A Call to Shift Philanthropic Focus for International Aid, Plus More: Tuesday’s Roundup
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
October 20, 2009 | Read Time: 1 minute
- While there is a growing call for donors to provide more money for grass-root efforts to help impoverished women, philanthropists should instead focus on pushing politicians to support large aid programs that improve maternal health, argue Matthew Bishop and Michael Green, co-authors of Philanthrocapitalism, on The Daily Beast.
- Google Wave, the new online communications tool from the Internet search giant, has some bugs, but eventually it may “revolutionize” how charities that work abroad in multiple locations communicate, says Andrew Stroehlein, communications director for the International Crisis Group, on AlertNet.
- With the growth of social media, Jocelyn Harmon wonders if Americans are still “bowling alone?” On her blog, Ms. Harmon, who helps charities with marketing, looks at how new Web tools may change the social scientist Robert Putnam’s famous study.
- Charity workers and philanthropists should acknowledge their “beautiful selfishness” — the notion that their generosity is often driven by the positive feelings it generates, writes K’nann, a Somali musician and poet, on The Huffington Post.
