Author Archive:
Michael Alberg-Seberich
The growing question mark behind the institution of the foundation
One of the stunning phenomena of our networked world is that certain public debates seem to travel the planet with great speed. Last weekend the German Sunday weekly Welt am Sonntag published an article called …
Multi-stakeholder rhythm & blues
Three weeks ago Germany’s Federal Ministry of Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth hosted a multi-stakeholder conference on ‘Advancement and diffusion of social innovations in Germany’. The conference brought together a diverse group of civil …
The Art of Doing Good: Where passion meets action
It must have been the ultimate flow experience: when Charles Bronfman and Jeffrey Solomon finished the book The Art of Giving: Where the soul meets a business plan, they started right away to work on …
The number of foundations in Germany: still growing, but…
Growth seems to be one phenomenon the media still loves to report on. The German Association of Foundations publishes one of these amazing growth stories every year, and at the end of January it presented …
How do you teach philanthropy?
Philanthropy is a little bit like the Döberitzer Heide in the state of Brandenburg: wide and open. Donors often enter the field because they want to give back to society, or perhaps they are passionate …
Giving with Confidence: A guide to savvy philanthropy
Another book on giving! Another book for donors! With books like Thomas J Tearney and Joel L Fleishman’s Give Smart: Philanthropy that gets results; Do More than Give: The six practices of donors who changed …
EVPA’s annual conference challenges a whole sector: can we do more?
Is the venture philanthropy community in Europe in a time of uncertainty really backing the changemakers in the right way? Is it reaching its full potential? Can we do more? These questions were the red …
Donormedia and Crowdmedia: Philanthropy in Europe is slowly redefining its relationship towards media funding
During last week’s Creative Media Days in Ghent and Brussels people did not only talk about the potential of new apps or the future of computing. One sub-conference on ‘Creative Funding for Creative Media’ brought together …
Mission-related investing – encouraging news from Germany
The short story: Mission-related investing (MRI) has a much bigger potential than many foundation practitioners thought in the past. The other good news is that financial and legal experts have shown in a report that more …
Explaining strategic philanthropy – maybe Domore can help?
Today I would like to introduce you to a special donor. His name is Domore. Domore grows up in a family that is concerned about world affairs and how each individual can contribute to making …
