Short Talk 3B: From "Funders" to Changemakers
Session Designer
Eugene Eric Kim, Groupaya
Session Description
Foundations gave about $40 billion to U.S. charitable organizations in 2010, a non-trivial amount to be sure, but only 13 percent of charitable giving overall and an even smaller percentage of funds needed to solve our most difficult problem. If we really care about maximizing our impact, then we need to shift our mindsets from foundations as "funders" to foundations as "changemakers." What strengths are we underleveraging or, worse, impeding? How can we realistically shift our mindsets and behaviors so that we can make a bigger impact on the world?
Speakers
![[photo]](https://8ca84662c5b8f0cff50d-4baaaf97d63fd7b01243e1b1c57f0cc1.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/27/profile_df0292ec19d20d969f98d7f4a6e9fe82.png "Eugene Eric Kim, Groupaya")
Eugene Eric Kim, Groupaya
Title
Partner
Speaker Biography
Eugene Eric Kim is cofounder and partner of Groupaya, an organization that works with groups to work more skillfully togetther. Prior to this Kim was the cofounder and principal of Blue Oxen Associates, a consulting firm that works with groups to maximize their collaborative intelligence. He's developed collaborative strategies for a number of organizations, from Fortune 100 organizations to philanthropic foundations to government agencies. He focuses especially on large-scale, multi-stakeholder collaboration and collaborative learning. Past clients have included NASA, Institute for International Education, Socialtext, and the Wikimedia Foundation. In addition to his work at Blue Oxen Associates, Eugene serves on the boards of the Leadership Learning Community and WiserEarth.