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With best practices evolving at a rapid pace, operational excellence often feels out of reach. Attend this session to arm yourself with the latest trends, processes, and tricks in operations. Learn about shifts in the human resource and financial regulatory environment and explore tools designed to optimize productivity and streamline workflow, empowering your organization to achieve more with less. You’ll be prepared to optimize opportunities and stay ahead of current and future threats.
By fostering a culture of learning and development, boards transform into proactive contributors, driving innovation and strategic direction. Join this session and discover essential strategies to cultivate a dynamic board and nurture a robust pipeline of leaders. Discover how to foster effective CEO-board interactions, optimize board meetings, and leverage intentional communication to propel your organization forward.
Discover how to implement trust-based philanthropy practices in your grantmaking efforts. Our panel of peers from Indiana, along with moderator Phil Li (back by popular demand!), will share real-life examples and lessons learned. We’ll explore concrete strategies that foster equity, streamline processes, and promote open, impactful relationships between funders and grantees. From multi-year, unrestricted funding to transparent communication and beyond, discover practical ways to shift from traditional grantmaking to a more trust-based approach.
Join a panel discussion where Detroit Future Cities, along with their community partners, will share insights into their innovative model. Grounded in both data and community voice, this model aims to create positive impact and foster sustainable development. Learn how these organizations leverage community input, analyze data, and implement evidence-based strategies to address urban challenges effectively. From neighborhood revitalization to equitable resource allocation, discover how this holistic approach is shaping Detroit’s future.
Discover how to embrace conflict and grow together as a family foundation.
Philanthropy needs a broad reach to make a worthwhile impact. But how do you effectively communicate across sectors and avoid being sucked into the comms void? Enter personas. Persona building is an essential tool for grantmakers as they navigate messaging and share their initiatives. Attend this session to learn how to create data-driven audience personas, find the channels that provide maximum exposure for each unique audience, and craft messaging that makes an impact no matter who you’re speaking to.
Philanthropy has great stories to tell, but our sector's obsession with jargon is getting in the way of spreading our messages.
This session aims to address a recent incident within our cohort, facilitate a discussion on the importance of culturally competent communication, and reaffirm our commitment to creating a brave and inclusive environment for all members.
This session aims to address a recent incident within our cohort, facilitate a discussion on the importance of culturally competent communication, and reaffirm our commitment to creating a brave and inclusive environment for all members.
Struggling to articulate the great work you're doing? Award-winning consultant and executive trainer, Michael Marker, guides you through the critical first step of understanding your message and audience. He'll help you lay the foundation for impactful communication.
While capacity building is a critical part of our work, traditional models of capacity building do not always account for culture, systems, and power in their design, failing to keep equity centered in their approach. GEO’s latest publication, Reimagining Capacity Building, explores principles for centering equity in our capacity-building efforts, explores the way inequities can show up, and offers steps we can take to address and mitigate those inequities.