Giving 2.0™: Transform Your Giving and Our World

A New York Times best-seller and Axiom Business Book Awards Gold Medal Winner

Giving 2.0™: Transform Your Giving and Our World (Wiley, 2011), is a guide to live a life of generosity that is socially impactful, emotionally meaningful and rich with learning. Based on Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen’s wide-ranging experience as a philanthropist, educator and social entrepreneur, this book takes you through different forms of giving—from volunteering and advocacy philanthropy to online giving and starting a nonprofit organization. It provides an expansive overview of key trends, best practices and time-proven strategies. Giving 2.0™: Transform Your Giving and Our World presents practical tools and creative ideas to educate, empower and inspire you to maximize your social impact and empower you to transform the way you give and the lives of others.

Giving 2.0™: The Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)

Giving 2.0™: The MOOC is a Stanford University-sponsored online class intended to teach givers of all ages and experience levels to give more effectively. Taught by social entrepreneur, philanthropist and best-selling author Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, Giving 2.0™: The MOOC covers concepts including nonprofit assessment, philanthropic strategy, tactics for effective volunteering, technology for good and more. Each module in the course has a giving-related theme explored through content-packed, activity-rich videos, which include lectures from Arrillaga-Andreessen and guest speakers, readings and worksheets. Guest speakers are renowned leaders in multiple industries including philanthropy, technology and business, who provide unique insights into course topics.