Giving 2.0

Gold Medal Winner; Philanthropy, Charities, and Nonprofits; 2012 Axiom Business Book Awards Giving 2.0 is the ultimate resource for anyone navigating the seemingly infinite ways one can give. The future of philanthropy is far more than just writing a check, and Giving 2.0 shows how individuals of every age and income level can harness the power of technology, collaboration, innovation, advocacy, and social entrepreneurship to take their giving to the next level and beyond. Major gifts may dominate headlines, but the majority of giving still comes from individual households ordinary people with extraordinary generosity. Even in 2009, at a time of deep recession, individual giving averaged almost $2,000 per household and drove 82% of the $300 billion donated that same year. Based on her vast experience as a philanthropist, academic, volunteer, and social innovator, Arrillaga-Andreessen shares the most effective techniques she herself pilots and studies and a vast portfolio of lessons learned during her lifetime of giving. Featuring dozens of stories on innovative and powerful methods of how individuals give time, money, and expertise whether volunteering and fundraising, leveraging technology and social media, starting a giving circle, fund, foundation, or advocacy group, or aspiring to create greater social impact Giving 2.0 shows readers how they can renew, improve, and expand their giving and reach their fullest potential. A practical, entertaining, and inspiring call to action, Giving 2.0 is an indispensable tool for anyone passionate about creating change in our world.

Gold Medal Winner; Philanthropy, Charities, and Nonprofits;2012 Axiom Business Book AwardsGiving 2.0 is the ultimate resource for anyone navigatingthe seemingly infinite ways one can give. The future ofphilanthropy is far more than just writing a check, and Giving2.0 shows how individuals of every age and income level canharness the power of technology, collaboration, innovationadvocacy, and social entrepreneurship to take their giving to thenext level and beyond.Major gifts may dominate headlines, but the majority of givingstill comes from individual households--ordinary people withextraordinary generosity. Even in 2009, at a time of deeprecession, individual giving averaged almost $2,000 per householdand drove 82% of the $300 billion donated that same year. Based onher vast experience as a philanthropist, academic, volunteer, andsocial innovator, Arrillaga-Andreessen shares the most effectivetechniques she herself pilots and studies and a vast portfolio oflessons learned during her lifetime of giving. Featuring dozens ofstories on innovative and powerful methods of how individuals givetime, money, and expertise--whether volunteering andfundraising, leveraging technology and social media, starting agiving circle, fund, foundation, or advocacy group, or aspiring tocreate greater social impact--Giving 2.0 shows readershow they can renew, improve, and expand their giving and reachtheir fullest potential.A practical, entertaining, and inspiring call to actionGiving 2.0 is an indispensable tool for anyone passionateabout creating change in our world.

Introduction 11 Giving Yourself A Donation More Valuable than Money 132 Connecting the Drops New Ways to Make a World of Difference 433 Charting A Course Smart Choices with Your Checkbook 674 Determining a Destination Assess Your Aspirations and Impact 1015 Game Changers Transform the World with Shared Ideas 1276 Something Ventured Give and Learn By Getting Together 1537 Changing Minds A Tool on the Road to Transformation 1758 Family Matters Gifts That Keep On Giving 2019 In the Trenches Get Big Results from A Small Nonprofit 227Epilogue: The Time is NOW 255Appendix I Creating Your Giving Journal 259Appendix II Vehicles for Giving 263Appendix III Resources for Giving 267Appendix IV Jargon Buster 270Notes 286Note of Gratitude 289About The Author 295Index 297