Grantmakers in the Arts is pleased to have a great team of bloggers covering the 2013 Conference in Philadelphia. Diane Ragsdale, Barry Hessenius, and the team from Createquity – Ian David Moss, Daniel Reid, and Talia Gibas – will be posting their comments and … Continue reading
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Role-modeling alone does not appear to be as effective as talking to children about giving, the researchers (for a new IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy study) found. Parents who want to raise charitable children should talk intentionally with them about their own philanthropic values and practices throughout childhood and adolescence in addition to role-modeling, they say.
Carla Escoda posts to Huffington Post:
From Stephanie Ebbert, for The Boston Globe:
The National Guild for Community Arts Education is presenting its 2013 Conference for Community Arts Education in Chicago, October 30 through November 2. It will bring together more than 500 arts education leaders from 350+ organizations and feature nationally renowned speakers and dozens of professional development and networking opportunities designed to help you increase participation and impact, raise more money, sustain and grow key programs, and advocate for equitable access to arts education. Early registration rates end on Thursday, September 19.
Grantmakers In Aging CEO, John Feather, PhD, posts to Huffington Post:
The Association of Performing Arts Presenters is looking for student volunteers for its annual conference, happening next in New York City, January 10-14:
From Paul T. Hogan, writing for Nonprofit Quarterly:
Raya Sehgal covers the SOCAP13 conference for Creative Capital’s blog The Lab:
From Pablo Eisenberg, writing for The Chronicle of Philanthropy:
Mr. Schambra, who is a Chronicle columnist, is not a fan. But the debate on nonprofit blogs and elsewhere that ensued after his remarks were published by Nonprofit Quarterly fails to grapple with the real issues raised by strategic philanthropy: It marks a fundamental shift in control and power by donors to call all the shots and exclude nonprofits with great new ideas.