We heard loud and clear throughout GEO’s 2008 national conference last month a call for more opportunities to deepen your learning on the topics discussed there. We are pleased to provide just such an opportunity—a two day GEO skill-building intensive, designed specifically for grantmakers:
Engage for Results:
Involving grantees in your
grantmaking strategies
brought to you in partnership with Northern California Grantmakers
As a grantmaker, you work with various stakeholders to achieve your organization’s mission. Challenges include building genuine partnerships with grantees and the communities you serve.
A large group of diverse individuals will come up with better and more robust forecasts and make more intelligent decisions than even the most skilled decision maker.
-James Surowiecki
The Wisdom of Crowds
Many GEO members are committed to grantee involvement, at least in theory. But what does it look like on a day-to-day basis? How do you go about it?
GEO has partnered with experts in collaborative design, facilitation and network-building, The Interaction Institute for Social Change, to design a two-day learning experience just for grantmakers.
That’s a lot of time, you may be thinking. But you will come away with the tools and skills necessary to authentically incorporate nonprofit and community experience and perspective into your grantmaking. Specifically, you will learn:
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The benefits and impact of inclusive grantmaking.
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The criteria for effective stakeholder engagement within philanthropy.
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The appropriate balance between results, process and relationship.
You will also benefit from learning with and from other grantmakers seeking social and community change.
Details are below. Participation is limited to 25 participants, Please register by August 31st by contacting Jillaine Smith at jillaine AT geofunders.org or 202.898.1843.
When: September 25-26th (8:30am to 5pm on day 1; 8:30am-1pm on day 2)
Where: San Francisco, CA
Who: Senior and mid-level staff responsible for grantmaking.
Sending two-person teams results in team members supporting each other in implementing what they’ve learned when they go back to their organization.
Cost: GEO and NCG members: $595 for the first participant; $395 for the second participant. Non-members: $795 for the first participant; $595 for the second participant.
Participants are responsible for any costs related to travel, including airfare and lodging. Breakfast and lunch will be provided on both days.