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10 Questions …. Kate Behncken, global head, Microsoft Philanthropies

The NonProfit Times

Kate Behncken is corporate vice president, global head of Microsoft Philanthropies, a global, multi-disciplinary team that brings together corporate social responsibility, sales and engineering functions. A good portion of her working life is traveling to see the implementation of Microsoft Philanthropies’ work. It’s mind-blowing.

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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

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But is this the right question? The data collected is usually owned by the grantmaker, not questioned, and not shared back with the grantee or any larger community. For issues with this, check out Vu Le’s 2015 post “ Weaponized data: How the obsession with data has been hurting marginalized communities.”

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Five Lessons for Creating an Effective (and Accountable) Nonprofit Board

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In the process, I was exposed to a number of organizations whose boards struggled with a variety of issues. By definition, board members should be counted on to make sacrificial gifts or at least to consider the organization a high priority for their philanthropy. Board service is actually the opposite of pay.

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Microsoft’s Networked Approach To Accelerating Social Change Through Technology

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

"Our philanthropy has to ignite action. But as Daniel Ben-Horin said, “Our theory of change states that software products are necessary, but not sufficient for empowerment of social change organizations. Chatting with David Connor , we both had the same reaction – who knew? We need leverage points."

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Live Blog Post from MacArthur Foundation: Virtual World Event on Philanthropy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MacArthur Foundation hosted its first discussion in Second Life to explore the role that philanthropy might play in virtual worlds. " He said that MacArthur hopes to make investments to help nonprofits and civil society organizations address serious issues. Can you talk about security and pornography issues?

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Research Friday: Human Capital Performance Bonds. What are they? How do they work?

ASU Lodestar Center

But a structural problem remains: philanthropy does not typically have available capital for scaling. Surety bonds are issued by banks or insurance companies to guarantee that an obligation will be met. Municipal bonds (munis) are debt obligations issued by government entities. The Social Impact Bond (SIB), developed in the U.K.,

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4 bbcon Takeaways for Philanthropic Organizations to Power 2019 Planning

Connection Cafe

Think carefully about what questions could result in data points that can help guide funding decisions, smart partnerships, and stronger board relationships. Takeaway #4: Collaboration is necessary to solve the big issues today. .