Events and Resources
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Miles' recent articles:
Reaching goals and making the most of your precious time! (pdf)
How many times do you find yourself asking yourself how did the time go by so quickly and what have I actually done with my time? An hour goes by at work, you got side-tracked by an incoming phone call from a colleague or an unexpected visitor, and barely even got started on what you really wanted to do in that time slot. Guess what? You’ve got good company! Most of us struggle with lost time.
Assuring and Assessing the Impact of Your Philanthropy (pdf)
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Resources:
Leadership Coaching--
What is Coaching? International Coach Federation (ICF)
Nonprofit Executives: what they get out of coaching (pdf)
Coaches Training Institute (CTI)
Falling Awake
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Philanthropy--
Inspired Philanthropy: Creating a Giving Plan
National Center for Family Philanthropy
Chronicle of Philanthropy
How much should you give: New Tithing Group
Social change philanthropy: Changemakers
For people of wealth under 35: Resource Generation
Leave a financial legacy to philanthropy
Financial/legal advisors who understand philanthropy
Explore money and meaning
Socially responsible investing
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Collaborations:
Tracy Gary
Tracy Gary has been a donor activist and philanthropic advisor for more than 25 years. She supports and educates donors, family foundations, financial service organizations and nonprofits about: the stewardship of money, leadership, and philanthropy through Community Consulting Services, which she founded in 1978. She has also founded 17 nonprofits including: Resourceful Women, the Women’s Foundation of San Francisco, the International Donor Dialogue Network, The Women Donors Network, and her latest venture — Changemakers for which she is currently raising $20 million to expand and strengthen community-based philanthropy. She has also served on over 30 boards of directors and has been recognized nationally and globally as a force for justice and community building. Tracy's book: Inspired Philanthropy: Creating a Giving Plan, is available through Jossey-Bass Publishing. She is currently working with Miles on her next non-profit, Inspired Legacies.
Laura Loescher
Laura Loescher is a leadership coach, philanthropic advisor and consultant to social change organizations. As co-founder and former Director of Changemakers foundation, she promoted progressive, community-based philanthropy and organized donors to direct their giving for social change. For the last ten years, Laura has been a consultant to local and national nonprofit organizations for visioning, planning, facilitation, fundraising, and organizational development.
Laura is also a singer, cellist, and visual artist. She graduated from Hampshire College and lives in San Francisco with her partner Austin Willacy, a professional musician.
Lisa Tracy
Lisa has over 20 years of experience in advocacy for human rights, the environment, women, health, microenterprise, prison inmates, and international giving. Lisa is a philanthropic advisor and a certified coach; she has also been a nonprofit executive, grantmaker, and financial planner to donors. Lisa is a Certified Financial Planner (R) practitioner, and one of the first Chartered Advisors in Philanthropy. She loves working with people who have a burning desire to change the world, young people, and family foundations exploring social change. Lisa brings passion, humor, honesty, and a grassroots perspective to her work. More on Lisa at Philanthropy Vision.
Nicole Vamvakias
For over 13 years, Nicole Vamvakias has been assisting companies and individuals achieve their goals. As a Business Consultant, Nicole has nearly a decade of experience in advising clients on how to get what they want. She specializes in strategic business planning, solution identification, process development, and facilitated decision making. As a Coach, Nicole enjoys working with people who are excited about discovery and committed to action. She stands as a witness for her clients as they reveal their true passions and desires. Nicole's background allows her to support clients through creating life plans, making value-based decisions and creating personal systems that help people simplify and better manage their lives.
Nicole holds a BS in Accounting from Texas A&M University and has been a licensed CPA since 1994.
Odin Zackman
Odin Zackman is a facilitator and educator. He specializes in organizational and leadership development in the environmental and sustainable communities arenas. As the founder and lead facilitator for DIG IN Design and Consulting, Odin works with individuals and organizations in California and nationally supports social change and environmental leadership.
He is the recipient of a fellowship from the Salzburg Seminar in Environmental Policy and Public Dialogue and holds degrees from Oberlin College (BA, 1991) in Politics and Environmental Studies and Tufts University (MS, 2000) in Agriculture, Food and Environmental Policy.
No one has ever become poor by giving.
Anne Frank
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
Andre Gide
