Last week, over 482 individuals participated in the Council on Foundation's Family Philanthropy Conference in San Diego. A majority of the participants were board members or trustees of family foundations in the U.S. The sessions were diverse and included basics such as Foundation Governance and Management Boot Camp to thought provoking sessions such as, What Would Google Do in Philanthropy? A group of participants blogged about the conference on RE: Philanthropy.
The breakfast plenary session, Catalytic Philanthropy was the most interesting for me. The session was based on Mark Kramer's article on Stanford Social Innovation Review that offered new approaches to grantmakers who want to help catalyze social change. The session included a family trustee who spoke about how they leveraged significant social change and expanded micro-finance 75-fold in a region. Philip Holmes of Blue State Digital spoke about crafting communication strategies and using social media to connect citizens to candidates, causes and issues. This is the same group that managed President Obama's presidential campaign.
Jason Rzepka, vice president of public affairs for MTV did a superb presentation on how MTV engaged and activated more than 200 million youth around the biggest social change facing their generation, digital abuse. A Thin Line is a campaign that MTV started to talk about the emerging issue of digital abuse and how it affects 80% of 14-24 year olds. Jason said that MTV accidentally practiced catalytic philanthropy with their campaign: MTV aims to build a coalition of best-in-class experts and empower America's youth to identify, respond to, and stop the spread of digital abuse. In the campaign, they mobilized other groups, including myspace, Family Violence Prevention Fund, AP Press, Frontline and DoSomething.org and created actionable knowledge.
50% have been the victims of digital abuse: spreading lies, pressured to send nude pics, impersonation, blackmail. 3 in 10 youth sent or received nude texts. 50% have thought digital behavior could come back to haunt them and 25% have considered it could have legal consequences.
The campaign included a website with action steps, empowering youth to take back control.
The COF Family Philanthropy Conference allowed for families to meet each other and explore best practices in the field. While the sessions were informative, it is during informal site visits, breaks, and networking sessions that many breakthrough conversations took place.
With the exception of small, by-invitation only events, there is no event in the Asia Pacific that allows family members of foundations or those interested in practicing philanthropy as a family unit to come together. The demand for family philanthropy resources and engagement is growing. When will a Family Philanthropy Conference in Asia take place?
See also: Supporting internationally focused families and Where domestic and international philanthropy meet
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