The New York Times Magazine focuses on philanthropy
This weekend’s edition of the New York TImes Magazine focused on philanthropy. There are a number of worthwhile analyses – a great read all around.
View ArticleThe Future of Philanthropy: Giving 2.0
From the Stanford Social Innovation Review posted a very nice article about philanthropy. On full disclosure, GlobalGiving is mentioned in the article.
View ArticleA New Shade of Generosity
We’re launching a new “shade” of GlobalGiving today – GlobalGiving Green. GlobalGiving Green looks at development through a green lens – and vice versa, for that matter – and enables you to support...
View ArticleKnowledge and the $64,000 question
The traditional philanthropic model revolves around money…Money is important, but it’s not everything… When I talk to friends and colleagues in the nonprofit sector, what I hear again and again is a...
View ArticleGlobal UK Launches!
Last Monday, GlobalGiving UK launched its brand new web site in London at a big gathering of NGO, private sector, and government leaders. This is particularly exciting since UK donors are among the...
View ArticleA Grassroots Alternative to Carbon Offsets
Originally posted at HuffingtonPost by our co-founder, Dennis Whittle When it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, it looks like the carbon-intensive industries are likely to face either a tax...
View ArticleDrive More than a Car with Ford
In the auto industry, collisions are generally not a good thing. But the collision of brand and cause marketing continues apace. As media and its delivery evolves, borders are blurred by technology,...
View ArticleCrowdsourcing Social Innovation, or How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Open...
At GlobalGiving, we’ve been effectively crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, and crowdevaluating social innovation for years. From early experiments with prediction markets, to collaboration with The Case...
View ArticleWhy 15% Makes Sense
People sometimes ask me why we charge a 15% transaction fee. My cheeky answer is, “So I can be sitting here having this conversation with you.” As Chief Program Officer at GlobalGiving, my job is to...
View ArticleLearning from one another – curating dialogue on Facebook
Do you remember asking a classmate to help you with your homework? Perhaps they owed you a favor because you’d helped them with something else? There are many intellectual, cultural and social reasons...
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