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Pro Publica - philanthropy, media and market failures

Here's an important new experiment in philanthropy and media - the launch of Pro Publica. Funded by Herbert and Marion Sandler and led by former WSJ editor Paul Steiger, Pro Publica will focus on investigative journalism - the stuff that newspapers continue to cut as profits drop. A

Random Tech Observations

Here are observations on technology/nonprofits/philanthropy since my last update in August. Social networking: * Several foundation staff people have asked questions of their Linkedin networks. * A few foundation staff people have joined Facebook. * JustMeans has added lots of content and some users. * MySpace and PayPal teamed up to let

YouTube's Commitment - A Nonprofit Channel

Direct from the press release YouTube Debuts Nonprofit Program Organizations Can Now Apply for a Designated Nonprofit Channel and Collect Donations Through Google Checkout for Non-Profits San BRUNO, Calif. – September 27, 2007 – Hundreds of nonprofits currently leverage YouTube, the leader in online video, to raise awareness of their causes. Today

Top Ten (OK, Eleven) Questions

Asking and listening are more important skills than knowing and saying. Guy Kawasaki knows a lot about startup companies and technology evangelism. - In an interview with David Bornstein, author of How to Change The World, Kawasaki demonstrates his skill at asking good questions (even though he miscounts them). Here

When it all comes together

What if a vaunted name in prizes tried to start a new philanthropic prize in an emerging technology field, promising Hollywood-level buzz and money? It would all be a hoax. A hoax documented by professional journalists, even while those involved were Googling or Wikipedia-ing all kinds of information that would

Why foundations should care about an open internet

As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words. I've easily posted 1000 words about internet access, the media, and patents as philanthropic issues. So here is the photo that better states the case: If those in philanthropy care about job creation, education, health, children's

Microfinance - its not all good

The most recent episode of the PBS Series NOW, Enterprising Ideas took a look at some of the controversy in the microfinance world. The episode looks specifically at the controversy surrounding a successful social entrepreneur in Mexico. Compartamos is a microfinance company that once lent small sums of money to

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Community Foundations and community media

This is an important piece by Dan Gillmor about the potential for foundations where local media are concerned. I've pasted in the entire piece and here's the link - from this morning's San Francisco Chronicle. Monday, September 17, 2007 (SF Chronicle) Foundations have role

Charlie Rose leads discussion on philanthropy

With Judith Rodin (Rockefeller Foundation), Joel Fleishman (Duke University, author, The Foundation: A Great American Secret) and Mathew Bishop of The Economist. Tags: philanthropy, media

More philanthropy media

Bill Clinton's book, Giving, came out today - here is his appearance on Oprah and here's the video clip from Late Show with David Letterman. The Economist launches a new lifestyle quarterly magazine, with a heavy focus on giving, Intelligent Life. It is on newsstands in