Sean Stannard-Stockton is the president and chief investment officer of Ensemble Capital Management, located in Burlingame, CA, midway between San Francisco and Silicon Valley. From 2006 through 2012, Sean authored the Tactical Philanthropy blog and wrote regular philanthropy columns for both the Financial Times and the Chronicle of Philanthropy. In 2012, Sean officially ended the blog to focus on growing Ensemble Capital.
READ MORE »At the suggestion of reader John MacIntosh I’m going to host a little Tactical Philanthropy haiku contest. No voting or winners, this is just for fun.
John’s entry:
Donors want data
Nonprofits measure impact
Experts watch and smile
Add your philanthropy haiku as a comment!
25 Comments
Get out your checkbooks!
Open your hearts, and wallets.
Do good with money.
Give more, live more, now!
Be generous: help others.
Philanthropic bliss.
via Heather Pitre our awesome Events and Communications Specialist and screen writer to boot!
Those are great! I love the punctuation use in the second one.
Money flows aligned,
backing awesome nonprofits,
investing in good.
Jargon abounding —
Tame those acronyms with
Real peoples’ voices.
Triple bottom line
shares what we have always known.
Please, no more metrics!
Numbers and stories
Social value creation
What it’s all about…
This one for fun re: Alex Aldrich’s great haiku.
Impact Investor?
or an Impact Imposter?
We do need metrics.
These are great! Keep ’em coming!
Diagnosis problems
Strategic Philanthropist
You must solve them all
Big Vision
tangible changes
hint at who we hope to become.
Show me the impact
But ease up on the jargon
Or head will explode
Econ back on track –
Time to make a difference.
Invest in good – now!
We give you money.
The project fails.
Silence.
Addictive handouts
pad African state budgets
Target small business
Hmm, so many of these are pretty negative! Anyone have a haiku that celebrates philanthropy?
Can root of Evil
Grow to be exhanged for Good?
Fruit of our Hearts.
Want to give well?
Know the difference
Between tactics and strategies.
Giving done online
Impactful philanthropy
Donor happy now!
‘Tis better to give than to receive
just try it once and you’ll believe.
@SocialEdge just tweeted your haiku to their 370,000 followers!
Love. Reach. Connect. Lift.
Amplify good going on.
A privilege, this.
Support comes from few
Those who give should be nurtured
Else renewals fail
Giving. Receiving.
Both in equal measurement.
For all you have, give.
Behold, nonprofits:
Philanthropy Kung Fu Grip
Money flows, you thrive.
Donors –
Please, inspire me!
Don’t waste my time or money.
Let me give wisely.
Funders –
All we do is good.
Help me, help you, help others –
Show me the money!
A Philanthropist.
Gives support to the needy
‘Cuz it just feels right!