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Global Philanthropy Forum
Participating in a global community helps you innovate locally
The Global Philanthropy Forum, a community of nearly 1,800 donors and social investors, has held its 2013 conference in the middle of April in San Francisco. The event focused on debating ongoing issues like hunger, …
Philanthropy for global education comes of age
This is the second of three blogs, all inspired by the recent Skoll Forum and Global Philanthropy Forum, which will focus on the growing importance of global education as a philanthropic issue. My first blog, …
Global Philanthropy Forum: towards a new social contract with whom?
This was my first time attending the Global Philanthropy Forum and I am not disappointed. The conference theme ‘Toward a New Social Contract’ was provocative from the beginning. Rousseau’s concept of the social contract was …
Time for microfinance to reflect, but not too much
One of the Day One sessions at the Global Philanthropy Forum was titled ‘Microfinance in Crisis?’ and featured David Roodman, Michael Schlein, President and CEO of ACCION International, Reeta Roy of the MasterCard Foundation and …
Thoughts from day one of Global Philanthropy Forum 2011
After a few days at the Council on Foundations annual conference, I’m now at the Global Philanthropy Forum. Some thoughts from the first day: First of all, the GPF team is to be commended for …
Global Philanthropy Forum: Thoughts on day 3
I attended two morning sessions at GPF on Day 3 before I had to leave to catch my flight home. The first was a presentation by Omidyar Network on how they combine grants, programme-related investing …
Reporting from the Global Philanthropy Forum: Thoughts on day 2 – Cognitive Dissonance
The morning plenary of Day Two of the Global Philanthropy Forum focused on Global Health with presenters from the Gates Foundation, the Global Health Council and the White Ribbon Alliance. For me, it illuminated a …
Reporting from the Global Philanthropy Forum: Considering assumptions
I had a chance to meet some of the folks from Sana, one of the award winners of the Vodafone Wireless Innovation Challenge that were announced yesterday at the Global Philanthropy Forum. Sana, formerly known …
Reporting from the Global Philanthropy Forum: Thoughts on day 1
I’m attending the Global Philanthropy Forum this week, held just outside San Francisco. Last year, as Laura Starita reported, the discussion was all about public-private partnerships. This year it’s a back-to-basics outlook focusing on basic …
