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Some of Google's Shakers are Moving

guptavenu wrote 2 months ago: I guess I’m on the Google beat for SAPP.  Just so you’re up-to-date . . . The Skoll Foun … more →

Tags: SAPProject, google.org, sonal shah, Google, jeff skoll, Skoll Foundation, Office of Social Innovation, Obama Administration

Skoll creates new Urgent Threat Fund

policyandphilanthropy wrote 3 months ago: Jeff Skoll, the first President of Ebay, has given $100 million dollars to start a new foundation ca … more →

Tags: Philanthropy, Global Philanthropy Forum, Google.og, gpf, jeff skoll, new philanthropy, Skoll Foundation, Urgent Threats Fund

Whatever Happened to Bird Flu?

Alex wrote 4 months ago: Just heard an incrediable TED Talk by Larry Brilliant about the effort to stop pandemics. Larry help … more →

Tags: Big Problems, The Internet, bird flu, Disease, gphin, Pandemics, SARS, TeD, TED Talks

Yes, there's even more on Google's Philanthropy

guptavenu wrote 4 months ago: The news of Google’s change in philanthropic direction has inspired a lot of commentary in the … more →

Tags: SAPProject, Chronicle of Philanthropy, google.org, give and take, Google, google philanthropy, the internet bus project, google india

Global giving: Not so bleak

Jessica Shambora, Reporter wrote 4 months ago: by Jessica Shambora On Wednesday morning, when I attended The Bridgespan Group’s panel on emer … more →

Tags: Philanthropy, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bridgespan Group, Google, megan smith, mike bloomberg, peace corps, Teach For America

Larry Brilliant steps down at Google.org1 comment

policyandphilanthropy wrote 4 months ago: Late last night, Google.org’s Executive Director Larry Brilliant announced that he would step … more →

Tags: Philanthropy, Fazle Abed, Global Philanthropy Forum, google.org, megan smith

More Changes at Google

guptavenu wrote 4 months ago: Several weeks ago, I posted about changes in direction announced at Google.org (Google’s phila … more →

Tags: SAPProject, google.org, sonal shah, megan smith, dotorg

Back to the grind (some inspiration to get you motivated)

Valentina Stackl wrote 6 months ago: Valentina Stackl The large atrium at the new School of Public Health building has more history than … more →

Tags: Albert Wheeler, Alumni, Books, Google Foundation, Jonas Salk, Julio Frenk, Kimberlydawn Wisdom, Polio, Thomas Francis

For Conversations, No Place Like The Well3 comments

Brigid Gaffikin wrote 8 months ago: Neither the blogosphere nor Web 2.0 social networking services provide the kind of intellectual com … more →

Tags: CNN Big Tech, NYT Internet, Web, google.org

Corporate Philanthropy Is Good For Business, Google's Director Of Giving Says

Mark Boslet wrote 8 months ago: Silicon Valley companies today have a difficult time recruiting workers unless they are perceived as … more →

Tags: News, Web 2.0, Google, Philanthropy

Downturn's Unseen Impact: Assets Of Philanthropic Endowments Have Fallen In Value; More Room For Corporations To Contribute

Mark Boslet wrote 8 months ago:   Google's Larry Brilliant calls himself an optimist The swooning stock market slashed the value … more →

Tags: Alternative Energy, clean tech, Economy, News, Stocks and Investing, Web 2.0, Diseases, Downturn, Global Warming

No one becomes poor by giving: Themes from the Philanthropy Roundtable at the DNC

jvaconsulting wrote 10 months ago: Quick thoughts (will write more later when the DNC is over) about Monday’s Philanthropy Roundt … more →

Tags: Commentary, News you can use, DNC, Janine Vanderburg, Rick Schaden, Rocky Mountain Philanthropy Roundtable, Ted Turner, Tim Marquez

Google Plans Big Presence at Summer Political Conventions1 comment

greenfloyd wrote 11 months ago: Photo illustraton courtesy of http://koutuk.blogspot.com/Wired: By Sarah Lai Stirland August 18, 200 … more →

Tags: Google, Political, Conventions, Election '08, Power Reader in Politics, Democratic, Republican, Ginny Hunt, political video search tool

The Girl Effect: Invest in a Girl and

societybackbone wrote 1 year ago: she will do the rest. One of the things I really like about what’s going on in today’s technology wo … more →

Tags: Current Affairs, General, success and failure, Women and Entrepreneurship, Women and Social Responsibility, Women and Technology, Girls, Investing in Women, omidyar

Larry Brilliant Speaks About Bird Flu at Google

jhorna wrote 1 year ago: … more →

Tags: fractally weird, bird flu, Avian Influenza, Epidemics, Pandemics, Google, health, World Health Organization, the real deal on bird flu

Off Topic: Perusing Time's Most Influential List3 comments

Bruce Temkin wrote 1 year ago: Time Magazine published its fifth annual list of the world’s 100 most influential people. So I … more →

Tags: Executive leadership, Time Magazine's Most Influential People, Indra Nooyi, Shigeru Miyamoto, rain, Stephen Colbert, Heidi Klum, tyra banks, Dalai Lama

Jerry Garcia, Wavy Gravy and Larry Brilliant

ectp wrote 1 year ago: Artist, musician, songwriter, vocalist and lead guitarist of Grateful Dead; hippie peace activist; a … more →

Tags: jerry garcia, wavy gravy, Google, Rolling Stones Magazine, Grateful Dead

Google.org/Purpose for Prosperity

brendanwitton wrote 1 year ago: I use google.com… not to familiar with everything the company does but today I came across Goo … more →

Tags: Philanthropy, google.org, Prosperity, Philantrophy

WHCB: Google's "Hybrid Philanthropy" to Promote Global Health

Fred Fortin wrote 1 year ago: Larry Brilliant writes in Slate about Google’s work to come to terms with the direction of its … more →

Tags: Globalization, Healthcare, New Media, WorldHealthCareBlog, Google