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is a new project of the Friends Foundation, which develops systemic charity in Russia. Enrollment at the School will continue until September 20. Classes will begin in November at the Higher School of Economics and will last 9 months. The course is designed for 30 students, competition is expected for approximately 5 people per place. The training is paid; based on the results of entrance tests and interviews, several grants are provided from the Friends Foundation.
The school is a long-term strategic project of the foundation. There are plans to add a new specialty to the register of classifiers of educational specialties in two years. Then - the creation of a full-fledged master's program. The final step of the first stage of development of the Moscow School of Professional Philanthropy will be the establishment of Russia's first faculty of philanthropy and a full-fledged research center dealing with issues of the non-profit sector.
- What cross-section of students are you counting on? Is this an educational program for beginners or coaching for advanced people?
Firstly, these are the leaders of NPOs. We are faced with the fact that people at the head of charitable organizations, regardless of their size, want to learn and develop. Secondly, these are specialists who are professional managers in various areas of business and are thinking about connecting their lives with work in non-profit organizations.
Will there be a critical gap in the starting level of these two categories of students? By definition, the head of an NPO has fewer skills at the start in the field of management, and people from business have a poor understanding of charity itself. How will they learn together?
I don't see much of a contradiction here. This is precisely our task - to ensure that a leader from the NPO sector receives useful knowledge and skills during the training process, and business students are able to better understand the essence of the activities of NPOs. To avoid a big gap at the starting stage, we will try to adapt our course to both categories of students. Without a special approach to all students, no education can be effective.
- When creating the School, what models did you focus on?
It is still in the process of creation. First of all, we proceed from the needs of the sector. There is no professional education in the field of charity in Russia, although the field is actively growing and developing. People working in this field have already come to understand that this is a profession, and not just enthusiasm: in order to do good deeds effectively, it is better to do them professionally.
Course program. Image from mspp.ru
We analyzed what is available in the world, university and business school programs dedicated to Nonprofit Management. We looked at American formats, such as Georgetown University - McDonough School of Business and their European counterparts University of Geneva - Geneva School of Economics and Management (GSEM). Each program has both academic and practical parts; we have adopted their project approach from a number of programs. We borrowed a successful case from Indiana University, Bloomington School of Public & Environmental Affairs with the idea of an internship for students. The range of disciplines in our program includes the most popular topics from the courses of the above universities.
However, it is impossible to transfer Western teaching formats to us unchanged; we need to adapt them. This is what we are doing now. We are guided, among other things, by the experience of lectures that the Friends Foundation organized for NGOs throughout the year - thanks to them, we clearly understand what is in demand and what is not. We even did a study on this topic, in which we analyzed the requests of charity employees in the field of additional education. Thus, among the most popular subject areas were top-level management ones: team management, strategic thinking, project management. These data played a decisive role in shaping the school's program.
Eight training modules have already been defined; their specific content is currently being developed, and I am sure it will change for several more years. We are just getting started now.
- Will the teachers be local?
We are open to global experience and try to attract Western experts to work at the school. At the same time, we are proud that among the speakers of the program are the main stars of Russian charity who have extensive experience. Members of the expert council of the Friends Foundation, which includes Faina Zakharova (Life Line), Alena Meshkova (Konstantin Khabensky Foundation), Nyuta Federmesser (Vera Foundation), Asya Zalogina (Naked Hearts) and others. HSE specialists and trainers working with the Moscow School of Management Skolkovo will also teach.
Charity stars to be featured as motivational speakers? Will the training be more inspirational, or will it focus on specific skills?
A good education is a combination of inspiration and skills. If this is just inspiration, then we return to what we already have - a lot of enthusiasts and little professionalism. Our job is to connect the dots: here are the skills so you can achieve the goals we've inspired you to achieve.
How much does professionalism cost?
The cost of training at the School is 300,000 rubles, and the salaries of the heads of most NPOs are much lower. And the budgets of NGOs are now structured in such a way that there are no large funds for training. Who can afford it? Where can I get money for training? Grants have been announced for only three people.
Three grants have been announced for all applicants; another 12 free places will be received by employees of foundations who are on the Friends platform.
I think that there will also be sponsors who will be willing to pay for the training of talented candidates. Some of our future students will be willing to pay themselves, some will be paid for by the organization, and some will be covered by their own benefactors.
I hope that large fund donors will understand that training the director of the fund is no less, and perhaps more effective, than donating the same 300,000 for one-time assistance to those in need. After all, with a trained professional director, the fund will ultimately be able to earn significantly more. The fund's performance will improve. It seems to me that there should be such logic. We all understand that we need to learn. We would be very happy to make this education free for everyone. But it doesn’t work that way, unfortunately.
But the fact is that the thinking of NGOs in Russia is now structured differently, and money for such things is allocated with great difficulty. Leaders of even large NPOs cry that they would like to finance such things, but cannot. They don’t understand where to get the money for this.
It's a vicious circle. “I don’t understand where to get money for training, and for me to understand, I need to undergo training.” You have to somehow get out of this circle. There is no universal recipe here. But, for example, every serious foundation has a board or board of trustees. They should consist of representatives of other industries: business, banking, and so on. And it is these people who should help NPO leaders find money for training and development, since they clearly understand the need for this.
Dmitry Yampolsky
There is currently a discussion about the level of salaries in NPOs. The publication of the salaries of some NPOs has already given rise to scandals. “Salary like in business” - when is such a requirement justified and when not?
Everything has its own shades. I don’t know any examples of NPOs where salaries are off the charts. NPOs do not allow themselves any incredible bonuses. There is really no need to go towards excesses. But I believe that salaries in NPOs should be in the market, people in NPOs should earn normal money.
- In the market - what to compare this with? With what sector?
For me personally, the head of an NPO and the head of a company that deals with education or science are comparable positions. And I want to see a professional in this position. I know: when a professional comes, he will earn this money. He will not allow the company to have incorrect reporting; he will develop a development strategy.
If there is a non-professional who really wants to do charity work, and is ready not to receive money, eat black bread and drink water, then I don’t really believe that this is a long-term job. It’s better if this person earns money and then makes donations to NGOs. A person must see the result of his work - including in the form of his reward.
This, of course, has its limits. The head of an NPO cannot earn the same amount as the head of a large corporation. Simply because the donor who read in the newspaper a request to donate, say, for the treatment of a child and then saw that the head of this NGO receives huge amounts of money, will think: they earn so much, why should I give them? Such extremes are not needed. But you need to be in the market.
We have many examples when people from business, super-professionals, say: we want to go to an NPO, but we can’t afford the salary we get from an NPO.
What is strategically better for the fund - to have a person come for a low salary, or to attract a top specialist? In a year or two, attracting a specialist will pay off significantly, and the fund will be able to help more people.
Implants and charismatics
At a seminar at the Moscow School of Professional Philanthropy
What has the experience of “upgrading” the management of NPOs, which the Friends Foundation has, shown, the project of introducing “implants” from business into NPOs? What barriers does the project face? What competencies are most lacking in NPOs?
The Friends Charitable Foundation, founded by Gor Nakhapetyan, Yan Yanovsky and Dmitry Yampolsky in 2015, sees its mission as helping the charity industry in Russia become more professional. This is a "fund for funds." One of the foundation’s main programs, “Team of Professionals,” is to attract and integrate management personnel into NPOs. At the same time, the Friends Foundation takes on the functions of selecting, implementing and paying for the services of qualified managers for charitable foundations. Such attracted managers are called “implants” in the fund.This is a very labor-intensive, very complex project. For foundations' participation in a project to be successful, foundations must be able to change, and these changes are often painful. This is not specific to the charity sector. In the same way, if I come to some private company and say: now we will help you establish management, most likely, problems will immediately begin.
- They won’t go for it?
The funds are ready to go, they are a little more motivated, because they are responsible not only for themselves, but also for the people they help. But tearing yourself out of the comfort zone in which you live (even if it seems not very comfortable) is always very difficult. This is the main barrier.
In addition, there is another important problem related to the first. Foundations, as a rule, at least for now, are foundations of a charismatic founder, a charismatic leader. Convincing this charismatic leader that his brainchild requires change is not easy. In words there is a much greater desire to change than in reality. But we decide to make changes only when we see: the fund has potential, and if we change the development strategy, the organization has a chance to grow by an order of magnitude and significantly expand its activities.
At a seminar at the Moscow School of Professional Philanthropy
- What is a fund that has no potential?
Imagine that there is a foundation that helps hummingbirds - so that hummingbirds do not disappear from the face of the earth. Or protecting only white tigers, and there are only, say, 20 of them left on Earth. A very limited goal, albeit a noble one. There is no potential for development here. But if the foundation sets the task differently: let’s ensure that all animals included in the Red Book do not disappear - then the potential of the foundation is colossal.
In general, almost any fund has potential. For example, the fund helps children who were born in prison. What is its potential? For example, previously the fund was focused on helping those children who are in prison with their mothers, but then the mother and child are released, and such children need to be helped to adapt to freedom, accompanied, led by the hand into society, etc. It turns out that each fund, with a professional approach, has development potential.
- In your opinion, does business know better how and in what direction the funds should change?
No, that's not true. The key to systemic change lies in the synergy of experience and principles of business and charity. The process of pumping funds requires manual control and fine settings. If you simply bring together a charismatic fund founder with a smart financial director, it is unlikely that anything will work out.
What does a smart finder do? Counts money and offers solutions based on the logic of money. “So, we will now reduce aid here in order to increase it here, this will be more effective.” Charity is not inclined to formally refuse, and in any situation will figure out how to still help. And here we need to find a middle ground. The business professional is right from the point of view of the computer, logical approach, which does not always work in business.
The Friends Foundation strives to bring together the approaches of people from charity and people from business. And this can be extremely difficult. But probably.
In this rapprochement, business people need to understand what all this charity is for. Business managers need to be converted to this faith so that when building processes, they do not break the essence, do not trample on the heart. Merging a business approach and a charitable approach is a global task and, probably, the most difficult thing in our work.
- How do you evaluate the effectiveness of such investments in the fund?
At the start, we build a system for assessing the achievements of the implanted specialist. If, for example, this is a marketing specialist, then increase the audience coverage, say, from 10,000 people to 100,000 by a certain date. And we see whether the goal has been achieved or not. We set specific KPIs. These KPIs can be quite complex, and the specialist must defend his fund development strategy to us at the start.
Let's say there is a foundation called Nochlezhka, it operates in St. Petersburg. And we, together with them, believe that it should open in Moscow and in all major cities - this is a clear KPI. And then we evaluate whether it worked or not.
NPO report as a textbook for donors
At a seminar at the Moscow School of Professional Philanthropy
- Is it necessary to teach something to donors – those who give money?
And how! For example, I have one acquaintance, an intelligent and respected person, I will not mention his last name, but it is famous. And he tells me: “I don’t trust funds! I once gave money to the fund”... - and then he tells me his sad experience, how the fund spent this money incorrectly, from his point of view, and he was left with the feeling that he had been deceived.
And that’s it, he no longer helps the funds. He says: bring me a sick child by the hand, I will pay for his treatment, and the funds are thieves. The cost of an error for funds is this.
What works here to train the donor? Firstly, transparency and openness of the fund. If a person donated money, write him a report showing where every penny of his money went. This is extremely important especially in such a wounded society as Russia, where there have been many fraudulent schemes around charity in the past.
Openness and transparency is a way to increase a major donor's knowledge in this area. Gratitude works for this too. Along with specific information about how the funds are spent.
Let the donor receive a detailed report, which he may not even read in its entirety. He will see that the foundation is scrupulous about every penny received from the donor, and his confidence in the charity will increase.
What has been the most inspiring new thing you've learned in the field of philanthropy recently?
One of the main conclusions that I have made during the time that I have been involved in charity is that charity can be not only targeted. That foundations that help build the system of philanthropy itself and create the basis for charity are no less important. Investments in the system are no less important than targeted assistance.
Dmitry Yampolsky
We see this in the Friends Foundation, the activities of which have a great response, we are proud of our results and inspired by new victories.
Beet salad: beets, prunes, mayonnaise, nuts.
Olivier: meat, eggs, potatoes, peas.
Stuffed tomatoes: cheese, garlic, mayonnaise, herbs.
Salmon salad: canned salmon, eggs, onions.
Pickles. Cold cuts.
White (hot smoked) and red (salted) fish.
Close your eyes and remember: this happened in every Soviet home.
A bottle of champagne and vodka.
At the end of the holiday we had fun in different ways.
They left talking into the night. They laughed and sang songs.
We played cards. They hit their faces.
All this is now perceived as an old movie. The era has changed.
But people continue to meet. Have new rituals appeared?
as powerful, sad and funny as in the past?
How, what, with what and with whom they drink nowadays.
Sergei Veksler and Yulia Sadovskaya
Do you often host a feast?
Julia: As long as we live together, we collect as much.
About fifteen years old. Almost every Saturday.
What has changed since your first gatherings?
Sergey: They were younger! The temperament was different! There was wild fun!
In the darkest times, when there was nothing, we still
they managed to organize feasts and made some kind of alcohol.
The table was set from what the guests brought. Then there was time
- ate tons of meat. There was a lot of preserved food: peppers,
eggplants. Now there is less spicy food on the table. Even earlier
They put a case of beer. And now everyone is struggling with excess weight,
Therefore, beer was excluded from the diet altogether.
Julia: They began to drink less, and there were practically no drunk people.
And if earlier it was necessary to see the bottom of the damask, then
Now if you haven’t finished drinking, it’s okay. Drinks have changed
and, accordingly, a snack.
Sergey: We stopped buying cold cuts, sausages, making these
crazy salads with rice and potatoes. There's some vinaigrette left, but it's
classic. Salads are usually served fresh, sometimes they are simply
scattered vegetables. Everyone combines themselves as they wish.
Alexander Yakut and Maya Kononenko
What do you have in mind for your guests?
Alexander: Creativity ruins everything. No need for any attractions
There is no need to surprise guests with anything. Good nature, people,
knowledgeable about art and food - what more do you need? Why dance
and organize a lotto? We are not mass entertainers. They gather here
people who are close in spirit. Normal people. This is not Rublyovka, where
need theme parties, dress code - “all pink”,
Philip Kirkorov's speech... We don't need any of this. We don't
need to have fun. Life at a desk and work are virtually inseparable.
Mayan: No social life. Or rather, social life - how it is
There is. We talk about literature and painting. Those who play games
who has a boring life. And we sit down at the table and talk about our work
- art. The main condition is very good vodka. We're on it
We never save.
Do you give a penalty?
Alexander: This is not a tradition, these are concepts from criminal life.
These fines came from the “criminals”, from the lumpen.
What to do if guests stay too long?
Alexander: If you are tired, you go to bed, and the conversation continues.
They fight and get offended. They can fight. Art is a thing
tough.
Andrey Grigoriev-Apollonov and Maria
Do you often get together at the table?
Andrey: Previously, of course, we hung out more. And when we said:
“Let’s go to the redhead,” everyone knew that the evening would be great, and that’s all
it will be good. In general, Masha is a great cook, and in
industrial scale. Not three plates of borscht, but a full pan.
Therefore, all friends call and say: “Guys, cutlets!”
“Dudes, borscht!” It's like a password: people come and everything is instant
eaten. So what can I tell you? We drink and drink (laughs).
Do the parties have a theme?
Andrey: The theme is vodka (laughs). No actually, although before
there was something like that. I never sing songs. We sometimes play
associations, backgammon, deberts. We love to communicate. Creative people are very
rarely see each other, especially if the field of activity is different (producer,
actor, musician). We have a great relationship, but we see each other
several times a year at some presentations. Therefore, when we
someone is getting together, everyone can’t talk enough. We discuss everything:
music, literature, cinema, trends, fashion, etc. Therefore, not particularly
before the games. And I don't remember anyone being very
got drunk because it keeps the conversation going and doesn’t let the person fall
face into the salad.
Masha: No, it happened a couple of times.
Well, besides talking?
Andrey: There are no traditions as such. Penalties - yes, we'll give them.
A person is late - he must have a drink. But this is more of a joke, complete
We don’t force anyone to drink a glass. People come to me
quite well known and respected.
What do you do if guests stay too long?
Masha: Andrey says to me: “Masha, you see them off, and I’ll go to bed.”
And I tell my friends: “When you leave, slam the door.”
Viktor Myznikov and Anna Jackson-Stevens
Looks like you're definitely not hosting a Russian feast.
Anna: We like to invite friends for an aperitif, drink-party with
snacks. Guests can come at any time and freely
move around the apartment. You can stop by for an hour before your hike.
to the theater or stay late. This is a great urban format,
which is less formal than a sit-down dinner. For example, you invite
people by eight, warning that we will sit at the table at 8.30. Necessarily
someone will be late, and for a company of six to eight people, absence
one couple becomes critical. Usually the aperitif lasts from seven to
ten in the evening, but in Russia everything can continue until six in the morning.
Victor: We usually drink Prosecco or champagne -
inspiring holiday drinks. Of course, we offer our
wine for guests. But there is always vodka, as well as whiskey, in the house.
Sometimes we do cocktail parties, but making cocktails
takes time, and you can’t do it without a bartender and waiter.
How do you prepare for a party?
Anna: We are careful about the invitations we send out.
They should not only be beautiful, but also respond to
questions: where, when, what to look like, have dinner before or after, what will we do
drink. It is very important to select guests, not everyone is each other
suitable. As for, for example, an aperitif, the appetizer should be
such that it is convenient to eat and at the same time carry on a conversation: bread
sticks, cheese, celery, nuts. We don't play games, but it happens
When we're in the mood, we dance. Sometimes we even invite you home
DJ. By the way, we warn our neighbors in advance and give them
small gifts, for example a bottle of champagne.
Dmitry Yampolsky and Olesya Potashinskaya
How are home gatherings going?
Dmitriy: To be honest, we rarely have guests at home. Usually
meetings take place in our establishments, I’m a restaurateur. And at home
The two of us can sit down, have a drink and go somewhere further.
Well, here you have a monopoly on the table...
Dmitriy: Yes, we like to play Monopoly, as well as cards and Scrabble.
Although we mostly just talk. With the advent of mobile communications
There was less intimacy, people began to see each other less often.
Olesya: We are singing songs at five in the morning. The old ones are mostly from
Soviet cinema, cartoons, military. We dance, but not at home.
How much vodka do you need to avoid running twice?
Dmitriy: It's unpredictable. Our friends will drink everything, twice
We'll definitely go.
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What is so attractive about criminal law? What is it like to belong to a famous legal dynasty? Why do the same management principles apply to a charity as to a business structure?
Dmitry Yampolsky is a criminal lawyer and successful businessman, co-founder of the real estate agency “W1Evans“, who feels at home in Moscow, London and Tel Aviv and considers charitable work an obligatory part of the life of a businessman... If such a resume is not enough to passionately want to meet, work and friendship with the guest of our column, then it will definitely come after reading. The interview contains many more interesting details about the life and work of this interesting person.
— The very first link in Google gives you a laconic and slightly contradictory description: “Dmitry Yampolsky, lawyer, restaurateur.” I would like to talk about one hypostasis and the other, but let’s start from the beginning. Why a lawyer?
— I come from a family of lawyers. There were always representatives of only this profession around me: my grandfather was a famous lawyer, my uncle, my mother. My grandfather’s company also mainly consisted of lawyers, and since childhood I was familiar with all the lawyers known today: I saw them at our home, literally, in the kitchen. All of them were incredibly bright, highly educated and decent people, whom I wanted to be like and oriented myself towards since childhood. Therefore, I had no doubts when choosing a profession.
— The choice of profession in such a dynasty is obvious, no doubt about it. Another thing is surprising: why did you choose criminal law and human rights? Not the most monetary branches of law...
— Obviously, my choice was not based on the criterion of financial profitability. I was looking for an interesting industry. You must be successful where you are successful, and then the financial return will come. I, like any person, have a predisposition towards certain directions, and criminal cases seemed extremely interesting to me. After all, what is criminal law? This is protection during the preliminary investigation, this is the need to make decisions, quickly respond to the development of the situation, and take responsibility. By the way, I think that my interest in entrepreneurship was determined by the same qualities that prompted me to choose criminal law. In addition, you need to keep in mind the specifics of the profession: they deal with tax and corporate law mostly lawyers, and lawyers to a greater extent specialize in court cases. Finally, the bureau I ended up in was Padva and Partners "was known at that time mostly for criminal cases, which predetermined mine specialization.
— What about human rights?
— As for human rights, they are inextricably linked with criminal law: this includes the protection of the rights of those arrested and the observance of human rights in criminal proceedings. Criminal law requires knowledge of international conventions and European legislation, and studying this was an absolutely harmonious development of my work as a lawyer.
— I can’t help but ask: despite the fact that the satisfaction from such work is little comparable to anything else, the level of disappointment is also much higher? Have you ever felt the futility of your efforts and the desire to give up everything?
— Of course, there were disappointments, just like in any other profession. For example, doctors often feel the same frustration. But I never had the desire to quit everything. What I am absolutely convinced of is that any hard work leads to results. I have there was a certain amount failures and disappointments, but they made me move forward. This is largely due to the specifics of my work: speech Always is about a specific person and his future. You can't just give up and give up everything.
— An interesting detail that I discovered while preparing for the interview is that you manage to stay outside of politics. How did this become possible - given your profession, specialization and fame?
- This is the choice of each individual person. Everyone chooses for themselves the limit of what is acceptable. You see, politics in its purest form - participation in elections, for example, nominating oneself or actively supporting candidates - is just one of the opportunities to influence public life. People who build playgrounds also influence society and the life of the city: they make it more comfortable to live in the city. Politics does about the same thing - influences the life of society in order to improve it. And this type of impact: through helping people, through the Vera Foundation, is much closer to me than participating in demonstrations and marches. This is the form of politics that is close to me.
— Returning to the topic of business in your life, let's talk about the restaurant business? Since Google calls you not only a businessman, but also a restaurateur...
- No, this is a mistaken perception. The fact is that the restaurant business is more noticeable, it is visible, and therefore a feeling of primacy of this direction is created. And our company is doubly visible, because the creative intelligentsia, journalists and media people love to visit us, and then write about us. But I can’t say that the restaurant business occupies a special niche in my life. This is an important part of it, but I’m not a restaurateur, of course.
— And if we leave the restaurant business aside, how could you introduce yourself to a person who does not know you as a businessman?
— In the English language there is a very good word - entrepreneur, that is, an entrepreneur, a person engaged in different types of business. For example, I am involved in the educational business a lot, and spend a lot of time on this. In the UK we will open, I hope, an educational center in September. We come up with and implement new educational methods, because the old school is partly outdated with the advent of the Internet and the development of new dynamics of information consumption. Today's children will find it difficult to accept the concept of classical university education and are unlikely to go to university to listen to lectures. It will be very strange for them. They will quickly find information in their Google, process and absorb it, not understanding why they spend so much time on lectures. I'm exaggerating a little, but in general it's true. That's why my company RAY Education spends a lot of time looking for new approaches to education
In addition, I am involved in real estate, medical projects, and several other areas...
— As an investor who does not live in Israel, but has his finger on the pulse, where else would you invest in Israel? What do you think is most promising in the country?
— Medicine and IT. These are two of the most striking areas of business in Israel that cannot be ignored.
— Despite this, your other Israeli brainchild is known: Table Talk in Tel Aviv. Why did you decide that in a city where the quantity and quality of food is already quite good, there is a lack of such a restaurant?
— You see, I’m a businessman, and my task is to assemble teams that are capable of working on different projects. The company we created is developing according to its own logic and according to its own laws. We considered this to be a profitable investment and an interesting project.
- Why?
— Our restaurants are always a habitat. It was important for us to open a restaurant where it would be comfortable for people of different material incomes and social levels, but united by a single idea. For example, culture. It’s interesting for us to talk, for example, about literature - and it doesn’t matter that I’m in business and you’re in law. We will be comfortable being together. We strive to create places where people with similar ideas and worldviews will feel good. Each of our places is a small club where some kind of microculture is naturally formed. We are not creating such a club on purpose: we had neither a club system nor face control. But people to whom such an environment is alien will not be interested there, and those to whom, on the contrary, this philosophy is close, will strive to return there. On the other hand, we are always for expanding our audience, and we strive to attract new people. To do this, we organize a lot of social events there, for example, literary readings, concerts, lectures. Culture is a common language and a unifying language, and we would like to use it to unite completely different people.
— Why Tel Aviv?
— There are three cities in the world that I love and feel at home: London, Moscow and Tel Aviv. I have a huge number of friends in Tel Aviv, my daughter loves it... In light of all these factors, the choice of place to open a restaurant was obvious. I wanted to open something special there.
— Finally, a question about charity, which occupies a significant place in your life. Why do you think business and charity should go together?
“They don’t have to go together, it’s the choice of each individual businessman.” But people who understand how to build a successful business can really do a lot in the field of charity. They understand how to build a process to make it as efficient as possible. That is why, for example, the Friends Foundation appeared, which helps charitable foundations implement business technologies. In addition, the foundation becomes an intermediary between the commercial and charitable sectors, which must develop a common language.
- In my philistine opinion, there is nothing in common between them! In one case, you invest your money with the intention of making money, in the other, you invest it without the slightest chance of returning at least the invested amount.
- Firstly, I assure you, although the intention to make money is the goal of any business, the latter is not guided only by these considerations. Secondly, there are two types of charity: I can give a hundred dollars a year and feel like a great philanthropist.
-...which is what a huge number of people do...
- Which is what a huge number of people do, and many thanks to them for this. It is very important. The second option, which, by the way, does not exclude the first! is the application of business skills to charitable activities. Any charitable model is very similar to a business structure. It lives and develops according to the same laws, except for the concept of making a profit. But it must have a development strategy, a coherent reporting system, be transparent, and develop and achieve new goals. Then such a structure will bring maximum benefit. And this is where business skills are indispensable. This is what I meant when I said that business and charity are similar in many ways.
— How do you practically implement your approach?
— There are two charities that I am involved with: Friends Foundation and Vera Foundation. The Friends Foundation is involved in helping many other foundations. I got into “Vera” almost by accident, I was a little scared to go to the hospice, but once there, I realized that this is a story about life, not about death. I realized that there was a huge amount of work waiting for me there, and I definitely needed to take part in it. There were no special emotions associated with the fact that this was a hospice. There is no stress about “well, someone has to participate in this.” It so happened that I got involved in the hospice movement, joined a team of wonderful people - and stayed there. So much has already been done, and so much remains to be done!
The actress, whose husband left her for Ingeborg, still cannot forget her affair with the charismatic Yaroslav Boyko
Actress Olesya POTASHINSKAYA is called a beauty from the 90s. Her career began with the TV series “Strawberry Cafe.” The audience immediately fell in love with this charming girl with light gray eyes and sensual lips. Many people remember her for her roles in the TV series “Zoya” (she played the daughter of the main character, actress Victoria Fedorova) and “Moscow. Central District". Several years ago, Olesya experienced a personal drama: her husband, restaurateur Dmitry YAMPOLSKY, left her for Ingeborga DAPKUNAYTE..
- As a child, I was interested in a lot of things, - Olesya recalls. - For example, figure skating. But this is a hobby. And in the puppet theater of the Leningrad Palace of Pioneers, I realized that this was mine. She studied there from the age of nine until she graduated from school and entered the Moscow Art Theater School-Studio for a course Oleg Tabakov. You studied with me Sergey Bezrukov, Vitaly Egorov, Sergey Ugryumov, Marianna Schultz, Daria Yurskaya. Before us, Tabakov released an even more stellar course - Mashkov, Mironov, Apeksimova, Nikolaev. Then they started teaching with us. We became friends with Zhenya Mironov, Ira Apeksimova taught us a master class in step dance and introduced us to Moscow Art Theater performances...
DAPKUNAYE is 54 years old. But who will give it?!
While studying at the Studio School, I had an affair with Boyko. Yarik was very charismatic even then and I liked him. One day he ran in slippers and sweatpants with flowers and chocolate at the ready behind the trolleybus in which I was traveling from the hostel. He was just late for the date, and I didn’t wait for him and decided to teach him a lesson. Little things like this are never forgotten. For 20 years now he has a wonderful wife - a choreographer Ramune Khodorkaite. Personally, I would never choose an actor as my husband. There are many temptations in our profession, few can bypass them. After all, there are so many beautiful and talented girls around you... It’s difficult to play about love if you don’t feel anything for your partner, hence the betrayal in creative marriages.
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By the way, do you know that Boyko might not have become an artist? After all, there was a moment when he was almost expelled from the Studio School. Once the company in which he was the leader celebrated Theater Day so vigorously that the next morning the hostel commandant found them among broken chairs, wardrobes, sleeping side by side and practically naked. A paper was placed on Oleg Palych’s desk with a proposal to send the leader of the brawl to his homeland - to Kyiv. Tabakov called Yarik to the carpet and generously gave him two weeks to fix it, ordering him to fix the furniture and clean the room until it shined.
And what’s surprising is that even this incident did not cool Boyko’s ardor. Sometimes he would start up half a turn: just show him the finger and he would get into a fight with the boys. So he could be expelled at any time for fighting too! Everyone knew that it was better not to mess with Yar and not to tease him. For example, once he got into a strong fight with my classmate Dmitry Brodetsky, current artist of the Tabakov Theater. Honestly, Yaroslav’s hot temperament really turned me on!
Yaroslav BOYKO is not only a daring rider, but also a walker. For example, he has an illegitimate son from Evgenia DOBROVOLSKAYA. Photo: Facebook.com
Serenades with an orchestra
In 2003, when I already had a two-year-old daughter Dusya, I met Dima Yampolsky, - finally moved on to the most interesting Olesya. - Literally four months later we went to the registry office. It was bright and beautiful. There was a huge queue, but through connections we were quickly assigned to a place where only foreign couples get married. For our wedding we were given a certificate for skydiving. But I’m so afraid of heights that these pieces of paper are still lying around somewhere. In 2004, Sonya was born to us.
It’s important to me when a man is ready for love, even to do ridiculous and crazy things. And throughout the seven years of marriage, my husband surprised me. Without warning, he came to another country where I was filming. He ordered an orchestra and sang serenades to me under the window. Or he wrote “I love you” on the asphalt with a can of spray paint in huge letters.
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Who is Dmitry Yampolsky? A successful lawyer (in 1999 he graduated from the Faculty of Law of the M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University), one of the founders of the Sedov Yampolsky law firm, the creator of a number of companies and international projects. Area of interest: finance, investments, real estate. Lives in London and Moscow. He heads the board of the Vera Hospice Charitable Foundation, a popularizer of the Russian hospice movement. One of his projects, called “Friends,” is looking for professionals for Russian charitable foundations. Hobbies include martial arts, gliding, and contemporary art.
He is also the founder of one of the most successful restaurant companies in Russia. I came to this business at the invitation of my friend, and now partner, Dmitry Borisov. The first joint establishment is the Apshu club.
According to the businessman, he is least interested in the restaurant as a kitchen and food. The main message is the creation of a cultural environment, arranging meeting places for poets, artists, and simply interesting people. Since 2003, Dmitry Yampolsky has headed a restaurant holding that has united the network of French cafes “Jean-Jacques”, English pubs “John Don”, several Italian restaurants, the “Mayak” club, children’s cafe-clubs and other establishments.
Restaurants "Jean-Jacques" are well known to Muscovites. Their concept was developed by Parisian Marielle Rousseau and her husband, artist Nikolai Ovchinnikov. This is an ordinary Parisian bistro: tasty, filling and inexpensive. The menu duplicates dishes from similar French establishments.
Gastronomic boutique "Jean-Jacques"
There is also a well-known gastronomic boutique under the same name on Nikitsky Boulevard. It has existed since 2007. What should be sold here was decided by the Moscow creative bohemia. Among those who formed the assortment were: the famous poet Lev Rubinstein, publisher Sergei Parkhomenko, artist Konstantin Totibadze. The boutique presents: cooking from chefs of popular restaurants, wines, and exclusive goods. The prices are high, or rather, very high. A Muscovite with an average salary has nothing to do there, but the store is designed for the wallets of wealthy people.
Bistro Jean-Jacques in London
In 2015, the first Jean-Jacques establishment was opened in London. Bistros, believes Dmitry Yampolsky, are perceived well everywhere. The creators are confident in the success of the project in the capital of Great Britain. Borscht somehow naturally appeared on the London menu. This is a concession to numerous requests from visitors, although restaurateurs are reluctant to make exceptions to the rules.
Restaurant as a cultural environment
Dmitry Yampolsky and Mitya Borisov are successfully mastering the spaces of serious cultural objects, where until quite recently visitors counted only on spiritual food. In 2010, friends opened the “Mart” restaurant in the basement of the Museum of Modern Art in Moscow, consisting of several halls, a veranda and a bookstore.
A year later, in the Central House of Artists there were restaurants "Buffet", "Drawers' Club" and a children's center. The Central House of Artists, which gathers about a million art lovers a year under its roof, has finally resolved the issue of where to receive and accommodate people after events. The restaurateurs implemented several concepts in the project:
- “Buffet” is a democratic institution, a kind of creative get-together. It is always lively and noisy here, you can eat inexpensively and discuss the exhibition that has opened.
- The “Drawers' Club” is designed for a respectable audience who choose a quiet pastime. French cuisine predominates here and fine wines are offered. The interior corresponds to the name: brushes, paints, plaster figurines, drawings, the floor is painted to resemble a carpet, antique furniture.
- “Shardam” is a creative, cultural space for children and their parents with shops, books, an educational center, and a cafe. Here you can draw on the walls, watch cartoons, use coloring books and markers. Dishes are prepared from natural, environmentally friendly products. The menu is small but pleasant: pizza, meatballs, spaghetti, soups, salads. The sweets are chosen especially carefully.
Dmitry Yampolsky and his partner believe that a fundamentally important detail is the open kitchen. Parents and children observe what and how they are cooked. The cafe hosts cooking master classes.
Dmitry Yampolsky and Ingeborga Dapkunaite
The restaurateur attracted the attention of all of Moscow several years ago by marrying a famous actress. The wedding ceremony of Dmitry Yampolsky and Ingeborga Dapkunaite took place in the strictest secrecy. Each of the invitees signed a document on non-disclosure of details of the event. In this, the groom showed himself to be a professional lawyer. The actress is 10 years older than her husband. Dmitry Yampolsky was already married. He has two daughters growing up. This is Ingeborga's third husband. The first is a fellow student, now an actor in Lithuania, the second is a British director.