There’s a LOT of conference sessions. Here’s a few that have caught my interest: Foundations and the Morphing Media: Why We No Longer “Read All About It” Bottoms Up Philanthropy: How Remittances Transform Communities and Families Linking Money to Mission: Structure Your Grants to Promote Grantee Performance Investing in Nonprofits to Scale Impact: Lessons Learned […]
Category Archives: 2007COF
COF Conference & Philanthropy Blogs
April 27, 2007 – 11:48 am
Bruce Trachtenberg of The Communications Network, on the intersection between the COF conference and the philanthropy blogs: If what you are asking for happens — that is, people take you up on your offer and engage in a dialogue with you and each other, which I’m sure they will — then the next step is […]
Council on Foundations Conference: You’re Invited
April 27, 2007 – 8:51 am
Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines “Conference”: a meeting of two or more persons for discussing matters of common concern a usually formal interchange of views The formal COF conference is for members only. But, with seven blogs officially covering the conference and at least six active blogs that are authored by COF members, everyone is invited to […]
Permission to Blog?
April 20, 2007 – 2:20 pm
The nptech roundup refers to the four bloggers who have been issued press passes by the Council on Foundations as “invited live bloggers” and asks: What about other conference attendees who might also be bloggers? How does one track their voice or (is) the COF only letting those four bloggers live blog or are these […]
2007COF Tag
April 20, 2007 – 10:54 am
At the suggestion of Beth Kanter, I’m initiating the tag 2007COF for all 2007 Council on Foundations conference information. Bloggers can tag their posts with 2007COF and then by searching Technorati for this tag, readers will find all related posts. You can also use this tag in del.icio.us or subscribe to the tag to see […]
Blogs at Council on Foundation Conference
April 20, 2007 – 7:56 am
Susan Herr, who blogs at PhilanthroMedia, will be blogging the Council on Foundations conference and thinks that the rise of transparency is heralding "the end of philanthropy as usual." So here’s my question for readers. If the Council is offering transparency, what do you what to see? I’m sure that Susan, Lucy and I will […]
Lucy Bernholz on Blogging Conferences
April 13, 2007 – 1:42 pm
Lucy Bernholz, who’s currently blogging the Global Philanthropy Forum, has weighed in with her thoughts on blogging philanthropy conferences in general. Lucy will be blogging the Council on Foundation conference with me, so I’m intensely interested in her thoughts. Check her out.
Press Coverage of Philanthropy
April 11, 2007 – 1:54 pm
Bruce Trachtenberg, the executive director of The Communications Network, stopped by to leave me a comment: Hopefully the attention that blogging is bringing — and the many discussions and conversations it is spawning — will encourage traditional press to deepen its coverage of philanthropy. It’s not enough to simply report on the number and size […]
Council on Foundations Conference
April 11, 2007 – 8:15 am
Yesterday I accepted an invitation to attend this year’s Council on Foundations (CoF) conference from April 29-May 1 in Seattle. This is the first year that CoF has invited bloggers to attend the conference with a press pass. As much as I was honored to be invited, I had some hesitation about attending. I do […]
