Influentials in nonprofit tech

Beth Kanter was named one of the most influential activists by Fast Company Magazine as part of a recent feature on women and web 2.0. Beth expanded on the list and added several categories of potential interest to readers here, including: Nonprofit Technology, Social Change Activists, Big Picture Thinkers, Nonprofit Social Media Strategists, and Nonprofit [...]

Buckminister Fuller Award and Jury

One of the first famous people I ever heard about was Buckminster Fuller – my dad is a fan of his work. So the 2009 Buckminster Fuller Challenge seemed to rate a mention. You can get a sense of the challenge’s goals just by reading about the jurors. They include: ADAM BLY, Founder and Editor-in-Chief [...]

Irvine Foundation Leadership Awards

The James Irvine Foundation Leadership Awards recognize individual leaders who are advancing innovative and effective solutions to significant issues in California. The award aims both to recognize the leaders’ successes and to advance the solutions they have implemented. Nominees for the award may be working in any field — such as education, health, housing, economic [...]

Nominations for Change

The Charles Bronfman Prize The Charles Bronfman Prize has launched its 2009 award cycle, marking the start of this year’s international quest for extraordinary, young humanitarians. The Prize celebrates the vision and talent of an individual or team under 50 years of age, whose humanitarian work has contributed significantly to the betterment of the world. [...]

Nominations for Change

The Charles Bronfman Prize The Charles Bronfman Prize has launched its 2009 award cycle, marking the start of this year’s international quest for extraordinary, young humanitarians. The Prize celebrates the vision and talent of an individual or team under 50 years of age, whose humanitarian work has contributed significantly to the betterment of the world. [...]

Data + Prizes = "made for me" blog topic

I spend a lot of time and energy thinking about the data we need to make better giving decisions. This has led to a lot of time watching data providers in the social capital market space grow and diversify. This has lead to a growing discussion group that is thinking about issues from content ownership [...]

Data + Prizes = "made for me" blog topic

I spend a lot of time and energy thinking about the data we need to make better giving decisions. This has led to a lot of time watching data providers in the social capital market space grow and diversify. This has lead to a growing discussion group that is thinking about issues from content ownership [...]

Success and failure

I’m on the run today, here are some quick observations, thoughts, blah blah blah: 1. I’ve blogged about failure as a precondition for success. Was thrilled to learn that one of my posts on said topic was picked up as “suggested reading” by a funding organization for which I have due respect. Here’s their list [...]

Portfolio.com on Prize Philanthropy Phenomenon

Here’s a good story on the prize philanthropy phenomenon from Portfolio.com – looking at Changemakers, Innocentive, RWJ Foundation – and quoting us here at p2173. Tags: philanthropy, prizes, portfolio.com, prizephilanthropy

Virtual worlds meet prizes meet public good

Three of the topics I write about frequently – philanthropy and prizes, philanthropy and technology, and philanthropy as a single part of the revenue stream for public good – have all come together in Second Life. Procrastinating from writing, I was perusing my blog reader when I noticed Cory Ondrejka‘s post about the launch of [...]