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You're Rich, Now What? 3 Steps To Using IPO Windfalls In Meaningful Ways

BY Alice Korngold | 02-02-2012 | 7:41 AM | ETHONOMICS

Finding your own unique way to give back can be one of life's great adventures. You will meet some of the most dedicated, exuberant, brilliant problem-solvers you’ve ever encountered. You will help improve lives and the world. And you will never be the same again. READ MORE›

How Management Consultants Can Build A Better World

BY Alice Korngold | 07-31-2011 | 6:47 PM | ETHONOMICS

More and more, nonprofit philanthropists, such as Pierre M. Omidyar and Peter B. Lewis are providing management consulting services to their grantees in order to increase their organizational effectiveness.READ MORE›

Business, CSR And Nonprofit Leaders: What They're Reading This Summer - Part II

BY Alice Korngold | 06-15-2011 | 8:44 PM | LEADERSHIP

Here are more summer reading ideas from leaders in nonprofits, social impact investing, business, and corporate social responsibility.READ MORE›

The Board Vector: A New Board Assessment Toolkit

BY Alice Korngold | 05-18-2011 | 1:23 PM | ETHONOMICS

If an organization and its board are not moving forward through innovation to meet changing needs in the world around us, then the organization is at risk of losing its way and its impact.READ MORE›

Omidyar Network Executive Forum (ONEF) Convening the World's Leading Social Entrepreneurs

BY Alice Korngold | 05-15-2011 | 10:35 PM | ETHONOMICS

The heads of Kiva, Guidestar, BRAC, Wikimedia Foundation, DonorsChoose, Ushahidi, Refugees United, and others of their peers, will convene this week at the Omidyar Network Executive Forum (ONEF). As Sal Giambanco, Partner, Omidyar Network (ON) told me, this is ON's "signature event of the year that focuses on leadership."READ MORE›

BRAC Is The Largest Global Anti-Poverty Organization, And It's A Secret

BY Alice Korngold | 05-15-2011 | 2:11 PM | ETHONOMICS

Founded in 1972, BRAC reaches 138 million of the poorest people in nine countries in Asia and Africa. Its mission is to empower people and communities in situations of poverty, illiteracy, disease, and social injustice. Its annual operating budget is half a billion dollars. READ MORE›

CGI: Omidyar Network, A Philanthropy That Invests in For-Profits Too

BY Alice Korngold | 09-29-2010 | 7:30 PM | ETHONOMICS

Old school charity and "philanthropy" once referred exclusively to financial contributions to nonprofits. Today, Omidyar Network (ON) takes a more innovative and inclusive approach, called "flexible capital." As a philanthropic ...READ MORE›

Looking for a Partner: Must be Willing to Commit

BY Alice Korngold | 09-22-2010 | 3:20 AM | ETHONOMICS

Put a bunch of executives from different companies in a room to hatch plans, write checks, and plot how to move markets, and it’s a federal crime. Add some foundations, NGOs, and myriad worthy causes, and you’ve got the Clinton ...READ MORE›