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I applauded the NBC show The Philanthropist, but the new Canadian show The Foundation is appalling. I'm speechless after watching the promo. But I would caution people who care about philanthropy that having a sense of humor about something like this is usually better than if our field responds like a bunch of holier than thou do gooders.
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Calvert rolls out new, more interesting (in my opinion) versions of their Socially Responsible Investment funds. One of the funds buys "bad" companies and then tries to affect their behavior.
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The Harvard Business Review draws lessons from 60 Minutes creator Don Hewitt to explain why story telling is a key leadership tool.
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Introducing "micropatronage". Kiva let's you become a microlender. Social Actions let's you engage in peer-to-peer micro philanthropy. Now Kickstarter let's anyone become a patron to the arts.
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Another great post from the new Foundation + Footings blog. They look at why grantmakers need a budget for experimental grants and why innovation is fundamentally different today than it was just a decade or two ago.
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Marcia Stepanek looks at the debate over the term "slacktivism" and whether social media are actually holding back social change.
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ABOUT SEAN STANNARD-STOCKTON
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.
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