Becoming a Web 2.0 Philanthropy at RWJF
This Storify story highlights the philanthropy and Web 2.0 discussion from a webinar and twitter chat hosted by RWJF's Claire Gibbons and Steve Downs. The story reflects the values of openness, participation, and decentralization at play in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Web 2.0 strategy.
Has your foundation embraced Web 2.0? Do you have a strategy to incorporate these tools into your organization? These are the questions Steve Downs, chief technology and information officer at Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), and Claire Gibbons, a senior program officer at RWJF, faciliated during a 90 minute webinar on Thursday, May 17.
- This story is not comprehensive, but touches on many of the principles discussed during the webinar.For the full presentation, click here.
Council on Foundations - Professional Development - Online Learning- Becoming a Web 2.0 PhilanthropyHas your foundation embraced Web 2.0? Do you have a strategy to incorporate these tools into your organization?
Happy to be participating in the Council on Foundation's Webinar - "Becoming a Web 2.0 Philanthropy." #RWJFWEB20- Answering these questions has been top of mind for RWJF. Steve articulated RWJF's journey to becoming a Web 2.0 Philanthropy in a Transparency Talk blog post in January.
Becoming a "Web 2.0 Philanthropy" at Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Transparency Talk
(Steve Downs is Chief Technology and Information Officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.) Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), l...- Steve ended his post by asking how others use these tools, and the struggles and successes they have encountered. People were happy to share their experiences:
- Claire Gibbons debuted the logic model she and Victoria Dougherty developed in an article featured in May's issue of Evidence Matters.
Research & EvaluationsIn my recent guest blog for the GEO National Conference, I wrote that philanthropy today is about "using all the tools in your tool box" ...
Evaluating the Impact of Social Media at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - RWJFI'm sure I'm not the first to notice that over the past few years, social media has flourished and become a part of mainstream life in Am...- The conversation and enthusiasm surrounding this event is a prime example of the values and outcomes RWJF is seeking through its Web 2.0 presence:
RT @djoyperez: Have a question about web 2.0 in #philanthropy? Join @StephenJDowns for a twitter conversation May 17 at 3:30 ET. Use #RWJFweb20- Steve Downs began the webinar by asking how participants use social media tools, both personally and professionally. He shared the questions RWJF began asking when it entered the Web 2.0 space, and described current levels of social media participation by staff.
RT @egculbertson: 43% of #RWJFweb20 survey respondents have both official and staff presence on social media.
The @RWJF story starts in 2008 with this question: how should we function as an organization? @stephenjdowns #RWJFweb20
RT @egculbertson: Probably about 75% of program/communications staff, including senior leadership, uses social media. @stephenjdowns #RWJFweb20- Tapping into networks, encouraging participants to share their points of view, and highlighting other's expertise were all on full display!
- In order to grow, we must take risks, and through these risks, we learn: @djoyperez #RWJFweb20
Transparency, openness, participation => Web 2.0 @djoyperez moderates #RWJFweb20
RT @egculbertson: There's a distinction btw adopting web 2.0 tools v web 2.0 values: openness, participation, decentralization @stephenjdowns #RWJFweb20- RT @MWHealthFdn: "In order to have openness you need a really large dose of humility." @stephenjdowns #RWJFweb20
"@RWJF: #RWJFweb20 quality 2: Participation, roll up your sleeves & encourage others to do the same!"
#RWJFweb20 Gibbons Expanding to more networks and more connections should strengthen our work because of broader and more diverse networks
