Using Technology to Help People Take Action Speakers: Paula Ellis, Vice President/ Strategic Initiatives, Knight Foundation Chris Hughes, Co-Founder, Facebook and Founder, Jumo.com More from the 2011 Media Learning Seminar is here: http://www.knightfoundation.org/media-learning-seminar/2011/
Article · February 28, 2011 by Robertson.Adams
Take a look at the questions submitted for the live chat, with answers from Knight Foundation staff. Bookmark: http://www.knightarts.org/community/miami/knight-arts-challenge-miami/coveritlive Ask Questions About Knight Arts Challenge Miami (02/23/2011) Close 2:14 Marika Lynch: Hi there, welcome to today’s Live Chat on the Knight Arts Challenge Miami. Go ahead and start submitting your questions. We’ll be […]
Article · February 24, 2011 by Robertson.Adams
The Chicago Community Trust.How A Leading Foundation Broke New Ground I. GETTING INVOLVED: CHICAGO’S INFORMATION AND MEDIA LANDSCAPE Walk into Chicago Community Trust’s offices on a typical day, and the first thing you are struck by is the commanding view of Chicago from the foundation’s hushed conference room. This venerable philanthropic institution— founded nearly a […]
Article · February 20, 2011 by Robertson.Adams
How An Established Foundation Got Its Groove I. GETTING INVOLVED: INFORMATION AND MEDIA When JoAnn Turnquist arrived for her first day on the job in February 2009 as CEO of the Central Carolina Community Foundation (CCCF) in Columbia, South Carolina, she faced a tall order: The foundation’s board had recently completed an intensive nine-month strategic planning process, […]
Article · February 20, 2011 by Robertson.Adams
How a New Foundation Made Its Mark I. GETTING INVOLVED: A NEW COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FINDS A CAUSE The Park City Foundation (PCF) is a new community foundation created in 2007. Park City, Utah, is a small ski resort town with a close-knit community of residents who care deeply about preserving both the beauty of their […]
Article · February 20, 2011 by Robertson.Adams
The Community Information Toolkit will help community leaders like you harness the power of information to advance their goals for a better community. It offers a process and a simple, easy-to-use set of tools to help you take stock of your community’s news and information flow and take action to improve it. Please visit www.infotoolkit.org
Article · February 19, 2011 by Robertson.Adams
Three years into the Knight Community Information Challenge, a new report looks at how community and place-based foundations are helping to inform and engage their communities. The report, by FSG Social Impact Advisors, highlights: • How the field is getting involved: Community and place-based foundations are increasingly engaging in both grant making and non-grant making activities […]
Article · February 19, 2011 by Robertson.Adams
Mayur Patel, Director of Strategic Assessment and Assistant to the President Evaluating Community Info Projects.pdf (PDF) Community information projects share a desire to inform and/or engage their communities. Most of these news and media projects take advantage of online, digital forms of communication (e.g., websites, Facebook groups or wikis), which in some cases is also […]
Article · February 15, 2011 by Robertson.Adams
Knight Foundation/TEDWomen Conference from Knight Foundation on Vimeo. Knight Foundation is sponsoring this week’s TED Women, a conference of ideas by and about women, focusing on how women and girls are reshaping the future. ‘The conference is being held this Tuesday and Wednesday in Washington, D.C. For the event, Knight produced a short video highlighting the […]
Article · December 6, 2010 by Robertson.Adams
Random Acts of Culture ™ arrived in Macon last month as the Macon Symphony Orchestra and the McDuffie Center for Strings surprised shoppers at Kroger and diners at Fresh Market City Cafe with a performance of “Habanera” from Bizet’s opera Carmen. Enjoy the video then click here to experience more Random Acts of Culture™. Why Does […]
Article · December 4, 2010 by Robertson.Adams
Tuesday this week, Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes launched a beta of’Jumo.com, a new social network that aims to connect people with the issues and organizations that interest them. Facilitating action for a cause, rather than just showing an affinity for the cause or ‘liking’ it, is what’s different in Jumo. It matches users with relevant […]
Article · December 3, 2010 by Robertson.Adams