Comments on: Can Failure Be the Key to Foundation Effectiveness? http://www.effectivephilanthropy.org/blog/2010/01/can-failure-be-the-key-to-foundation-effectiveness/ The blog of the Center for Effective Philanthropy Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:10:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Foundations Fail at Failing | Public Policy Communicators NYC http://www.effectivephilanthropy.org/blog/2010/01/can-failure-be-the-key-to-foundation-effectiveness/comment-page-1/#comment-26053 Foundations Fail at Failing | Public Policy Communicators NYC Tue, 18 Jan 2011 15:30:10 +0000 http://www.effectivephilanthropy.org/blog/?p=69#comment-26053 [...] Hughes. “Can Failure Be the Key to Foundation Effectiveness?” Center for Effective Philanthropy blog. January 11, [...] [...] Hughes. “Can Failure Be the Key to Foundation Effectiveness?” Center for Effective Philanthropy blog. January 11, [...]

]]> By: The Vegas Illusion: A warning for those who keep score | Pete Mockaitis http://www.effectivephilanthropy.org/blog/2010/01/can-failure-be-the-key-to-foundation-effectiveness/comment-page-1/#comment-4786 The Vegas Illusion: A warning for those who keep score | Pete Mockaitis Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:15:41 +0000 http://www.effectivephilanthropy.org/blog/?p=69#comment-4786 [...] their successful initiatives…while failures too often remain hidden – even when it’s in the public’s best interest to know of [...] [...] their successful initiatives…while failures too often remain hidden – even when it’s in the public’s best interest to know of [...]

]]> By: GrantWatch Blog’s Periodic Round-up of Foundation News – GrantWatch Blog http://www.effectivephilanthropy.org/blog/2010/01/can-failure-be-the-key-to-foundation-effectiveness/comment-page-1/#comment-1863 GrantWatch Blog’s Periodic Round-up of Foundation News – GrantWatch Blog Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:28:28 +0000 http://www.effectivephilanthropy.org/blog/?p=69#comment-1863 [...] “Can Failure Be the Key to Foundation Effectiveness?” Bob Hughes of the RWJF, on the Center for Effective Philanthropy Blog, 11 January 2010. Among those foundations “sharing what they have learned about things that didn’t work” are the RWJF and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Hughes gives some reasons why foundations’ honesty about failed programs can be beneficial. This post generated some buzz—online comments and Tweets. I (as well as others, I would guess) would like to know what grantees think of this openness, especially if they have had unsuccessful projects. [...] [...] “Can Failure Be the Key to Foundation Effectiveness?” Bob Hughes of the RWJF, on the Center for Effective Philanthropy Blog, 11 January 2010. Among those foundations “sharing what they have learned about things that didn’t work” are the RWJF and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Hughes gives some reasons why foundations’ honesty about failed programs can be beneficial. This post generated some buzz—online comments and Tweets. I (as well as others, I would guess) would like to know what grantees think of this openness, especially if they have had unsuccessful projects. [...]

]]> By: Jara Dean-Coffey http://www.effectivephilanthropy.org/blog/2010/01/can-failure-be-the-key-to-foundation-effectiveness/comment-page-1/#comment-106 Jara Dean-Coffey Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:31:04 +0000 http://www.effectivephilanthropy.org/blog/?p=69#comment-106 When I first read this post, my mind went immediately to asking the question "what the definition of failure?, hoping that would help me contribute to the discussion. That strategy didn't necessarily provide an "ah ha" for me but the following quotes resonated and seemed relevant: Jessamyn West: It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own. Oscar Wilde: Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes. Thomas Alva Edison: I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. When I first read this post, my mind went immediately to asking the question “what the definition of failure?, hoping that would help me contribute to the discussion. That strategy didn’t necessarily provide an “ah ha” for me but the following quotes resonated and seemed relevant:

Jessamyn West:
It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own.

Oscar Wilde:
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.

Thomas Alva Edison: I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.

]]> By: Tweets that mention CEP | Can Failure Be the Key to Foundation Effectiveness? | The Center for Effective Philanthropy -- Topsy.com http://www.effectivephilanthropy.org/blog/2010/01/can-failure-be-the-key-to-foundation-effectiveness/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Tweets that mention CEP | Can Failure Be the Key to Foundation Effectiveness? | The Center for Effective Philanthropy -- Topsy.com Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:20:48 +0000 http://www.effectivephilanthropy.org/blog/?p=69#comment-98 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by S. Stannard-Stockton, Mitch Nauffts, Adin Miller, Susan Promislo, Jay Frost and others. Jay Frost said: "Failure Be the Key to Foundation Effectiveness?" asks Bob Hughes of @RWJF at @CEP_CambSanFran http://ow.ly/VGL1 [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by S. Stannard-Stockton, Mitch Nauffts, Adin Miller, Susan Promislo, Jay Frost and others. Jay Frost said: "Failure Be the Key to Foundation Effectiveness?" asks Bob Hughes of @RWJF at @CEP_CambSanFran http://ow.ly/VGL1 [...]

]]> By: Child poverty in DC… Food stamp delays… New emegency preparedness tool « Washington Grantmakers Daily http://www.effectivephilanthropy.org/blog/2010/01/can-failure-be-the-key-to-foundation-effectiveness/comment-page-1/#comment-87 Child poverty in DC… Food stamp delays… New emegency preparedness tool « Washington Grantmakers Daily Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:21:09 +0000 http://www.effectivephilanthropy.org/blog/?p=69#comment-87 [...] | “Given the benefits of openly sharing failures, it is reasonable to ask why reports of foundation failures have been infrequent.” (Bob Hughes, [...] [...] | “Given the benefits of openly sharing failures, it is reasonable to ask why reports of foundation failures have been infrequent.” (Bob Hughes, [...]

]]> By: Beth Lanes Battinelli, PhD http://www.effectivephilanthropy.org/blog/2010/01/can-failure-be-the-key-to-foundation-effectiveness/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Beth Lanes Battinelli, PhD Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:15:19 +0000 http://www.effectivephilanthropy.org/blog/?p=69#comment-83 Failure for foundations to disclose information that would prevent replication of the same failure is the ultimate philanthropic failure. Failure for foundations to disclose information that would prevent replication of the same failure is the ultimate philanthropic failure.

]]> By: Philanthropy Daily Digest | Tactical Philanthropy http://www.effectivephilanthropy.org/blog/2010/01/can-failure-be-the-key-to-foundation-effectiveness/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Philanthropy Daily Digest | Tactical Philanthropy Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:01:14 +0000 http://www.effectivephilanthropy.org/blog/?p=69#comment-82 [...] Can Failure Be the Key to Foundation Effectiveness? | The Center for Effective Philanthropy Bob Hughes of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, writing on the Center for Effective Philanthropy blog, examines the potential for authentically acknowledged failure to lead to philanthropic effectiveness. (tags: philanthropy) [...] [...] Can Failure Be the Key to Foundation Effectiveness? | The Center for Effective Philanthropy Bob Hughes of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, writing on the Center for Effective Philanthropy blog, examines the potential for authentically acknowledged failure to lead to philanthropic effectiveness. (tags: philanthropy) [...]

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