Who will answer the call?

Ah, yes. Two words – philanthropy and transparency – that go together quite frequently in “insider baseball” discussions among foundations and nonprofits.
Unfortunately, the general public is standing outside the ballpark on this one. Two major public events on this issue – the release of the list of donors to the Clinton Foundation and the Clinton [...]

Match the speaker to the quote

1. “The goal is to integrate public policy and charitable giving.”

2. “Why do people benefit in inverse proportion to their need? Well, market incentives make that happen.”

3. ““He’ll do something that will have political impact. He’s not going tojust hide in the back room and dole out the money with a shade over hishead.” [...]

Giving Season starts now

We must be getting near to “Giving Season.” Formerly confined to the weeks between American Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve, giving season is starting earlier and earlier in the year.
Proof: Retailers are offering Christmas shopping specials even as you procrastinate on your Halloween costume. And the second major philanthropy celebration of giving season 2007 [...]

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 at the Clinton Global Initiative, [...]

Clinton unveils mycommitment.org

He’ll say it better than I can. Here’s President Clinton’s video introduction of his new online giving tool.

And here’s the site – www.mycommitment.org
Clinton’s own staff was impressed – here’s their blog post of the announcement.
My quick cruise shows its a partnership with NetworkForGood (Charity badges, volunteer opportunities and nonprofit databases). One suggestion – the first [...]

Clinton Global Initiative Webcasts

The Clinton Global Initiative 2007 meeting is now underway.
Plenary sessions and webcasts available here and on iTunes.
And on YouTube, The ClintonFoundation channel

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Watch out – Here comes ClintonBookBay

According to the Financial Times, President Clinton is looking forward to Wedneday and the new webcasting complement to the 2007 Clinton Global Initiative meeting. This year the initiative will host not only a webcast but a new site with global NGO listings.
The Financial Times reporter characterized it as “a cross between Facebook and eBay [...]

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 the UK now.

Tags: philanthropy, media, clinton, giving

Clinton Global Initiative

The folks over at OnPhilanthropy are liveblogging the Clinton Global Initiative’s Spring update. Check it out here. There is no video but you can see some nice slides here and the video archive is here.

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Last words from President Clinton – GPF Apr 13

President Clinton closed his remarks at the Global Philanthropy Forum with this thought about who needs to be involved in changing the world and why:
“You do. After all, you don’t have anything better to do.”
As he had spoken of the “unequal, unstable and unsustainable” nature of our world and exhorted us to consider the powerful [...]