A philanthropist is anyone who gives anything — time, money, experience, skills, and networks — in any amount, to create a better world. This course will empower you to practice philanthropy more effectively and make your giving more meaningful to both you and those you strive to help.
Giving 2.0: The MOOC
Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
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12 hours to complete
3 weeks at 4 hours a week
Flexible schedule
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Assessments
1 assignment
Taught in English
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There are 6 modules in this course
Learners will examine how to approach their giving in new ways, why they have given historically and how they – through strategy and planning – can give in a way that matters more.
What's included
13 videos5 readings
The goal of this module is to study the tools used to craft a philanthropic strategy. Learners will be guided through issue area selection, the theory of change framework, how to assess a social or environmental issue’s landscape and how to pick a high-impact intervention strategy.
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11 videos6 readings
This module will empower learners to efficiently assess any nonprofit through a variety of tools, metrics and perspectives. Course participants will learn how to research and engage with nonprofits, as well as conduct a comprehensive nonprofit assessment.
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11 videos3 readings1 peer review
Learners will reflect on all of the resources they can access and/or deploy in order to realize their full giving potential.
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10 videos3 readings
This module centers on discovering the many, diverse ways course participants can leverage their unique philanthropic resources to create the impact they want to have. We have numerous guest speakers sharing their expertise in this module – review the lessons that interest you before moving on to module 6.
What's included
18 videos3 readings
Learners will take stock of their progress over the course and learn how to stay connected with the course content and their fellow course participants moving forward.
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6 videos4 readings1 assignment
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Goodwill Industries International
University of California, Irvine
Coursera Project Network
Arizona State University
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JJ
5
Reviewed on Oct 3, 2015
Excellent course! Very clear and super relevant Thanks a lot Laura for your great approach.
HH
5
Reviewed on Jan 14, 2017
Best of the course i attended in this field ..laura is an amazing person who teach with passion and talks by heart ..iam glad that i was lucky to enroll in this course
HM
5
Reviewed on Aug 16, 2015
Had great insight and information to utilise skills and resources effectively
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