Book Launch: A Philanthropist’s Guide to Giving (Chinese Edition) @ Lien Centre for Social Innovation & the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Singapore Management University Management University. Key takeaways:

The discussion touched on the personal philanthropy journeys of the panellists, their philosophy and approach to social impact, as well as their insights and hopes for the sector.

Key takeaway from the discussion include:

• Involving the next generation in current philanthropic projects supports and enables them to explore their motivations, priorities and desired legacies through practice.
• While international expertise and knowledge remain integral to philanthropy, there must be adapted to the local context. This process involves gaining a deeper understanding of the community’s felt needs and aspirations, building trust with them, and fostering long-term, competent leadership at a local level.
• Strategic philanthropy involves understanding an issue at a deeper level and choosing an approach based on one’s competencies, passion for causes, and desire for impact to address the root problems in society.
• APC provides a platform for members to share insights from failures and successes with each other and to leverage shared resources. These actions enable philantropists to be more efficient in creating impact by preventing redundant efforts, avoiding past mistakes and building upon the work of existing foundations.

Through the Chinese edition of ‘A Philanthropist’s Guide to Giving’, APC hopes to share collective knowledge from over eight years of working directly with philanthropist in Asia with the Chinese-speaking community and build the capacity for strategic giving in the wider region.

Read here : https://asiaphilanthropycircle.org/2022-2023-annual-report-the-philanthropists-almanac/