On YouTube, Google reaches out to viewers by broadcasting videos of influential individuals coming by to discuss topics of their respective fields.

Within the channel, located at www.youtube.com/atgoogletalks, you will find videos with presidential candidates who have visited Google, powerful and influential women, well-known filmmakers, and esteemed authors.

Recently, Heather McLeod Grant, the co-author of Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits, (voted a top 10 book for 2007 by The Economist), dropped by to discuss what makes a non-profit great. (Also see onPhilanthropy's recent article by Julie Fagnani on Google, "Google: Better at Doing Good?")

To find out more about Heather's book, or hear more about her views on measuring non-profit impact, check out Sean Stannard-Stockton's (onPhilanthropy guest writer) podcast at his website Tactical Philanthropy. There, he interviews Heather McLeod Grant and Leslie Crutchfield about their book, but also on several topics including the potential Web 2.0 brings non-profits.

Click here to listen. (A transcript of the interview is available here.)

Following the successful turn out from last year's contest, DoGooderTV is once again holding their Nonprofit Video Contest (presented by NTEN and See3 Communications).

The premise of the contest is to highlight nonprofit organizations using technology to inspire and promote their cause. New technologies have created several compelling mediums to reach people, DoGooderTV is out to make sure we all see it.

Below is last year's winner from the organization Avazz, titled "Stop the Clash of Civilizations".

Submit your video here.

View this year's entries here.

Amy Looper, interviews Tracy Gary, the author of Inspired Philanthropy: Creating A Giving Plan and Leaving a Legacy.  Looper's purpose in the podcast is to bring donors, advisors, and nonprofits together in for a common purpose.  Within the interview, Gary discusses the various free resources available on the Inspired Philanthropy website.

In a rare interview, billionaire and founder of Duty Free Shoppers Chuck Feeney talks with James Hattori, substitute host of Weekend Edition Sunday, about his plan to give away all his money before he dies. Mr. Feeney was born into a blue-collar Irish-American family during the Depression, fought in the Korean War, and eventually made a fortune as founder of Duty Free Shoppers, the world’s largest duty-free retail chain. Mr. Feeney transferred all the money he made from his lucrative businesses to a foundation he created called Atlantic Philanthropies. Now in his mid-seventies, Mr. Feeney is having his foundation spend its remaining $4 billion during the next decade.  Chuck Feeney calls it “giving while living.”

Listen to it here.

Today, the Clinton Global Initiative begins, be sure to watch it live at www.clintonglobalintiative.org.

From the Clinton Global Initiative website: President Bill Clinton launched the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in 2005 as a non-partisan catalyst for action, bringing together a community of global leaders to devise and implement innovative solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges.

As a non-profit, 501(c)(3) endeavor of the William J. Clinton Foundation, CGI draws strength from a highly diverse membership base that represents the full spectrum of political, ideological, religious, ethnic, and geographic backgrounds. Members include current and former heads of state, top business executives, preeminent scholars, and representatives of key non-governmental organizations working together for a common cause.

The defining characteristics of the Clinton Global Initiative are its action-oriented nature and its track record of converting pioneering ideas into viable solutions with tangible results. CGI members develop ‘commitments to action’, focusing on practical, effective problem-solving measures that can be taken now. Member commitments are comprehensive, formal plans of action with timetables for evaluating progress. They are developed within one or more CGI areas of focus, which change annually to address the most imperative global issues requiring attention. We have designated education, energy & climate change, global health, and poverty alleviation as the areas of focus for 2007.

In this era of remarkable global interdependence, ensuring more equitable access to existing and future resources is a moral and practical imperative for us all.

Great recent podcast in Sean Stannard-Stockton's ongoing series at Tactical Philanthropy: an interview with William Thomson, Andrew Carnegie’s great-grandson. Sean's description of the show: "In our conversation we discuss the just announced winners of this year's Andrew Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy, what William’s great-grandfather would have thought of today’s 'new philanthropists,' why philanthropists need to 'court risk' the blurring of the lines between for-profit activity and philanthropy, and an emerging philanthropic trend in Europe.

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Here's a wonderful video excerpt from a documentary on the life of a major philathropist from New Zealand. The clips is the opening segment of the award-winning documentary Giving It All Away which tells the story of Sir Roy McKenzie - philanthropist, ski champion, champion of the struggling and needy in New Zealand. Written and directed by Paul Davidson.

This video is almost a year old now but we thought we'd post. For one, we didn't have this nifty mediablog a year ago. And it's also interesting to reflect on this "biggest-ever" philanthropic commitment after a year. Here's Charlie Rose with Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates.

What does Warren Buffett look for in a charity? This Wall Street Journal video asks the big question on philanthropy (there's also some opinion on investing and political candidates):

From Sean Stannard-Stockton's Tactical Philanthropy blog - an excellent podcast featuring our own Dr. Ssan Raymond. According to Sean, "Susan touches on themes such as the blending of for profit and nonprofit models, the intertwining of economic and social advancement and even responds to Phil Cubeta’s disparaging description of Micro Finance as “Micro Loan Sharking."

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