Melinda French Gates
Teaches Impactful Giving
Melinda French Gates, a dedicated philanthropist and champion for women and girls, offers insightful guidance on how to utilize your unique talents and skills effectively to drive meaningful change and make a significant impact in the world around you.
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- Full Access to all Courses
- Bonus classes guides & content
- Watch on your computer and Phone
- Share with your household (3 Devices)
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Transformative Giving: Learning from Melinda Gates' Journey
Melinda French Gates, an esteemed philanthropist and advocate for the empowerment of women and girls, presents a captivating and comprehensive guide on how to channel your unique talents into effective philanthropic efforts. In her enlightening course, Melinda explores the diverse spectrum of philanthropic giving, assisting you in finding the perfect niche for your personal contributions. She passionately discusses the significance of deeply understanding people’s lives and needs to make your giving truly impactful. By sharing her vast experience and insights, Melinda teaches the art of empathetic and strategic giving, empowering you to make a substantial and meaningful difference in the world. This course not only educates but also inspires, encouraging you to transform your good intentions into actions that resonate and bring about real change.
Course Content.
Founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Pivotal Ventures, Melinda is one of the world’s most prolific philanthropists. She tells the story of her success and lays out the framework for a class on using what you have to make the greatest impact for others.
Melinda encourages members to tap into their personal values in order to find causes that align with their personal goals and beliefs.
In this page from her journal, Melinda describes the experience of visiting a Tanzanian village where education is prized.
Learn how to uncover your personal resources, including time, money, your voice, or expertise—and use them to make an impact for others.
Understand the different forms of philanthropic giving and discover where you may want your own giving to fit in.
Melinda encourages members to get curious about their recipients and to form connections that will make their work resonate.
In this entry from her diary, Melinda recounts her visit to a village of Indian sex workers and how the experience helped her understand women’s empowerment more deeply.
Join Melinda in thinking about both your personal passions and your community’s needs in order to pick an issue you’d like to get involved with.
Melinda lays out a framework that will help you in researching and activating your giving endeavors.
What gets measured gets done. In this lesson, Melinda encourages members to set goals in order to quantify and qualify their successes.
In this entry from her journal, Melinda describes her visit to a school in North Carolina where one student shares how he’s inspired to give back.
When it comes to giving, both qualitative and quantitative data can provide deeply valuable information. In this lesson, Melinda teaches how to use data to understand needs in the community and define your goals and measurements for success.
Melinda describes the types of barriers that may arise in your endeavors, and ways to think strategically about how to break them down.
Learn about the value of collaboration in giving and the roles strong partners can play in helping you to achieve your goals.
Melinda talks about the importance of learning about others’ lives in order to truly understand their needs.
Melinda visits a Berkeley, California, program that empowers young women.
Making an impact is hard. Melinda encourages you to fight through your struggles when contributing to a cause.
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- Full Access to all Courses
- Watch on your computer
- Watch on your Phone
- Bonus class guides & content
- Share with your household (3 Devices)
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