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Giving Tuesdays for #GivingTuesday: Using Design Thinking to Catalyze Activism and Philanthropy

Apply design thinking to the domains of activism and philanthropy. Learn about core design principles and explore how these principles are relevant not to the design of a material product but to the activation of a  social movement. After Black Friday and Cyber Monday, cultural events to mark massive consumerism, #GivingTuesday is a movement...

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Design Thinking and Strategic Philanthropy Case Study (August 2015)

Using human centered design for a greater philanthropic impact. This is a case study of how human centered design (HCD), also called design thinking, can be integrated with strategic planning to help philanthropists achieve greater impact. HCD, initially developed in the context of consumer products and services, is in the...

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Informing Your Philanthropy: The Nexus of Design Thinking and Strategic Philanthropy

Stanford PACS Philanthropy Innovation Summit 2015 – Informing your Giving. The Nexus of Design Thinking and Strategic Philanthropy

Philanthropy and Design Thinking

May 27th, 2015

Philanthropy and Design Thinking (Paul Brest and Nadia Roumani)

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Design Strategies for Impactful Storytelling: From Data to Dialogue

Webinar March 26 - 28th, 2024

Our world is data-rich — big data, small data, limp data, qualitative, quantitative, and mixed data. Like clay, data is a medium available for shaping stories. When we create maps and infographics, we do so at the confluence of data and design. Skillfully navigating and crafting impactful visual stories is an...

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Design Strategies for Impactful Storytelling: From Data to Dialogue

March 26 - 28th, 2024

Presented by Carissa Carter, Academic Director, Stanford d.School (the Hasso Plattner Institute for Design at Stanford University) Moderated by Aaron Bady Our world is data-rich — big data, small data, limp data, qualitative, quantitative, and mixed data. Like clay, data is a medium available for shaping stories. When we create maps and...

Stanford PACS Annual Report 2023-24

Message from the Executive Director We are excited and grateful to share the significant strides we’ve made in our work over the past year to advance ideas and connections that will help improve philanthropy, strengthen civil society, and address societal challenges. This report highlights the milestones that have shaped our...

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What We Do We are an interdisciplinary team working at the intersection of strategic philanthropy, the behavioral sciences, and design thinking to accelerate learning for donors and relevant support staff, advisors and other intermediaries in the donor-support ecosystem—so they can make more informed and deliberate giving decisions, thereby increasing their...

Effective Philanthropy Learning Initiative

Our Mission The Effective Philanthropy Learning Initiative (EPLI) at Stanford PACS conducts research, develops resources, and delivers educational programs to help donors worldwide become more effective, catalytic philanthropists. We are an interdisciplinary team working at the intersection of philanthropy, the social sciences, and design thinking to accelerate learning for donors...

Philanthropy Innovation Summit 2015 Learnings

In alignment with our mission to improve philanthropy, strengthen civil society, and create positive social change, the 2015 Summit brought to light strategies and experiences of influential philanthropists with the aim of inspiring and guiding their peers and in turn, philanthropists all around the world. In 2015, speakers covered topics...

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Give Big or Go Home

When individuals or organizations attempt to solve social problems by giving money, they often overlook the people at the center of the situation. The bigger the problem, the more removed the donors or funding institutions become from the human experience. You will learn how to use human centered design to...

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Give Big Or Go Home

When individuals or organizations attempt to solve social problems by giving money, they often overlook the people at the center of the situation. The bigger the problem, the more removed the donors or funding institutions become from the human experience. You will learn how to use human centered design to...