Monthly Archive
December 2010Back to Basics: What Are You Trying to Achieve?
December 20th, 2010
This post was originally published on December 16, 2010 on www.glasspockets. ...
How Understanding Their Fields Helped Three Foundations Make Better Decisions and Avoid Costly Mistakes
December 16th, 2010
At CEP, we are always looking for ways that our data can help foundations forge stronger relationships with their grantees and become more effective in their work. Recently, our research showed that when a foundation’s staff exhibits a high level of expertise in the field in which it funds, that expertise usually results in stronger relationships with grantees. ...
Here’s Some Philanthropy Advice for Mark Zuckerberg
December 14th, 2010
Yesterday, an op-ed I wrote with President of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (and CEP Board Chair) Stephen Heintz was published in the San Jose Mercury News. In the piece, we offer four pieces of advice to Mark Zuckerberg and the other billionaires who have taken the Giving Pledge. ...
Before Strategy Was Strategy
December 9th, 2010
When I was fresh-faced and just starting to work in philanthropy at a woman-focused community foundation, I made lists. I would write down the problem or issue I wanted to tackle, then make a list of reasonable solutions. ...
Introducing Guest Blogger Crystal Hayling
December 8th, 2010
I am pleased to introduce CEP’s next guest blogger, Crystal Hayling. Crystal is the Former President and CEO of the Blue Shield of California Foundation and a member of the CEP Board of Directors. ...
A Thank You to Funders and Grantees
December 1st, 2010
After a few days off for Thanksgiving, I’m settling into the end-of-the-year push that all organizations face – working with funders interested in our February 2011 grantee surveys, finalizing CEP’s 2011 plan and budget, giving and getting 360 feedback, preparing the CEP staff survey, and generally wrapping up loose ends. In the midst of all that activity focused on the coming year, it’s easy to forget to reflect on the past. ...
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YouthTruth
Lessons from a Risk Taken
I really appreciate your willingness to share this and your assessment of what didn't work out as planned or anticipated. Thanks.
I really appreciate your willingness to share this and your assessment of what didn't work out as planned or anticipated. Thanks.
Lessons from a Risk Taken
Jon, thanks for the comment. If there’s one thing we learned, it’s that the cost in time and effort and dollars were all higher than...
Jon, thanks for the comment. If there’s one thing we learned, it’s that the cost in time and effort and dollars were all higher than...
Lessons from a Risk Taken
Thanks for sharing the lessons learned, and what I sense are second thoughts about the cost/benefit of the whole enterprise. I appreciate the thirst for...
Thanks for sharing the lessons learned, and what I sense are second thoughts about the cost/benefit of the whole enterprise. I appreciate the thirst for...
Foundations and Impact Investing: What Is Really Going On?
Great insight. Sometimes it's great to invest in multiple countries as security as the economy in one country might decrease and increase in another.
Great insight. Sometimes it's great to invest in multiple countries as security as the economy in one country might decrease and increase in another.
Foundations and Impact Investing: What Is Really Going On?
Great questions. It is likely still too early to get a handle on whether the (potential) results reflect the hype meaningfully. However, I will be...
Great questions. It is likely still too early to get a handle on whether the (potential) results reflect the hype meaningfully. However, I will be...
