Comments on: The Tactical Philanthropy Knowledge Network http://www.tacticalphilanthropy.com/2009/09/the-tactical-philanthropy-knowledge-network Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:42:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Lynn http://www.tacticalphilanthropy.com/2009/09/the-tactical-philanthropy-knowledge-network/comment-page-1#comment-7767 David Lynn Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:05:52 +0000 http://tacticalphilanthropy.com/2009/09/the-tactical-philanthropy-knowledge-network#comment-7767 If you can find a way to get funders to openly talk to each other, let alone work together, you'll have accomplished amazing things. --David If you can find a way to get funders to openly talk to each other, let alone work together, you’ll have accomplished amazing things.

–David

]]> By: Sean Stannard-Stockton http://www.tacticalphilanthropy.com/2009/09/the-tactical-philanthropy-knowledge-network/comment-page-1#comment-7765 Sean Stannard-Stockton Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:11:13 +0000 http://tacticalphilanthropy.com/2009/09/the-tactical-philanthropy-knowledge-network#comment-7765 Thanks Len. I hope the TPKN can help the process. Another project that might be of interest to nonprofits looking to share knowledge and benefit from the knowledge of others is <a href="https://www.ideaencore.com/" rel="nofollow">IdeaEncore</a> which I wrote about <a href="http://tacticalphilanthropy.com/2009/06/ideaencore-the-nonprofit-information-marketplace" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Thanks Len. I hope the TPKN can help the process. Another project that might be of interest to nonprofits looking to share knowledge and benefit from the knowledge of others is IdeaEncore which I wrote about here.

]]> By: Len Bartel http://www.tacticalphilanthropy.com/2009/09/the-tactical-philanthropy-knowledge-network/comment-page-1#comment-7762 Len Bartel Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:57:25 +0000 http://tacticalphilanthropy.com/2009/09/the-tactical-philanthropy-knowledge-network#comment-7762 I look forward to seeing how the Tactical Philanthropy Advisors Knowledge Network evolves. We not only need to get our philanthropic knowledge into the hands of major donors, but other social benefit organizations within common fields of interest. Social media not only has the potential to build communities of practice that share and create knowledge beyond what is shared at face-to-face quarterly meetings among grantees, but enables organizations that didn't get funded through a certain initiative that don't have the opportunity to participate in those quarterly meetings to learn and benefit from the process - creating deeper impact. Social media helps us shift from supporting activities to shaping and supporting movements. These tools offer the promise of greater democratic participation and local knowledge in our work, and those things are indispensable to the foundation that wants to make real serious change on the local level . . . and I would assume, the major donor that is looking to maximize their impact. We have to crack that knowledge creation and diffusion nut - hopefully the TPA Knowledge Network can be a step in that direction. I look forward to seeing how the Tactical Philanthropy Advisors Knowledge Network evolves. We not only need to get our philanthropic knowledge into the hands of major donors, but other social benefit organizations within common fields of interest.

Social media not only has the potential to build communities of practice that share and create knowledge beyond what is shared at face-to-face quarterly meetings among grantees, but enables organizations that didn’t get funded through a certain initiative that don’t have the opportunity to participate in those quarterly meetings to learn and benefit from the process – creating deeper impact.

Social media helps us shift from supporting activities to shaping and supporting movements. These tools offer the promise of greater democratic participation and local knowledge in our work, and those things are indispensable to the foundation that wants to make real serious change on the local level . . . and I would assume, the major donor that is looking to maximize their impact.

We have to crack that knowledge creation and diffusion nut – hopefully the TPA Knowledge Network can be a step in that direction.

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