May 1, 2007 | Read Time: 1 minute
Several authors of blogs about philanthropy have been given credentials to cover this week’s Council on Foundations conference in Seattle, marking the first time the council has opened its doors to blog writers.
And many of the the bloggers at the meeting have been diligent about offering regular reports on conference sessions.
Lucy Bernholz on Philanthropy 2173, Sean Stannard-Stockton on Tactical Philanthropy, Susan Herr at PhilanthroMedia, — all of whom work as philanthropy advisers — and the Stanford Social Innovation Review are among the blog writers who have posting updates from Seattle since Sunday.
The reports have offered a level of interactivity for conference participants that hasn’t been available in the past, writes Mr. Stannard-Stockton.
Phil Cubeta, author of GiftHub isn’t in Seattle, but he notes that the blog writers at the conference offer a rare mixing of outside voices along with those of foundation insiders.
“That COF has welcomed bloggers into the inner sanctum is promising — but then again, if Queen Elizabeth can knight Elton John, then COF can’t go too far wrong by countenancing a Stannard-Stockton,” Mr. Cubeta writes. “How elites preserve themselves in the face of rapid change is an interesting topic.”
The Chronicle of Philanthropy is also covering the event on its Web site, with updates on speeches by Melinda Gates and Mark Warner, the former governor of Virginia, as well as numerous other articles.
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