Event Archive


Charrette: Philanthropy & The Body

Thursday, May 16, 2013
Humanities Center (424 Santa Teresa St on the Stanford Campus)

There is a long tradition involving philanthropy and the body.  Donating one’s body or organs after death for scientific research, donating blood or a kidney while alive, or the donation of reproductive material: are all familiar philanthropic acts.  But there are new horizons as a result of technological developments. In her bestselling book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, science writer Rebecca Skloot argues that human tissue will be the next great frontier for research and philanthropy. Such tissue is a new raw material for biological and genomic innovation and a source of data for research, patient care, predictive health, and biological manufacturing. This casts our blood and skin cells in a whole new light. Most of us would agree that we own our bodies; they may be the paradigmatic example of a private resource.  But the value of our tissue as data – at no real physical cost to us other than a cheek swab – also makes our tissue a valuable public resource. It is only in the aggregate that tissue data can help us find new cures, discover new uses of existing drugs, or uncover new relationships between symptoms and disease.

In this charrette we will consider two key questions about the “philanthropy of the body.” First, how does donating human tissue inform our broader questions about personal data as a philanthropic resource? Second, some societies treat tissue as a system of voluntary donations, while others focus more on market transactions and public incentives. Does the landscape of options for tissue reveal anything about the blending roles of markets, philanthropy, and public agencies for other shared social goods?


This Charrette is not open to the public and is by invitation only

10 Years of SSIR

Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center (326 Galvez St)

Stanford Social Innovation Review and the
Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society

invite you to join us in celebrating
Stanford Social Innovation Review on its 10th Anniversary:

May 8, 2013
5:30-7:00 pm
Ford Gardens
Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center
Stanford University
326 Galvez Street
Stanford, CA 94305

Brief remarks by Paul Brest, PACS faculty co-director,
and others at 6 pm.

Hors d'oeuvres and refreshments will be served.

Please RSVP

Directions

Parking on campus is free after 4 pm.

Nandan Nilekani

Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Oberndorf Event Center

From 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm

Joined by Matt Bannick with special introduction by Gerhard Casper

We invite you to a special event with Nandan Nilekani, co-founder of Infosys, one of the world’s largest IT services companies. Nilekani is also Chairperson of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), an ambitious government program designed to issue biometric identity cards to all citizens of India, with goals such as reducing corruption in government transfers and increasing financial inclusion for the poor.  The event will give us the opportunity to hear Nilekani’s view on the potential of the UID project as well as the vigorous debate it has engendered.  Nilekani will also reflect on business, the economy, and philanthropy in India.  

Matt Bannick, Lecturer, Stanford GSB and Managing Partner of Omidyar Network, the philanthropic investment firm founded by eBay’s Pierre Omidyar, will lead the discussion. Gerhard Casper, former President of Stanford University, will make a special introduction.

The event is open to the public at no charge but an RSVP is required by April 27, 2013.

http://liberationtechnology.stanford.edu/events/nilekani

 

Hosts:

Stanford Program on Liberation Technology
Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society  
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Center for South Asia

Giving Goes Social

Monday, April 29, 2013
92Y Tribeca, New York City

Workshop, Reception, and Public Event

with Rob Reich, Lucy, Bernholz, Beth Kanter, and special guests from the worlds of philanthropy and social media

The Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society and 92YTribeca present a special workshop and public event on what the worlds of philanthropy and social media are learning from each other.

When: Monday, April 29, 2013

Time: 3-5:30 Workshop; 5:30-6:30 Reception; 6:30-8 Public Event

Where: The workshop, reception, and public event will all be held at the 92YTribeca, 200 Hudson St. New York, NY

Cost & Registration: See below or click here to skip to registration details.

WORKSHOP DETAILS

The afternoon workshop, “Social Media Mindsets and Tool Sets for Nonprofit Leaders,” will beled by Beth Kanter. Kanter is a master trainer, blogger, speaker, and author of two books, The Networked Nonprofit and Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. The workshop is intended for executive directors and organizational leaders that work fornonprofits and want to learn tips and techniques for scaling social in their organizations.

The workshop provide a mix of content and time for discussion/reflection so leaders can begin to change their organizations from the inside out to scale the benefits of using social media for social good. They will also leave with many practical tips and suggestions for using social media tools to achieve impact for themselves and their organizations.

Special guests include: Matthew Bishop, Editor, Economist, on the future of philanthropy; Jeremy Heimans, Co-Founder & CEO, Purpose, on mass digital movements; Aaron Sherinian, EVP, UN Foundation, on PR, social media and non-profits - the winning strategy; Peter Sims, author, Little Bets, on how little bets can pay off big for non-profits; and others.

 

RECEPTION DETAILS

Following the workshop, a free public reception will be held at the 92Y Tribeca. Stanford alumni, nonprofit leaders, social media experts, and the general public are al invited to mingle from 5:30 to 6:30pm and enjoy drinks and snacks.

 

PUBLIC EVENT DETAILS

Stanford PACS brings Rob Reich and Lucy Bernholz to a New York audience to share their far-sighted thinking on the future of good, part of the pair’s ReCoding Good the 21st Century project. At Stanford, Rob and Lucy are engaged in leading-edge research exploring21st Century, technology-driven innovations in philanthropy and civil society.Their talk will widen perspectives on everything from philanthropy’s uneasy relationship to democracy to how big data and the sharing economy are transforming giving. Audience Q&A to follow.

Kim Meredith (Executive Director, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society) and Henry Timms (Deputy Executive Director, 92Y) willkick the evening off with an overview of the principles of #GivingTuesday and how scholars, leaders, and practitioners are driving social giving.

REGISTER

General admission is $25 for the workshop or public event. Discounted tickets for $20 are available for Stanford alumni and guest by using the promo code “Stanford”

A $30 discounted package is available for those who wish to attend both the workshop and event by using the promo code Stanford.

The 5:50-6:30 reception is free and open to the public

Purchase tickets through 92YTribeca at http://www.92y.org/Tribeca or by calling the 92Y (1212.415.5500).

Step-by-step instructions for buying tickets on the 92Y site:

1.     From the 92YTribeca page, selected the date of the event (April 29) and click “buy now”

2.     In the promo code box enter Stanford, then click the purple arrow to validate code

3.     Add your tickets to cart and proceed to purchase.

4.     If buying the package ticket (workshop and event) visit http://www.92y.org/subscriptions/series/detail.aspx?series=647 and enter the promo code Stanford.

Questions: Jim Friend, ’75, jimfriend120@gmail.com

 

Donors Choose + charity: water

Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Seawell Family Boardroom, Knight Center at the Stanford Graduate School of Business

From 6:00pm and 7:30pm

PLEASE RSVP TO JOIN US

Join us as Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, Stanford PACS Founder and Board Chairman, leads a conversation with Charles Best, Founder and CEO of DonorsChoose.org, and Scott Harrison, Founder and CEO of charity:water. Together they will discuss technology’s impact on the world of philanthropy and, more specifically, on the success of DonorsChoose.org and charity:water. Hear directly from these amazing leaders to learn how technology has transformed their organizations’ ability to raise awareness around the problems they’re trying to solve, mobilize the a new generation of citizen philanthropists to help solve those problems, and ultimately empower their organizations achieve their missions.  

DonorsChoose.org’s vision is a nation where children in every community have the tools and experiences needed for an excellent education. It gives people a simple, accountable and personal way to address educational inequity. DonorsChoose.org is an online platform on which public school teachers from all around the United States post classroom project requests on the website, and donors can give any amount to the project that most inspires them. Charles Best founded the charity twelve years ago out of a Bronx public high school where he taught history. In that time, DonorsChoose.org has become one of Oprah Winfrey's "ultimate favorite things" and was named by Fast Company as one of the "50 Most Innovative Companies in the World," the first time a charity has received this recognition.

charity:water has a mission to bring clean and safe drinking water to people in developing countries. Scott Harrison founded the nonprofit organization in 2006, after spending a transformational eight months with Mercy Ships as a photojournalist. Compelled by the daily suffering he witnessed firsthand, he traced problems surrounding education, safety and health back to a lack of clean water and basic sanitation systems. Using technology, particularly social media, and creative marketing to build issue awareness and fuel purposeful action among new generation philanthropists, charity:water has funded 6,611 projects in 20 countries, bringing clean water and improved well-being to over 2,545,000 people in the past 6 years.

Charles Best leads DonorsChoose.org, a nonprofit organization which descibes itself as "a simple way to address educational inequity." At DonorsChoose.org, public school teachers create classroom project requests and donors can pick the projects they want to support. Charles launched the organization twelve years ago out of a Bronx public high school where he taught history.

Scott Harrison is the Founder and CEO of charity: water, a non-profit bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations. In 2004, Scott served as a photojournalist for Mercy Ships in Liberia, West Africa, where he learned the life-threatening effects of contaminated water.

Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen is the Founder and Board Chairman of Stanford PACS (Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society), a global research center committed to exploring ideas to create social change and publisher of the Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR).

 

GoodJobs

Saturday, April 20, 2013
d.school: Institute of Design at Stanford

GoodJobs
A challenge focused on open data, jobs, and the social sector. GoodJobs invites Stanford students to create mobile and web tools that will help young people access social impact jobs.

Who is behind it?
Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society
White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Aspen Institute Impact Careers Initiative

Who can participate?
Any Stanford student who is passionate about social impact! Whether you are a graduate or undergrad, have coding and data skills or social sector expertise, specialize in marketing or product design, or are just interested in participating, you are welcome to register. Teams of 4-6 students from diverse areas of expertise will form prior to the event and will have the opportunity to review the data sets ahead of time. On April 20th, all the teams will come together at Stanford’s d.school to work intensely for a full day fleshing out their ideas, getting expert mentoring and input, designing a prototype, and planning their pitch.

Judges
Aditya Agarwal - VP of Engineering, Dropbox
Lucy Bernholz – Visiting Scholar, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society
Somesh Dash – Principal, Institutional Venture Partners
Jonathan Greenblatt – Director, White House Office of Social Innovation
John Lilly – Partner, Greylock Partners
Dustin Moskovitz – Co-founder, Facebook
(more to be announced)

Register

Questions?
Sam Spiewak, Program Manger, the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society:spiewak@stanford.edu



 

Sophie Delaunay: Doctors Without Borders

Monday, April 15, 2013
Stanford Campus

Private Event by Invitation Only

Sophie Delaunay is executive director of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in the United States. She first became involved with the organization in 1993 in administrative and finance roles, then worked extensively in program management both in the field and at headquarters.

Delaunay has worked on MSF projects in Thailand, Rwanda, China, and Korea, as well as in the French and U.S. offices. She also conducted in-depth evaluations of MSF programs in Liberia, Darfur, Central African Republic, and China.

Besides her MSF work, Delaunay worked for three years as Program Director in ESTHER, a French government AIDS agency, where she supervised the organization's programs in 18 countries.

She holds a master's degree in International Business from Le Havre University in France, and a master’s degree in Political Science from Yonsei University in Korea. She has contributed to multiple publications, including a book about North Korean asylum seekers.

PACS at the Council on Foundations

Saturday, April 6, 2013
Chicago

Seven speakers, including Lucy Bernholz and Rob Reich will present, Ted-style, their bold idea for global philanthropy at the The Council on Foundations 2013 annual conference session “A Global Engagement: Widening Your Grantmaking Lens”, followed by “An Evening of Global Networking”. Both will welcome 150 or so globally engaged grantmakers from the Council community. These ideas will be wide-ranging, emerging from differing theories of change or points along the political spectrum

GoodJobs CodeJam Kick-off

Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Mackenzie Room, Huang Engineering Center

This is the kick-off event for registered individuals and teams who are taking part in the GoodJobs Challenge. Not open to the public.

 

The Promise of Philanthropy in China for the 21st Century

Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Stanford PKU campus, Peking

8:45am – 5:30pm   Conference
6:30pm – 7:30pm   Reception
7:30pm – 9:00pm   Dinner

 A conference hosted by the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS) at the Stanford Center at Peking University. This day-long conference is in celebration of the one-year anniversary of the opening of the Peking branch of Stanford PACS. Attendees and speakers will spend the day gaining new knowledge from leading-edge scholars and practitioners about key trends and issues in the field of philanthropy, and also have the opportunity to interact informally throughout the day.

8:45-9:15am: Doors open, coffee and tea

9:15-9:30am: Welcome by Kim Meredith, Executive Director, Stanford PACS

9:30-11:00am: “Social Innovation: Is it the Holy Grail?”

  • Johanna Mair, Academic Editor, Stanford Social Innovation Review
  • Christian Seelos, Visiting Scholar, Stanford PACS

11:00-11:15am: Break
 
11:15am-12:45pm: “From Contestation to Convergence? Performance Metrics in the Nonprofit Sector.”  


  • Woody Powell, Faculty Co-Director, Stanford PACS

12:45-1:45pm: Buffet lunch and tours of the SCPKU campus

1:45-3:15pm: “Ethics, Transparency, Accountability and Governance for Social Good”


  • Susan Liautaud, Visiting Scholar, Stanford PACS

3:15-3:30pm: Coffee break

3:30-5:00pm: “Innovations in Philanthropy: New funding models, impact investing, and venture philanthropy in China" 


  • Wayne Silby, CEO, Calvert Foundation
  • Panel moderated by Elliott Donnelly, Managing Partner, White Sands Group

5:00-5:30pm: Synthesis of scholar and practitioner next steps, Kim Meredith
 
6:30-7:30pm: Reception at the Shangri-La Hotel

7:30-9:00pm: First Anniversary Celebration Dinner at the Shangri-La Hotel
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