[Editors] OFR in the know August 2013

Fri Aug 16 09:53:39 EDT 2013

Display problems? View this newsletter in your browser.<http://foundations.mit.edu/?email_id=14&user_id=44&urlpassed=W3ZpZXdfaW5fYnJvd3Nlcl9saW5rXQ%3D%3D&controller=stats&action=analyse&wysija-page=1&wysijap=subscriptions>

<http://foundations.mit.edu/?email_id=14&user_id=44&urlpassed=aHR0cDovL2ZvdW5kYXRpb25zLm1pdC5lZHUvbW9udGhseS1uZXdzbGV0dGVyLw%3D%3D&controller=stats&action=analyse&wysija-page=1&wysijap=subscriptions>
[Header]

[Facebook] <http://foundations.mit.edu/?email_id=14&user_id=44&urlpassed=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZmFjZWJvb2suY29tL3d5c2lqYQ%3D%3D&controller=stats&action=analyse&wysija-page=1&wysijap=subscriptions>

[Twitter] <http://foundations.mit.edu/?email_id=14&user_id=44&urlpassed=aHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS8jIS93eXNpamE%3D&controller=stats&action=analyse&wysija-page=1&wysijap=subscriptions>

MIT Editors: we are pleased to send you the newest edition of the monthly newsletter from the Office of Foundation Relations.  We provide information and analysis on trends and news in fundraising and higher education, some of which you or others in your group might find useful in your work.  You can also find more information on our blog: foundations.mit.edu/blog<http://foundations.mit.edu/blog>.  Please subscribe and share with others in your departments!

Ideas
"The way we think about charity is dead wrong"

<http://foundations.mit.edu/?email_id=14&user_id=44&urlpassed=aHR0cDovL3d3dy50ZWQuY29tL3RhbGtzL2Rhbl9wYWxsb3R0YV90aGVfd2F5X3dlX3RoaW5rX2Fib3V0X2NoYXJpdHlfaXNfZGVhZF93cm9uZy5odG1s&controller=stats&action=analyse&wysija-page=1&wysijap=subscriptions>Frugality should not be equated with morality, and yet it often is in our society's "broken relationship" with nonprofits.  This is the thesis presented by activist and fundraiser Dan Pallotta in a March 2013 TED Talk.

This video has received over 2M views and many responses, both positive and negative.  Read more on our blog.

Read online.<http://foundations.mit.edu/?email_id=14&user_id=44&urlpassed=aHR0cDovL2ZvdW5kYXRpb25zLm1pdC5lZHUvdGhlLXdheS13ZS10aGluay1hYm91dC1jaGFyaXR5LWlzLWRlYWQtd3Jvbmcv&controller=stats&action=analyse&wysija-page=1&wysijap=subscriptions>
        [Screen Shot 2013-07-08 at 2.01.15 PM]  <http://foundations.mit.edu/?email_id=14&user_id=44&urlpassed=aHR0cDovL2ZvdW5kYXRpb25zLm1pdC5lZHUvdGhlLXdheS13ZS10aGluay1hYm91dC1jaGFyaXR5LWlzLWRlYWQtd3Jvbmcv&controller=stats&action=analyse&wysija-page=1&wysijap=subscriptions>

Initiatives
edX Featured on Colbert Report

<http://foundations.mit.edu/?email_id=14&user_id=44&urlpassed=aHR0cDovL2ZvdW5kYXRpb25zLm1pdC5lZHUvd3AtY29udGVudC91cGxvYWRzLzIwMTMvMDcvU2NyZWVuLVNob3QtMjAxMy0wNy0yNi1hdC0yLjA2LjAzLVBNLnBuZw%3D%3D&controller=stats&action=analyse&wysija-page=1&wysijap=subscriptions>Anant Agarwal, president of edX, and professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, recently appeared on the The Colbert Report to discuss edX, the joint venture launched in 2012 by MIT and Harvard that seeks to deliver free, rigorous online courses to learners across ...

Read online.<http://foundations.mit.edu/?email_id=14&user_id=44&urlpassed=aHR0cDovL2ZvdW5kYXRpb25zLm1pdC5lZHUvZWR4LWZlYXR1cmVkLW9uLWNvbGJlcnQtcmVwb3J0Lw%3D%3D&controller=stats&action=analyse&wysija-page=1&wysijap=subscriptions>
        [Screen Shot 2013-07-26 at 2.06.03 PM]  <http://foundations.mit.edu/?email_id=14&user_id=44&urlpassed=aHR0cDovL2ZvdW5kYXRpb25zLm1pdC5lZHUvZWR4LWZlYXR1cmVkLW9uLWNvbGJlcnQtcmVwb3J0Lw%3D%3D&controller=stats&action=analyse&wysija-page=1&wysijap=subscriptions>

Foundations
Ford Foundation Announces New President

<http://foundations.mit.edu/?email_id=14&user_id=44&urlpassed=aHR0cDovL2ZvdW5kYXRpb25zLm1pdC5lZHUvd3AtY29udGVudC91cGxvYWRzLzIwMTMvMDcvbmV3X3ByZXNpZGVudF9uZXdzLmpwZw%3D%3D&controller=stats&action=analyse&wysija-page=1&wysijap=subscriptions>On July 24, 2013, the Ford Foundation announced the appointment of Darren Walker as the 10th President of the Foundation.  For more than two decades, Mr. Walker has been a leader in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors, serving in a number of diverse roles at the local, national, and international levels.  ...

Read online.<http://foundations.mit.edu/?email_id=14&user_id=44&urlpassed=aHR0cDovL2ZvdW5kYXRpb25zLm1pdC5lZHUvZm9yZC1mb3VuZGF0aW9uLWFubm91bmNlcy1uZXctcHJlc2lkZW50Lw%3D%3D&controller=stats&action=analyse&wysija-page=1&wysijap=subscriptions>
        [new_president_news]  <http://foundations.mit.edu/?email_id=14&user_id=44&urlpassed=aHR0cDovL2ZvdW5kYXRpb25zLm1pdC5lZHUvZm9yZC1mb3VuZGF0aW9uLWFubm91bmNlcy1uZXctcHJlc2lkZW50Lw%3D%3D&controller=stats&action=analyse&wysija-page=1&wysijap=subscriptions>

More In the Know articles<http://foundations.mit.edu/?email_id=14&user_id=44&urlpassed=aHR0cDovL2ZvdW5kYXRpb25zLm1pdC5lZHUvbW9udGhseS1uZXdzbGV0dGVyLw%3D%3D&controller=stats&action=analyse&wysija-page=1&wysijap=subscriptions>

The Office of Foundation Relations (OFR) is a unit of Resource Development at MIT. Our mission is to engage private foundations in the work of MIT in order to maximize foundation support to the Institute.

Have feedback or questions? Please email us at ofr-newsletter at mit.edu<mailto:ofr-newsletter at mit.edu>

Follow us on Twitter<http://foundations.mit.edu/?email_id=14&user_id=44&urlpassed=aHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9NSVRGb3VuZGF0aW9ucw%3D%3D&controller=stats&action=analyse&wysija-page=1&wysijap=subscriptions> | Unsubscribe<http://foundations.mit.edu/?email_id=14&user_id=44&urlpassed=W3Vuc3Vic2NyaWJlX2xpbmtd&controller=stats&hash=b50d1aaf1dbdef7dafb809035188b610&action=analyse&wysija-page=1&wysijap=subscriptions> - Edit your subscription<http://foundations.mit.edu/?email_id=14&user_id=44&urlpassed=W3N1YnNjcmlwdGlvbnNfbGlua10%3D&controller=stats&hash=d8686b42e1393ca0209d65d13f7ff788&action=analyse&wysija-page=1&wysijap=subscriptions>

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/editors/attachments/20130816/e378aa19/attachment-0001.htm