The Philanthropy Workshop Audio Library

Leading thinkers and practitioners in the European philanthropy space share their perspective on what an invitation to "Think Again" means for the sector. Each speaker will discuss principles and practices they want to leave behind and which they want to take forward, chartering a new direction for 2021 and beyond.

FEATURING
Derek Bardowell | Journalist, Author & Philanthropy Advisor
Swatee Deepak | Global Fund for Children & Stars Foundation

Former President of Ireland Mary Robinson speaks to what she has learned throughout her career, and how social investors can step up as leaders in the current moment.

FEATURING
Mary Robinson | Former President of Ireland
Fran Perrin | TPW Member

Article3.org in partnership with The Philanthropy Workshop is pleased to launch A Virtual Salon Series: Rights Sandwiched-In, where we will steward an intimate 60-minute program of learning and strategic discussion around a timely human rights topic and the role of philanthropy. 

Join us with TPW Board Chair Lisa Wolverton in conversation with Halla Tómasdóttir, CEO of The B Team, and Leslie Johnston, CEO of Laudes Foundation, for a conversation on the future of capitalism, business, and leadership. Lisa, Halla, and Leslie will explore questions including:

• How have the events of 2020 changed your understanding of leadership?
• You have said that 2020 has to mark the end of "business as usual" and the start of a "new social contract". Could you explain what you mean by this?
• What can we learn from our response to the 2008 financial crisis, and what is different about this moment?
• Is there a "future of capitalism" – or do we need a more radical rethink of our socioeconomic systems and the way that we distribute wealth and power? 
• What is the role of social investors and philanthropists in your vision for a better, kinder world?

Some of Halla's recent work has included reflections on the current moment, The B Team strategy, A call for compassionate leadership, and a recently published article We Need a Reset, Not a Restart of business as usual.

Join us for a conversation on globalisation, development and systemic risk post-COVID 19 with Professor Ian Goldin of Oxford University. Professor Goldin is the author of multiple books including The Butterfly Defect: How Globalization Creates Systemic Risks, and What to Do About It, and has also served as the Vice-President of the World Bank, Founding Director of the Oxford Martin School and an advisor to Nelson Mandela.

We will explore questions including:

• What is systemic risk, and how can we mitigate it in our globalised systems?
• How has the response to COVID-19 been shaped by the norms and assumptions of free-market capitalism? What impact has this had?
• We have seen a rise in nationalism in many countries following the COVID-19 pandemic. What impact could this have in our efforts to mitigate systemic risk?
• What can we learn from our response to the 2008 financial crisis, and what is different about this moment?
• Is there a "future of capitalism" - or do we need a more radical rethink of our socioeconomic systems, and the way that we distribute wealth and power? 
• What is the role of social investors and philanthropists in building better socioeconomic systems?

Article3.org in partnership with The Philanthropy Workshop is pleased to launch A Virtual Salon Series: Rights Sandwiched-In, where we will steward an intimate 60-minute program of learning and strategic discussion around a timely human rights topic and the role of philanthropy. 

Join us with Professor Stephan Chambers, Director of the Marshall Institute at the London School of Economics (LSE), Amma Mensah, founder and executive director of Beyond the Classroom (BTC), and Yane Amos, Co-Founder of The Amos Bursary, for a conversation on the future of education in light of COVID-19 and the global movement for racial justice. Stephan and Amma will speak from a range of perspectives including the potential of online education to reduce or exacerbate inequality and will speak to the role of social investors in supporting what works.

As protests continue to roil the nation, small businesses across the U.S. face three overlapping challenges: a pandemic, an economic crisis, and the explosive response to yet more killings of black people by police. Before the response to George Floyd’s death, the situation for small businesses — particularly minority-owned small businesses — was already dire and the urgency to respond to the clear economic devastation of COVID-19 is only becoming more serious. In effort to directly address these critical needs in the state of California, the California Small Enterprise Task Force (CASE) is working to mobilize $1 billion to provide low-interest debt financing to the small businesses that are essential to local economies and livelihoods. 

Join this 60-minute session as we look at the state of California and specifically the new California Small Business Rebuilding Fund launched by the CASE Task Force as a case study for how a committed and diverse group of stakeholders can collaborate and design new solutions quickly — and how this model can be leveraged and replicated elsewhere.  

The session will be an opportunity to hear from a small group of partners who are creating new structures, building bridges between existing institutions, and moving capital quickly and responsibly to rebuild and shape a more inclusive recovery. Speakers include:

• Nicole Taylor, President & CEO, Silicon Valley Community Foundation
• Luz Urrutia, CEO, Opportunity Fund
• Susan Mac Cormac, Corporate Partner at Morrison & Foerster
• Elliott Donnelley, TPW Board Member & Founding General Partner of the White Sand Investor Group

For those who would like to learn more before this session, please check out the following articles about the fund as it's being built.

LA Times | Bay Area group raising $1 billion for small businesses hurt by virus, theft, curfews
SF Chronicle | High-powered Bay Area group aims to outdo DC in coronavirus help for small business

Join us with Willy Foote, Founder and CEO of Root Capital, and Raj Panjabi, Founder and CEO of Last Mile Health, for a conversation on the economic impact of COVID-19 in low- and middle-income countries. Across the world, preserving livelihoods must coexist alongside the global health response, where many communities face seemingly impossible choices.

The learnings will be anchored specifically in Last Mile Health’s key learnings from the successful Ebola health response in West Africa, and in the context of Root’s Capital’s COVID rapid response strategy to grow agricultural businesses. In this session we will ask, how might we think about multi-sector and multi-stakeholder collaboration to help mitigate both the health and economic fallout from COVID-19?

Join us for a conversation with Kris Archie and Sara Lyons to explore leadership, positionality, and power in transformative spaces. The Circle on Philanthropy and Aboriginal Peoples in Canada (The Circle) seeks to change philanthropy and is a membership organization that connects settler-led foundations and Indigenous communities to drive learning, innovation, relationship-building, co-creation, and activation. The Circle frequently explores and models new ways of doing and building relationships. As the Indigenous CEO and non-Indigenous Co-Chair, Kris and Sara are brought together in the work of disruption, discomfort, and dreaming into the future. This webinar will explore philanthropy from an Indigenous world-view, explore the role of white leaders in using their power, and share insights on how the current context of COVID-19 and global anti-racist movements is an opportunity to shift practice and power.