The September issue of Alliance magazine includes articles about philanthropic trends among the affluent in France and South Africa. (Subscription required.)
The Bellagio Initiative released “Human Wellbeing in the 21st Century: Meeting Challenges, Seizing Opportunities” (PDF). This “report is the culmination of a global consultation to explore how philanthropic and international development organisations might work together to better protect and promote human wellbeing.”
The Guardian’s “Voluntary Sector Network” blog ran a sponsored post from the Resource Alliance that asked, “What can fundraisers learn from different cultures’ charitable giving?”
The South African Institute for Advancement held its 2012 Spring School for Higher Education Advancement Practitioners in Cape Town (in picture above) at the beginning of this month. I was thrilled to be among the speakers at this amazing event.
The Philanthropy in Asia Summit was held in Singapore last week. This invitation-only event was covered on Twitter using the hashtag #pia2012.
Cairo was the site for this year’s Arab Foundations Forum, which ran from Sunday through Tuesday this week. On Twitter, you can review conference updates by following @arabfoundforum and the hashtag #AFF12.
