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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.
Grantmaking that truly supports nonprofits and the communities they serve requires a deep understanding of organizational culture and its connection to nonprofit success. But how we initiate conversations about culture within our organizations, and how we make the connection to our external work, is not always clear. Through individual reflection and small group discussion, this session will help you understand and begin to assess your current organizational culture and how it impacts your effectiveness and the success of your nonprofit and community partners.
In between talking with exhibitors at the Idea Exchange, make time for one or more Quick Hits. These 45-minute sessions cover a variety of funding areas: arts & culture, early childhood education, environment, equity & inclusion, grantee perspective, housing, public health, and workforce.