Upcoming Events
Paper submissions due for Special Issue on “Nonprofits, Public Policy, and Climate Change” in Nonprofit Policy Forum
March 30th, 2023 - Guest edited by Jennifer A. Kagan, University of Hawaiʻi at...
Past Events
EPP Reunion 2022
November 18th, 2022 - 3:00 pm PST - The Effective Philanthropy Learning Initiative (EPLI) at Stanford PACS is...
May Farid, University of Hong Kong
November 14th, 2022 - 10:00 am to 11:30 am - Co-Sponsored with the Scandinavian Consortium for Organizational Research (SCANCOR) Dr....
THE PERSUADERS
October 24th, 2022 - 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm PDT - Please join us for a conversation with Anand Giridharadas, author...
Katherine Chen, The City University of New York (CUNY)
October 17th, 2022 - 10:00 am to 11:30 am PST - Co-Sponsored with the Scandinavian Consortium for Organizational Research (SCANCOR) Professor...
The Ties That Bind? What Social Media Companies are Doing to Fight Disinformation and Weaponization of their Platforms
September 14th, 2022 - 9:05 am to 10:00 am PST - Social media platforms often promise that their main purpose is...
The Upgrade Initiative: Unveiling Coded Bias
August 31st, 2022 - 9:00 am to 10:30 am PST - The Upgrade Initiative is a collaborative effort to integrate digital skills...
Dataraising and Digital Civil Society
August 10th, 2022 - 11:00 am to 12:00 pm PT - What is dataraising and why should nonprofits care? For millennia...
The Upgrade Initiative: Me, My .Org, and AI
July 27th, 2022 - 9:00 am to 10:30 am PT - The Upgrade Initiative is a collaborative effort to integrate digital skills...
The Upgrade Initiative: Navigating a Sea of Disinformation
July 13th, 2022 - 9:00 am to 10:30 am PST - The Upgrade Initiative is a collaborative effort to integrate digital skills...
TRUST, SAFETY AND CONTENT POLICY
May 26th, 2022 - 9:00 am to 10:30 am PST - After the exploration of content policy through different angles –...
Disrupting Big Tech: Independent, Community-Rooted AI Research focused on Africa & the African diaspora
May 4th, 2022 - 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm PT - The Center for African Studies (CAS) is excited to host...
Climate Change and the Voluntary Sector Virtual Seminar Series
April 4th, 2022 - 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm EDT - Registration Link: https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAlc-GtqD4iG9PX8cmqYSIvYFAmotDYr4sR Building Power? The Role of International NGOS...
Decolonizing Data, One Language at a Time.
March 28th, 2022 - 9:30 am to 11:00 am PT - At a time of growing anxiety about the ubiquity of...
Content Policy and Elections: Case Studies from France and India
March 17th, 2022 - 9:00 am to 10:30 am PST - This private workshop on content policy approaches and elections will...
Transnational Advocacy in the Digital Era. Think Global, Act Local
February 23rd, 2022 - 11:30 am to 12:30 pm PT - Digital advocacy organizations are a novel, significant addition to the...
Content Moderation & Civil Society: Case Studies from Zimbabwe, Russia, Palestine and Brazil
February 17th, 2022 - 9:00 am to 10:30 am PST - This private workshop on content moderation approaches from civil society...
Zero-rating in Africa, Reconsidered
January 27th, 2022 - 9:00 am to 10:30 am PT - Throughout the world, people access the Internet via various zero-rated...
Effective Philanthropy for Advisors
January 25 - 26th, 2022 - 9:00 am to 11:30 am PDT - **This event, originally scheduled for November 15-16, 2021, has been...
Seattle Arts & Lectures with Lucy Bernholz
December 8th, 2021 - 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm PT - In How We Give Now, Lucy Bernholz shows that philanthropy is...
The Political Life of an Epidemic: Cholera, Crisis and Citizenship in Zimbabwe
December 1st, 2021 - 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm PT - This talk will focus on the the social politics of...
Content Moderation Beyond Social Media
November 18th, 2021 - 9:00 am to 10:30 am PST - This private workshop on Content Moderation Beyond Social Media proposes...
2021 China Social Innovation Summit
November 16 - 17th, 2021 - 5:00 pm to 10:30 pm PT - The 2021 China Social Innovation Summit will be held virtually...
Philanthropy and Power
November 16th, 2021 - 4:30 pm to 5:45 pm PT - Join us for a conversation about the many intersections of...
Making a difference without millions: How Americans give now
November 4th, 2021 - 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm PT - Join our distinguished panelists for a dynamic discussion on Lucy...
Talk Radio Europe: How We Give Now
October 20th, 2021 - 8:10 am to 8:25 am PT - Listen to Talk Radio Europe to hear Lucy Bernholz discuss...
Education for Philanthropy Professionals
October 14 - 29th, 2021 - 9:00 am to 2:00 pm PST - Stanford PACS’ Effective Philanthropy Learning Initiative (EPLI) is excited to...
Moderating Dangerous Organizations Using a Multi-Stakeholder Approach
October 14th, 2021 - 9:00 am to 10:30 am PT - This private workshop on Moderating Dangerous Organizations Using a Multi-Stakeholder...
Rewriting the Rules of Philanthropy: How We Give Now
October 12th, 2021 - 8:00 am to 9:00 am PT - Philanthropy is not the sole domain of institutions or wealthy...
Book Launch: How We Give Now: A Philanthropic Guide for the Rest of Us
October 12th, 2021 - 3:00 am to 4:00 am PT - Sciences Po, the ESSEC Philanthropy Chair and the Philanthro-Lab are...
Climate Change and The Voluntary Sector Virtual Speaker Series
October 5th, 2021 - 11:00 am to 12:00 pm PDT - Climate Change Vulnerability and Resilience of the Nonprofit Social Safety...
Effective Philanthropy for Advisors
September 29 - 30th, 2021 - 9:00 am to 11:30 am - This interactive workshop is designed for advisors who would like...
National Center for Family Philanthropy, Trustee Education Institute Speaking Engagement
September 28 - 30th, 2021 - NCFP’s Trustee Education Institute provides a comprehensive overview of the...
Advisors in Philanthropy Annual Conference Speaking Engagements
September 20 - 21st, 2021 - Join Advisors in Philanthropy “as we elevate the philanthropic conversation and create...
Decoding Digital Democracy in Africa
June 16th, 2021 - 9:00 am to 10:00 am PST - The Digital Civil Society Lab is delighted to be partnering...
Leading Together 2021: Digital Dependencies, Discrimination, and Democracy: What are Philanthropy’s Roles?
June 16th, 2021 - 11:20 am to 12:10 pm PST - Every aspect of public life depends on digital systems. Awareness...
The Costs of Connection: How Data is Colonizing Human Life and Appropriating it for Capitalism
June 2nd, 2021 - 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm PDT - In this talk, Couldry and Mejias draw on their recent...
Student Event: A Conversation with Anand Giridharadas
May 27th, 2021 - 12:30 pm to 1:50 pm PT - ANAND GIRIDHARADAS is the author of Winners Take All, The...
Hashtag heroes vs. disinfo dystopia: The left, the right, and the truth about social media activism
May 26th, 2021 - 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm PDT - Recent scholarship has generated two distinct impressions of US-based social...
Seeing Silicon Valley: Life Inside a Fraying America
May 24th, 2021 - 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm PDT - Acclaimed photographer Mary Beth Meehan and Stanford Professor of Communication...
2021 Tech and Racial Equity Conference: Anti-Racist Technologies for a Just Future
May 19 - 20th, 2021 - 10:00 am to 5:30 pm PDT - May 19-20 Rapidly developing technologies can be an unprecedented force...
Toward a Pluriverse of Care: Messaging Transnational Indigenous Protest
May 19th, 2021 - 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm PDT - Scholars of social media and social protest have established that...
Philanthropy in Times of Uncertainty: A guide to effective giving in Latin America
May 18th, 2021 - 9:00 am to 10:00 am - The Center for Philanthropy and Social Investments (CEFIS) of the...
Civic signals: The qualities of flourishing digital spaces
May 12th, 2021 - 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm PDT - Talia Stroud is a Professor of Communication Studies and Journalism and...
Book Launch: Digital Technology and Democratic Theory
May 6th, 2021 - 10:00 am to 11:00 am PDT - Join the Ada Lovelace Institute, Department of Media and Communications...
The Black Freedom Struggle & Movement Capture
May 5th, 2021 - 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm PDT - Utilizing a historical lens, this talk will examine the influence...
Reviving Africa’s Endangered Civic Spaces
April 28th, 2021 - 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm PDT - As threats to digital rights continue, it is important to...
Education for Philanthropy Professionals
April 15 - 30th, 2021 - 9:00 am to 2:00 pm - Stanford PACS’ Effective Philanthropy Learning Initiative (EPLI) is excited to...
The Challenges of Audits, Accountability & Algorithmic Justice
April 14th, 2021 - 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm PDT - As its popularity and proliferation increase, AI tools are slowly...
Kate Crawford, Atlas of AI
April 12th, 2021 - 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm - Kate Crawford is a leading expert on how artificial intelligence is altering...