(This is a guest post from Beth Reiter, VP for Communications & Marketing, The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, who covered the Council on Foundations Conference for Tactical Philanthropy) By Beth Reiter Now that I’m back and immersed in the everyday, I’ve had a chance to reflect on the session “Community Foundations: Contemporary and Perpetual.” This panel […]
Category Archives: COF2008
Council on Foundations Conference Wrap-Up
May 9, 2008 – 9:03 am
Wow! Now only was the COF conference really interesting, fun and exciting, but I was deeply impressed by the performance of the blog team! Just to be clear, this is Sean Stannard-Stockton writing again. I’ve been a bit of a managing editor since last weekend, so I’m glad to get back to writing. A few […]
Vision, Leadership and Partnership
May 9, 2008 – 7:36 am
(This is a guest post from Peter Deitz, Founder of Social Actions, who is covering the Council on Foundations Conference for Tactical Philanthropy) By Peter Deitz On Tuesday evening, the famed cartoonist Milt Gross made an appearance at the Council on Foundations annual conference. In a session called Strategic Philanthropy: Theory and Practice, the speaker […]
Are We Rising or Sinking?
May 9, 2008 – 7:24 am
(This is a guest post from Brian Walsh, head of global social engagement for LiquidNet, who is covering the Council on Foundations Conference for Tactical Philanthropy) By Brian Walsh There’s a giant statue of a mythic figure partially submerged in the sand of the marina at the new National Harbor where the Council on Foundations […]
On Covering the Council on Foundations Conference
May 8, 2008 – 4:56 pm
(This is a guest post from Peter Deitz, Founder of Social Actions, who is covering the Council on Foundations Conference for Tactical Philanthropy) By Peter Deitz The Council on Foundations deserves two thumbs up for putting together a thought-provoking leadership summit that attracted philanthropists and foundation staff from across the globe. Unfortunately, their effort to […]
Race, Philanthropy, and the Grassroots
May 8, 2008 – 8:42 am
(This is a guest post from Peter Deitz, Founder of Social Actions, who is covering the Council on Foundations Conference for Tactical Philanthropy) By Peter Deitz Last night, attendees of the Council on Foundation’s annual conference were treated to a special event at the recently opened Newseum in Washington DC. Filmmaker Katrina Browne—a descendent of […]
Drowning in Paperwork, Distracted from Purpose
May 8, 2008 – 8:24 am
(This is a guest post from Taylor Ansley, a fellow at Z Smith Reynolds Foundation, who is covering the Council on Foundations Conference for Tactical Philanthropy) By Taylor Ansley I attended a session Monday afternoon that, frankly, won’t sound nearly as sexy and exciting as some of the topics covered recently by my fellow bloggers […]
Carla Javits on COF Tuesday
May 8, 2008 – 7:47 am
(This is a guest post from Carla Javits, President of REDF, who is covering the Council on Foundations Conference for Tactical Philanthropy) By Carla Javits I attended an excellent set of panels on the media and philanthropy at a mini-summit held at the truly astonishing Newseum. Alberto Ibarguen, President of the Knight Foundation who also […]
The Next Generation
May 7, 2008 – 8:38 am
(This is a guest post from Sharna Goldseker, Director, 21/64 & Vice President of the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies, who is covering the Council on Foundations Conference for Tactical Philanthropy) By Sharna Goldseker I’ve been working with next generation funders for a little over a decade now–specifically at the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies […]
Telling the Story of Philanthropy
May 7, 2008 – 8:31 am
(This is a guest post from Sandra Bass, Program officer at the David & Lucile Packard Foundation, who is covering the Council on Foundations Conference for Tactical Philanthropy) By Sandra Bass Ask the average person what a philanthropist does and they may very well look at you askance before leaning in to whisper a rather […]
