Engage for Results Seminars: 

• Engage for Results: Involving Grantees in your Grantmaking
  September 16-17, 2009 - Chicago

Co-hosted with Donors Forum, Council of Michigan Foundations, Donors Forum of Wisconsin and Indiana Grantmakers Alliance. 

In today’s economy, it’s critical to be strategic about your grantmaking dollars. Your grantmaking budget is shrinking just when your grantee organizations need your support most. It’s critical to work with them to make sure your limited grantmaking dollars can help where it’s most needed. GEO is here to help with a two-day skill-building seminar designed specifically for grantmakers.

"It was great to get away from daily work and gain perspective on how to cope with the power dynamic of grantee relationships."
- attendee feedback

Grantmakers for Effective Organizations has partnered with experts in collaborative leadership and stakeholder engagement, The Interaction Institute for Social Change, to design a two-day learning experience just for grantmakers. By attending, 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:

• The benefits and impact of inclusive grantmaking
• The criteria for effective stakeholder engagement within philanthropy
• The appropriate balance between results, process and relationship
• How to identify and engage stakeholders in decision-making in transparent and strategic ways that take into account power dynamics
   

Who should attend this seminar?
This seminar is ideal for senior and mid-level staff responsible for grantmaking. We highly encourage you to send two-person teams. This enables team members to support each other in implementing what they’ve learned when they go back to their organization.

When:
September 16-17, 2009
Day 1 - 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Day 2 - 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Where:
Chicago - Donors Forum

Cost:
Breakfast and lunch will be provided both days.
GEO, DF, DFW, IGA and CMF Members: $895 first participant; $695 second.
Non-members: $1095 for the first participant; $895 for the second. Participants are responsible for any costs related to travel, including airfare and lodging. 

To register please contact Kamasha Hendrickson, GEO’s
senior events specialist at + e-mail hendrickson@geofunders.org or 202.898.0219.  

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