May 01, 2007
How Blog Writers Cover a Meeting of Foundation Officials
Several authors of blogs about philanthropy have been given credentials to cover this week’s Council on Foundations conference in Seattle, marking the first time the council has opened its doors to blog writers.
And many of the the bloggers at the meeting have been diligent about offering regular reports on conference sessions.
Lucy Bernholz on Philanthropy 2173, Sean Stannard-Stockton on Tactical Philanthropy, Susan Herr at PhilanthroMedia, — all of whom work as philanthropy advisers — and the Stanford Social Innovation Review are among the blog writers who have posting updates from Seattle since Sunday.
The reports have offered a level of interactivity for conference participants that hasn’t been available in the past, writes Mr. Stannard-Stockton.
Phil Cubeta, author of GiftHub isn’t in Seattle, but he notes that the blog writers at the conference offer a rare mixing of outside voices along with those of foundation insiders.
“That COF has welcomed bloggers into the inner sanctum is promising — but then again, if Queen Elizabeth can knight Elton John, then COF can’t go too far wrong by countenancing a Stannard-Stockton,” Mr. Cubeta writes. “How elites preserve themselves in the face of rapid change is an interesting topic.”
The Chronicle of Philanthropy is also covering the event on its Web site, with updates on speeches by Melinda Gates and Mark Warner, the former governor of Virginia, as well as numerous other articles.
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I think it’s great that bloggers are able to share what’s happening in these events, but I’d like to go a step further and connect donors, leaders, volunteers and the people served by charities using blogging exchanges that are on-going. I’ve started to organize a Tutor/Mentor Blog exchange, to support a conference that we host in Chicago. Through the blog we’re connecting with many more people than will ever be able to come to our conference. The link is http://tutormentor.blogspot.com/
Until we can get all of the stakeholders more connected to each other, only a few non profits will be well supported, while most will struggle. In addition, only a few of the areas where services are needed will have programs, because of how hard it is to create new programs where there are voids.
If you fund tutoring/mentoring, or operate such a program, or are concerned about workforce development or diversity, I encourage you to connect your blog to this blog exchange.
— Dan Bassill May 3, 04:59 PM #