The writer of the blog evange.LIST wants foundations to blog with their grantees as a way to share ideas and promote feedback and learning on both sides. Using the Washington, D.C.-based Jovid Foundation as an example:
I’m not aware of any foundation that is hosting a group blog for and/or with its own grantees. If Jovid Foundation hosted a group blog on workforce development, imagine how much peer-to-peer learning could take place outside their monthly get togethers. Furthermore, if it was an active, thoughtful discussion, it could garner a lot of visibility for these groups. And it would be a lot easier for them on the whole – well, easier than each of these charities hosting their own blogs that are about the same thing (e.g. workplace development).
Read more of the argument here.
Join the conversation: What do you think? Good idea, or bad idea? Would your grantees value such a communication? What would your executive director say?
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