Collaboration

While the World Burns, a More Sustainable Future Is in the Making

by Anthony W. Orlando

At this very moment, wildfires rage across Southern California. These wildfires are only the latest in the increasingly volatile and destructive evidence of change in our climate. But there is hope. Even as the U.S. withdraws from the Paris Agreement – cities, states, and private companies are rushing to fill the void. Sustainability is becoming a win-win-win: environmentally, socially, and financially. The question is, are we too late?

In this episode, Christine Harada gives us an optimism that sustainability can prevail—and tangible proof that we can make it happen right in our own backyard.

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Go Fug Yourself’s Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan

by Brettany Shannon

Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan are self-proclaimed “authors, bloggers, and fashion assassins.” Creators of so many people’s favorite celebrity fashion blog, Go Fug Yourself, and authors of bestsellers like the fortune-telling The Royal We (about an American who falls in love with and marries a British prince), Heather and Jessica share with us their collaborative process, their intentions to make the blog communal and someplace people want to come. “You always want the site, as your baby, to be something you’re proud to share with people.”

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Nathan Masters on LOST LA and mining LA’s digital archives

by Brettany Shannon

This conversation with Nathan Masters, like LA’s history, is wholly engrossing and because of its topic, touches on all of our themes this season, preservation, resistance, healing, and transformation. Because why study history at all if we are not to concern ourselves with the larger cultural-philosophical questions?

For more information and to find links to some of the things we talk about check out the showpage.

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Pay it Forward? Law and the Problem of Restricted-Spending Philanthropy (Highlight Video)

by Bedrosian Center, Bedrosian Center

We were honored to host the Price Governance Salon, a Dean’s series on governance, featuring Brian Galle, Professor of Law at Georgetown. The event was co-sponsored by the USC Center on Philanthropy & Public Policy. View the full video here. American foundations and other philanthropic giving entities hold about $1 trillion in investment assets, a figure which…

Pay it Forward? Law and the Problem of Restricted-Spending Philanthropy (Full Video)

by Bedrosian Center

We were honored to host the Price Governance Salon, a Dean’s series on governance, featuring Brian Galle, Professor of Law at Georgetown. The event was co-sponsored by the USC Center on Philanthropy & Public Policy. American foundations and other philanthropic giving entities hold about $1 trillion in investment assets, a figure which continues to grow each year.…

Collaboration and Culture: Organizational Culture and the Dynamics of Collaborative Networks

by Bedrosian Center

November 13, 2012
Research Associate Professor Christopher Weare and Assistant Professor Nicole Esparza have been working with Professor Paul Lichterman, a sociologist from the Dornsife College at USC, on the question of what makes civic networks cohere and fracture over time and how these processes affect the ability of networks to support the work of non-profit and advocacy organizations. Here is an update on their work.