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10 Questions …. Kate Behncken, global head, Microsoft Philanthropies

The NonProfit Times

Kate Behncken is corporate vice president, global head of Microsoft Philanthropies, a global, multi-disciplinary team that brings together corporate social responsibility, sales and engineering functions. A good portion of her working life is traveling to see the implementation of Microsoft Philanthropies’ work.

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Advancing Equity in Philanthropy with Resolve and Resilience: A Call to Action

sgEngage

The very nature of philanthropy is based on empathy, compassion, and a strong conviction to improve overall human welfare and quality of life. The existential need for philanthropy indicates that structures exist that fail to meet basic human needs.

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Transform Your Communications & Collaboration With Slack

Saleforce Nonprofit

Increase Collaboration and Engagement for Students, Faculty, and Staff. Education institutions across the globe are using Slack to enhance engagement and collaboration. ASU found that a significant population of its community were already using Slack, making it an ideal choice for a new collaboration tool.

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How Grantmakers Can Improve Collaboration Through Empathy and Experimentation

sgEngage

Also, most of the foundations I talked to found it difficult to collaborate with other foundations. From this learning, I was left with the question, “How can collaborations thrive when everyone feels that they are “unique”? The key, I’ve found, is approaching collaboration with empathy and testing your assumptions.

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Citizen Philanthropy: Delivering Impactful Pro Bono Support From Anywhere

Saleforce Nonprofit

Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Venture2Impact (V2I) — a nonprofit organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada — had a business model that was entirely based on global travel. Volunteer from Anywhere with Citizen Philanthropy. Clearly, the V2I team needed a quick pivot to a new way to achieve their mission.

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What happened in 2020 disaster philanthropy beyond COVID-19?  

Candid

The year 2020 was an astounding year for disaster philanthropy, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s a reminder of what else happened in 2020, how institutional philanthropy responded, how COVID-19 affected other disaster response efforts, and what this means for the future of disaster philanthropy. . million in aid.

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Philanthropy Delivers New Promise of Quality Education for All

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This topic was center-stage at this year’s Global Philanthropy Forum. I had the opportunity to speak with both Gallucci and Roy about this unique funder collaborative and more specifically about how the Partnership to Strengthen Innovation and Practice in Secondary Education would measure the impact of their investments.

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