Comments on: Asymmetrical power relations in the social sector: Lucy Bernholz’s “Disrupting Philanthropy”

By: IPDI » Blog Archive » Geeking out on philanthropy and open government

IPDI » Blog Archive » Geeking out on philanthropy and open government — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:21:00 +0000

[...] Also read Steve Katz’s response to the Philanthropy 2.0 paper: [...]

By: marcia stepanek

marcia stepanek — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:27:41 +0000

Like car dealers and travel agents, the Internet is (has been) disintermediating the middle men — and traditional charities and nonprofits have long been rather isolated middlemen in need of reinvention, now that social media are catalyzing self-organized groups to act for themselves. Viva the revolution: the Web is leaving no institution untouched.

By: Lisa Colton

Lisa Colton — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:31:12 +0000

Excellent post, and excellent questions you raise. I just kicked off the Darim Online Social Media Boot Camp in Northern NJ with 18 Jewish organizations. A big focus of our learning was about listening. Why to listen, how to listen, what to do with what you learn listening. One participant commented that the first thing she needs to do to listen well is to “turn off her internal commenter”. Another posed the question, ‘are we listening to find opportunities for our organization (i.e. a new member or donor), or to make a personal connection, or to pursue shared goals?’ And, I’ll add, what does it look and feel like to do the first vs the second vs the third. I’m going to “tune” by listening to sit with your question of inequality in the coming days and weeks — an excellent and important question.