Hauser Center Brown Bag Lunch Series Presents:
“The Internet is People”
Building the User-Centered Web
Presented by
Ben Werdmuller
Thursday June 25, 2009, 12:00-1:45 pm
Hauser Center Conference Room
5 Bennett Street (Charles Hotel plaza)
“Are Human Rights too political to
be charitable?”
The Charities Act 2009 and the Future of Human Rights
Organizations in Ireland
Presented by
Dr. Oonagh Breen
Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 12:30-1:45 pm
Hauser Center Conference Room
5 Bennett Street (Charles Hotel
plaza)
The First Intifada and the
Transformation of Palestinian Civil
Society
Presented
by
Dr. Salim
Tamari
Wednesday, May 6,
2009, 12:30-1:45 pm
Hauser Center Conference Room
5 Bennett Street (Charles Hotel
plaza)
Does Global Philanthropy Really
Make People’s Lives Better?
Insaan Group: A model for going beyond charity, for
creating a legacy
Presented by
Farahnaz
Karim
Wednesday, May 13,
2009, 12:30-1:45 pm
Hauser Center Conference Room
5 Bennett Street (Charles Hotel
plaza)
Immigrant Community
Organizations:
Trends, Opportunities, and Challenges
Presented by
Dr.
Richard Hung
Wednesday, April
29th, 2009, 12:30-1:45 pm
Hauser Center Conference Room
5 Bennett Street (Charles Hotel
plaza)
Fully Leveraged Philanthropy
Presented by
Joshua Humphreys
Wednesday, April 22, 2009, 12:30-1:45 pm
Hauser Center Conference Room
5 Bennett Street (Charles Hotel plaza)
Assessing Foundation Effectiveness and Impact
A brown-bag discussion with Dr. Lisa Jackson, Vice President for Research,
The Center for Effective Philanthropy
Date and Time: Wednesday, February 18th, 12:30-1:45 pm
Location: Hauser Center Conference Room, 5 Bennett Street (Charles Hotel complex)
The Center for Effective Philanthropy is a national nonprofit organization with offices in Cambridge and San Francisco. The Center carries out research and produces studies that aim to help philanthropies better define, assess and improve their impact. The Center is particularly well known for its surveys of grantee perceptions of working with foundations in the grant development and funding process. Dr. Jackson directs the Center's research programs. She holds a BS from Howard University and a PhD in education from Stanford University.
Fundraising in Perilous Financial Times
A brown-bag discussion with
Jennifer McCrea, President, Sarvada Consulting
Date and Time: Wednesday, February 11th, 12:30-1:45 PM
Location: Hauser Center Conference Room, 5 Bennett Street (Charles Hotel complex)
Jennifer is the president of Sarvada Consulting, a firm she started to guide high net worth individuals and visionary leaders to build their philanthropic endeavors. Some of her current clients include the Harvard University School of Public Health, Millennium Promise, Columbia University, Quincy Jones Foundation, NPower New York, Veris Partners, and Preventive Medicine Research Institute founded by Dr. Dean Ornish. She’s also recently worked on projects with the Clinton Foundation, Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund, Sterling Stamos Foundation and Acumen Fund. Prior to creating Sarvada, Jennifer spent nearly two decades as an academic fundraiser, first at Case Western Reserve University and then Washington University in St. Louis, where she served as Director of Development during their $2 Billion Capital Campaign. Most recently, she was Vice President for Development at Dickinson College.
Jennifer will be joined by John Megrue, who is CEO of Apax, a large private equity company based in London and NY. John is a active and longstanding philanthropist and, among his many board positions, he chairs the development committee at Millennium Promise. John will address the issue of fundraising in a difficult economic climate from the donor’s point of view.
Starting Nonprofits in Perilous Financial Times
A brown-bag discussion with
Meryl Schwartz
Portfolio Manager,
The Blue Ridge Foundation, New York
Date and Time: Wednesday, February 4th, 12:30-1:45 PM
Location: Hauser Center Conference Room, 5 Bennett Street (Charles Hotel complex)
Meryl Schwartz joined the Blue Ridge Foundation New York one year ago as its Portfolio Manager. The Foundation supports start-up nonprofit organizations in New York City. Its mission is to help develop effective strategies for connecting people living in high poverty communities to the opportunities, resources, and support that they need to fulfill their full potential. The Foundation engages with talented leaders to turn innovative ideas into sustainable, effective organizations and by working to facilitate connections among our network of grantees. Meryl Schwartz works directly with the Foundation’s grantees to build their organizational capacity.
EVENT - Brown Bag Lunch - Tuesday, Oct 21st
Hauser Center Visiting Research Fellow Els de Graauw will speak about her research on the role of nonprofits as public policy advocates on behalf of disadvantaged immigrants in San Francisco."Representation from Below: Nonprofits and the Politics of Immigrant Incorporation in San Francisco."
Please come and join the conversation!
Tuesday October 21st, 12:30-1:45 at the Hauser Conference Room, 5 Bennett Street, (inside the Charles Hotel Plaza)
Cookies and refreshments will be served.
EVENT - Brown Bag Lunch - Tuesday, Oct 14th
Hauser Center Senior Research Fellow Steve Lawry will speak about the Center's research on the contributions of international philanthropy to efforts by civil society organizations to develop and test innovative approaches to poverty reduction.Discussion will be wide-ranging and informal. In the Conference Room at 5 Bennett Street in the Charles Hotel Plaza. 12:30-2pm.
EVENT - Brown Bag Lunch - Tuesday, Oct 7th
Dr. Bill
Baker, the president
emeritus of the PBS flagship stations in New York will
host a " Brown Bag" lunch Tuesday, Oct. 7th.
He is a Senior Research Fellow at the Hauser Center. He
will discuss his wide range of interests and work including
his new book, LEADING WITH
KINDNESS, published by the
American Management Association (his Ph.D. is in
Organizational Behavior and Psychology). He will also
discuss his recent papers and studies on the "Collapse
of American Journalism."
Discussion
will be wide-ranging and informal. In the Conference Room
at 5 Bennett Street in the Charles Hotel Plaza.
12:30-2pm.