February 26, 2007
How Philanthropy Can Use 'Social Media' Tools
Readers of Tactical Philanthropy have been discussing how donors and foundations could use “social media” tools—online technology such as blogs, data bases, and
wiki software—to share information about effective philanthropy.
The creator of Tactical Philanthropy is Sean Stannard-Stockton, who works for an investment-management company in Burlingame, Calif. He says he believes GiveWell is the first real attempt by donors to use such tools.
He calls it “refreshing to see donors blogging instead of consultants and advisers (like me) telling everyone what donors want.”
He also wonders why foundations don’t share more information with each other, for example by setting up wikis (public Web sites that can be edited by multiple users) to report on their research.
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—Suzanne Perry
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The debate around GiveWell (which you can read about here), is important. But the key is recognizing that they are a donor authored blog. This sets them apart from all of the blogs you list here. I think that in the future, Give & Take is going to have a whole section of Donor Blogs to add to your blogroll.
— Sean Stannard-Stockton Feb 28, 09:43 AM #