In the third of a five-part series this week about trends and research in philanthropy, we look inside the myth that NextGen donors aren’t engaged, and discuss how you can engage the next generation of donors. While the media may categorize millennials as “lazy and entitled narcissists” and research shows that narcissism amongst young people… Read more »
By Patricia Snell Herzog, Ph.D., and Tiara Dungy Here at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy we have been talking about building more bridges between academics and practitioners. Building bridges is certainly not a new idea. Indeed, despite the wide diversity of approaches taken in different academic circles, there are many examples of this exact language in… Read more »
During their time at the school, undergraduate students learn how to articulate the causes they care about and pursue careers based on those passions. Throughout this series, students from Dr. Patricia Snell Herzog’s course shared various lessons that they’ve learned in visits to a variety of organizations. In their final class visit, students went to… Read more »
Technology is changing the philanthropic sector, and that includes spaces like libraries. In their fifth class visit, Dr. Patricia Snell Herzog’s class visited University Library and the Ruth Lilly Special Collections and Archives. They learned about digitization of documents, sharing of information, and the power of digital marketing and technology, and shared their thoughts on… Read more »
In their fourth visit, students in Dr. Patricia Snell Herzog’s class toured and learned about The Nature Conservancy in Indiana. They reflected on the multi-tiered structure of The Nature Conservancy and the benefits to having local and national branches of the same organization. Dr. Herzog said of this visit that “the organizational representatives did a fantastic… Read more »