Brought to you by
Browse posts by…
Archives
Follow this blog
-
Posts
- Exciting trends in foundation land – the 2012 Feri Foundation Award
- More than jargon: using the tools we all like to talk about
- Message from SOCAP: philanthropy can help build impact investing marketplace
- IFC and MasterCard Foundation to increase access to financial services in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Resilience and reinvention at the Council on Foundations
Comments
- Dipika Prasad on Pioneers ahead of their time: reflections from the Sankalp Summit
- More than jargon: using the tools we all like to talk about | Latest from Alliance on Theory of change – the first step to making a difference
- star Bright on Trust, failure and risk: reflections from the Council on Foundations conference
- Daniel Q. Kelley on Social entrepreneurship plus CSR can give shape to a new way to practise philanthropy in Mexico
- Investment Bank on UK’s newly launched Big Society Capital equally welcomed and criticized
Tweets
- RT @homelessinSavh: The Homeless Savannah Daily is out! http://t.co/58UQHJSE ▸ Top stories today via @alliancemag @gaysavannah @savannahnow 10 hours ago
- RT @CSRwire: For every RT of their report announcement, Hormel will donate $6 to Feeding America http://t.co/2CoBDI7P #CSR #philanthropy ... 13 hours ago
- Innovative ways to pursue #philanthropic involvement: a look at the Feri foundation award winner and nominees http://t.co/vzcdC1Ir 14 hours ago
- RT @NewPhilanthropy: Today we publish our latest shared measurement pilot on charities working with NEETs: Download for free here http:/ ... 15 hours ago
- Did you think a theory of change was just more jargon? Read about organizations using these tools http://t.co/sFfdOZXA #philanthropy #socinv 1 day ago
Author Archives: Instituto Geracao
Collaboration is key to addressing innovation needs in global philanthropy
An extra day making a longer February sounds especially good and prosperous in the Year of the Dragon. I’ve learned a lot during the 2012 Family Philanthropy Conference, organized by the Council of Foundations that took place on 13-15 February … Continue reading
Posted in Opinion
Tagged Brazil, Corporate philanthropy, Family philanthropy, Peer learning, Social investment
Leave a comment
Who should make the social investment of financial education for the population in emerging countries?
What is the healthy balance between giving poor communities access to services and goods and teaching them not to consume more that they can afford? Who is paying attention to the debt level of the population in fast-growth countries? Several … Continue reading
Posted in Opinion
Tagged Bottom of the pyramid, Consumer debt, CSR, Emerging markets, Financial education
Leave a comment
What to expect from Brazilian corporate social investments in 2012 – hoping for the best, but shouldn’t we be prepared for the worst?
Trying to analyze corporate social investment in Brazil, Comunitas launched the 2011 report of Benchmarking the Corporate Social Investment (BISC) on 7 December. Figures in the report are related to the 2010 fiscal year and rely on the collaboration of 23 … Continue reading
Posted in Opinion
Tagged Brazil, Corporate philanthropy, Financial crisis, Social investment
1 Comment
The growing role of NGOs in democracies
Everything started with a government financial crisis and quickly became a movement of reform and request for change. I am not talking about the Occupy Wall Street movement nor any other Occupy somewhere else movement, I am talking about the French … Continue reading
Corporate Social Responsibility: a business mega-trend
The 7th Edition of the Women’s Forum Global Meeting for the Economy and Society (www.womens-forum.com) took place on 13-15 October 2011 in Deauville, France. One of the sessions in the main auditorium captured my attention when I saw that CSR … Continue reading



On Twitter
On Facebook
Via RSS feed
By email updates