How Henry Timms was inspired to create Giving Tuesday

1,896 views · Published 28 November 2018 · 2:27 · Indexed 28 September 2026

Channel: PBS NewsHour · 2018 · News & Politics

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Henry Timms is the creator of Giving Tuesday and co-author of the bestselling book “New Power,” which explores how people gather and galvanize today, often via social media. For this week’s That Moment When, Steve Goldbloom speaks with Timms, who explains why “we need to stop seeing people as donors and start seeing them as owners.”

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