Held in partnership with Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania

The scale and complexity of the problems we face require new approaches and bold leadership to tap the creativity and expertise of multiple perspectives. Join some of your most innovative colleagues working for change at the 2010 GEO National Conference, held in Pittsburgh in partnership with Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania.

The conference will feature cutting-edge sessions designed to help you learn new strategies and share experiences that will have an immediate application in today’s world.

Sessions fall into four themes:

• Leading in Changing Times: Sessions will identify new leadership models for working in a networked world and the role of grantmakers in supporting them.
• The Money: Sessions will investigate the role of flexible, stable funding in sparking innovation in the nonprofit sector.
• Learning: Sessions will delve into the need for collective, ongoing learning and new ways to understand impact.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Sessions will address the importance of engaging diverse, on-the-ground perspectives to identify solutions that work.

For a searchable version of the conference program, with full session and speaker information and session resources, + more.

For a printable version of the conference program, + more.

Registration is now open. To register, + more.

To read the front-page feature article about the conference in the Pittsburgh Tribune Jan. 1, 2010, Grantmakers Tap City as an Inspiration to Philanthropy, + more.

Sponsors

GEO is grateful to the following organizations for their financial support:

• Anonymous
• American Eagle Outfitters Foundation
• The Buhl Foundation
• Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation
• The Community Foundation of Westmoreland County 
• The Durfee Foundation
• The Erie Community Foundation 
• FISA Foundation
• The Grable Foundation
• The Heinz Endowments
• IssueLab (in-kind support)
• The Pittsburgh Foundation
• Roy A. Hunt Foundation
• Staunton Farm Foundation

Plenary Sessions

Standing in Their Shoes: How Widespread Empathy Leads to Better Decisions
	Dev Patnaik, author of Wired to Care

The Possibilities and Perils of Scale
	Bill Strickland (Manchester Bidwell Corporation),
	Angelica Salas (Coalition for Humane Immigration Rights of Los Angeles) and
	Grant Oliphant (The Pittsburgh Foundation)

Leading in Challenging Economic Times
Join a moderated conversation with foundation leaders about the difficult decisions they’ve had to make in the face of the current recession and how they’ve reached out to grantees and other stakeholders along the way. (Speakers to be announced soon.)

Together We Can: Philanthropy and the Obama administration
The closing plenary will explore opportunities the Obama administration's new social agenda presents for grantmakers in addressing social challenges and creating a better future for all. (Speakers to be announced soon.) 

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