists at the Demonstrating Impact session at the Council on Foundations conference in Seattle this year (you can read my write-ups here and here). The Irvine Foundation recently released a report called Midcourse Corrections (I wrote about it briefly here). After committing to a $60 million initiative, the biggest in their history, the Irvine Foundation realized that all was not going as planned. They released the Midcourse Corrections report to help other foundations avoid the mistakes they made. This is exactly the sort of knowledge sharing that I’ve been advocating.

Make sure to enter the Comments section at the bottom of this post to follow along with and participate in a follow up conversation with Jim.

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Tactical Philanthropy Podcast: William Schambra

July 11, 2007 – 12:01 am

Today’s interview is with William Schambra, director of Hudson Institute’s Bradley Center for Philanthropy and Civic Renewal. Bill is definitely the most controversial person I’ve featured in the podcast series, a fact that you’ll need to know to follow the comments that I’m sure will be coming. Part of what gets certain people’s juices flowing is Schambra’s conservative political views. The Bradley Center is widely considered a “conservative” think tank and Schambra was a senior advisor and speechwriter to Attorney General Edwin Meese under President Ronald Reagan. During the 2007 Council on Foundations conference, Schambra gave a speech (which I wrote about here) in which he readily acknowledged his political “outsider” position relative to the leanings of most of the audience.

Bill Schambra is a controversial figure. Certain bloggers have been waiting with baited breath to take a swing at him in the follow up discussion that will be occurring shortly (Bill will be responding to questions and comments in the Comments section at the end of this post). One writer advised me “Don’t wimp out, Sean. Either you play Bill or he plays you. That is his job.” Here’s my approach to these interviews; I think that verbal combat is an important element of the fire that forges better ideas. But I want that verbal combat to center around the ideas that are under discussion, not the people who voice the ideas. So let’s have at it. Bill sets forth a damning argument that strikes at the very heart of how philanthropy is practiced. He questions the concept that foundations in particular, or any philanthropic enterprise, can ever solve the root cause of most problems. Give it a listen, ask your questions, make your arguments and we’ll see if we can’t all come out the other side a little better for our efforts.

Make sure to enter the Comments section at the bottom of this post to follow along with and participate in a follow up conversation with Bill.

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Tactical Philanthropy Podcast: William Thomson

June 22, 2007 – 9:26 am

Today’s interview is with William Thomson, Andrew Carnegie’s
great-grandson. In our conversation we discuss the just announced winners of this year’s
Andrew Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy, what William’s great-grandfather
would have thought of today’s “new philanthropists”, why philanthropists need to “court risk” the blurring of
the lines between for-profit activity and philanthropy, and an emerging
philanthropic trend in Europe.

This interview was booked and recorded before I decided to have guests
participate in a follow up online conversation with listeners. We’ll
get back to that format next time with Bill Schambra.

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Tactical Philanthropy Podcast: Paul Shoemaker Interview

June 7, 2007 – 11:28 pm

Today’s podcast marks a new chapter in my evolving attempt to facilitate cross-disciplinary conversations in the field of philanthropy. As I announced yesterday, interviewees will now be expected to participate in a discussion of the podcast topics in the days after each release. However, for this to be successful I need your help. My readers have already shown a great interest in posting comments and emailing me their thoughts. Now is your opportunity to do the same with the thought leaders who are featured in the podcast. So leave your comments and questions and check back often to watch the discussion unfold.

Kicking off the new format is Paul Shoemaker of Social Venture Partners (SVP). SVP is like a giving circle on steroids. Using a venture capital model, SVP makes grants but also provides their grantees with knowledge, skills and valuable contacts. If you want more context about Paul and SVP check out info here, here and here.

As you develop your questions for Paul, I would encourage you to think about the following topics that we’ve already discussed: giving circles, measuring impact and outcomes, venture philanthropy, the impact of high tech entrepreneurs entering philanthropy for the first time, and “new” vs. “old” philanthropy.

Paul defends the venture capital concept, criticizes “big mouthed”, arrogant individuals for diluting the term “venture philanthropy”, tells us why he thinks there really is a “new donor” today, and talks about the rise of giving circles. Let Paul know what you think. Leave a comment at the end of this post or email me any thoughts or questions. I have Bill Schambra lined up to try this new format and a major foundation CEO considering giving it a try. Help me make this work and I think this venue will attract important leaders and spark a lively conversation. Thanks so much to everyone who has been participating in the discussion here. It has been my great honor and pleasure to watch the debate unfold.

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