The Business of Giving

The following is a conversation between Katy Clark, President of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and Denver Frederick, the host of the Business of Giving. In this interview, Katy Clark, President of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, shares the following: • Financial hit to the Brooklyn Academy of Music from COVID-19 • Keys to conducting a successful virtual gala • Supporting artists during this time

Denver: So we're going to play Take Five with Dr. Neal Barnard, author of Your Body In Balance. Are you ready, Neal? Neal: I'm ready. Denver: What is today's most underreported story? Neal: I think the most underreported story is the fact that you actually can change your health based on what you eat, more effectively than you can by taking medications in many cases.

You might ask whether we need still another book on diet and health, but the one we're about to discuss is a little different. It addresses hormones and health, and the impact certain foods have on our hormonal balance. The book is called Your Body in Balance: The New Science of Food, Hormones, and Health. And it's a pleasure to have with us its author who is also the Founder of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Dr. Neal Barnard.

The following is a conversation between Neville Crawley, Chief Executive Officer of Kiva, and Denver Frederick, the host of the Business of Giving. In this interview, Neville Crawley, Chief Executive Officer of Kiva, shares the following: Agility of Crowdfunding Loans in a Time of Crisis Challenge to Originate And Collect on Loans Opportunities Coming out of this period of adversity

The following is a conversation between Gary Bagley, Executive Director of New York Cares, and Denver Frederick, the host of the Business of Giving. In this interview, Gary Bagley, Executive Director of New York Cares, shares the following: • A significant increase in People Volunteering over the same period last year • The importance of reasserting the Value Proposition of Volunteering •  New Designs  on how to Volunteer Virtually

The following is a conversation between Adi Ignatius, the Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Business Review, and Denver Frederick, the host of the Business of Giving. In this interview, Adi Ignatius, the Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Business Review, shares the following: • How HBR has editorially responded to pandemic and racial injustice • The recent piece that went viral like no other • HBR now on TikTok and with TV show on LinkedIn called “HBR Quarantined”

The following is a conversation with Ai-jen Poo, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, Sarita Gupta, Director of the Future of Work(ers) at the Ford Foundation, and Denver Frederick, the host of the Business of Giving. In this interview, Ai-jen Poo, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, and Sarita Gupta, Director of the Future of Work(ers) at the Ford Foundation, shares the following: • Why essential workers are paid so poorly • Workers rights and the social protections needed • Fixing systemic imbalances • Universal Family Care

The following is a conversation between Rohan Pavuluri, Co-Founder and CEO of Upsolve, and Denver Frederick, the host of the Business of Giving. In this interview, Rohan Pavuluri, Co-Founder and CEO of Upsolve, shares the following: • The pros and cons of filing for bankruptcy • Courts should redesign their rules and processes around the assumption that people don’t have a lawyer • The rules that lawyers in America use today to regulate their own profession promote racial inequity

The following is a conversation between Gail McGovern, President and CEO of the American Red Cross, and Denver Frederick, the host of the Business of Giving. In this interview, Gail McGovern, President and CEO of the American Red Cross, shares the following: • The normal blood supply and when it becomes critical •  Reimagining service delivery model to adhere to social distancing • Virtual Family Assistance Center

The following is a conversation between Sara Lomelin Velten, Executive Director of Philanthropy Together, and Denver Frederick, the host of the Business of Giving. • The Huge Growth in Giving Circles • What Makes Giving Circles Right for this Moment • Rewriting the Rules of Philanthropy