The philanthropy world doesn’t yet know what Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates, Ted Turner, Warren Buffett, and other top donors discussed during their secret meeting this month in New York.

But that isn’t stopping speculation about what this famous group of philanthropists decided.

According to a Chronicle report, the wealthy philanthropists gathered to trade ideas about how to raise the level of philanthropy in the world.

If you were advising this group, what would you tell them about how they could raise the level of philanthropy during these trying economic times? What can they, and others, be doing to help solve some of the world’s most pressing problems?

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