Generosity Day is an effort to rebrand Valentine's Day - and make it about love, connection, and well generosity. We're rebooting Valentine's Day as Generosity Day: one day of sharing love with everyone, of being generous to everyone, to see how it feels and to practice saying “Yes.” Let’s make the day about love, action and human connection – because we can do better than smarmy greeting cards, overpriced roses, and stressed-out couples trying to create romantic meals on the fly. You can join … [Read more...]

For the past three years, my colleague Lucy Bernholz has published her annual Philanthropy and Social Investing: Blueprint, an industry forecast about the social economy – private capital used for public good. Each year it provides an overview of the current landscape, points to major trends, and directs your attention to horizons where you can expect some important breakthroughs in the coming year. The 2012 blueprint is now available and it is well worth time to read. Lucy Bernholz is a … [Read more...]

Guest post by Paula Goldman The wisdom of crowds, the insanity of crowds. Mention the word “network” to most people and their reactions tend to sway between these two polar extremes. It’s either “crowdsourcing is the answer to everything” --or it’s a complaint that social networks like Facebook and Twitter are just “too full of chatter.” If I have one takeaway from the GEO/Monitor Group conference on Networks earlier this week, it’s about how crucial the curator is in determining the difference … [Read more...]