Sean Stannard-Stockton, CEO of Tactical Philanthropy Advisors

Interview with Sean Stannard-Stockton, CEO of Tactical Philanthropy Advisors, at the Social Venture Partners International Conference in Dallas. Hear his perspective on the SVP network’s potential, its unique value proposition in the world of philanthropy, innovative projects to consider, how Tactical...

Tactical Philanthropy Forum: Paul Brest & Bill Somerville

FORA.tv hosts a very provocative discussion involving philanthropic strategy. After a serving as a constitutional law scholar and dean of Stanford Law School, Professor Paul Brest assumed the presidency of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation in 2000. Bill Somerville has 48 years of experience in...

Google at the Global Philanthropy Forum

Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, along with Dr. Larry Brilliant, Executive Director of Google.org, speak with Jane Wales, President and CEO of the World Affairs Council of Northern California, at the Global Philanthropy Forum’s 6th Annual Conference, hosted at the Googleplex in Mountain...

Katherine Fulton: You are the future of philanthropy

n this uplifting talk, Katherine Fulton sketches the new future of philanthropy — one where collaboration and innovation allow regular people to do big things, even when money is scarce. Giving five practical examples of crowd-driven philanthropy, she calls for a new generation of citizen...

Social Venture Partners Portland

Social Venture Partners Portland (SVPP) is a community of engaged donors. We believe in doing more than attending auctions or writing checks. For us, really giving back means contributing our expertise and networks along with our donations. It means rolling up our sleeves and getting involved. SVPP helps...

Queen’s Conference on Philanthropy 2010

Queen’s Conference on Philanthropy 2010 will be taking place Jan 29-30 at the Kingston Holiday Inn – visit www.qcop.c for more...

Can Philanthropy Create Poverty? (ProteanView)

In this provocative video, Protean View puts forth the idea that philanthropy can actually perpetuate poveryt. According to this video, poverty is also defined by perception and differing ways of life....

Bill Gates Pushes Students Toward Philanthropy

Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft and now head of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, gave this inspiring speech at Stanford on April 19, 2010, about his daughter’s reaction to his efforts to cure polio....

Charity Lives at LA Fashion Corner 2010

Charity Lives sponsors 2010 LA Fashion Corner to benefit victims of Haiti...

Business Leader and Philanthropist Carlos Slim Awarded GW President’s Medal

Business leader and humanitarian Carlos Slim received the medal in recognition of his significant contributions to business and community development in Mexico and Latin America and his extensive philanthropic work through his...

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