The Giving Pledge Stutters Nov 11, 2010 When my husband read aloud my quote in today’s New York Times article on the Giving Pledge , I groaned, “Oh no, does it look like I’m against the Giving Pledge ? How can a philanthropic advisor to...
The Giving Pledge – What about the Women? Sep 17, 2010 Where are the women on the Giving Pledge ? The initial list of 40 includes 20 couples, 19 men and 1 woman. Ok, I get the basic demographics and understand that today’s self-made billionaires are more...
Personal Dreams Go Public Aug 06, 2010 The letters are up! Forty billionaires agreed to post their "pledges" to donate at least half their wealth to philanthropy on the Giving Pledge website today. The letters are really quite lovely,...
Leadership at Every Level Jul 20, 2010 All the Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas laying in the sun, Talkin' bout the things they would coulda shoulda done . . . But those Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas all ran away and hid From one little Did. - Shel...
It's a 1-2 punch FOR philanthropy Jul 07, 2010 First the Giving Pledge . Now, an unprecedented investment on the part of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation into donor learning and education. What happened? Could it just be that Bill and...
How to Keep the Giving Pledge Cooking Jun 24, 2010 The Giving Pledge has had a week to percolate. I’m waiting for the billionaires to sign up. I actually think that the billionaires will sign up…. but that it may take some time and effort. There’s...
Thoughts on the Gates/Buffett Giving Pledge Jun 24, 2010 A few years ago I was in NYC with a TPI client of very substantial wealth - $800 million - who told me he had decided to leave each of his three children a mere $1 million and give the rest away, not...
Gates/Buffett Giving Pledge: Will They Take the Bait this Time? Jun 24, 2010 This isn't the first time that a rich person who has found enormous fulfillment in giving - who has truly drunk the Kool-Aid of joy that comes from living a life of big and noble purpose - has...
