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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.
Succession planning at foundations can feel like an intricate maze. This session gives you the tools to navigate every twist and turn. Learn how to craft seamless transitions, involving key stakeholders from board to leadership. Uncover the perfect timing to ignite your succession strategy and infuse it into your hiring process for long-term success. Plus, we'll tackle the challenge of preserving institutional knowledge amidst staff turnover.
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.
Dinner tickets can be added to your conference registration during checkout ($75 for members; $150 for non-members), or purchased separately here.
Discover the importance of content marketing and start creating content that makes an impact.
This session covers the following topics:
This session covers the following topics:
CF OVERVIEW
GOVERNANCE
This session covers the following topics:
This session covers the following topics:
CF OVERVIEW
GOVERNANCE
Moderated by Hanna Love of the Brookings Institution, this panel includes one representative from each Ind. community participating in the Community-Centered Economic Inclusion program:
Women in Leadership
Facilitated by: Mary Gibble, President/CEO, Community Foundation of Hancock County
Holding a seat at the table and working in male-dominated space.
Smooth Sailing Ahead: Navigating Troublesome Waters - Handling Problematic Board Members without Walking the Plank
Facilitated by: Tami Wenning, Executive Director, Decatur County Community Foundation
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.