The Power of Games for Social Impact October 2, 2024 By Judy Ney Join our Evaluation and Learning Senior Consultant Charles Gasper and Sea Monster Entertainment’s Glenn Gillis for a dynamic conversation exploring how the gaming industry’s rapid growth and mainstream appeal can be leveraged as a tool for social change. October 21st, 1:00 ET What We’ll Cover: Gaming’s untapped potential: Discover how funders’ goals align with the … Continued
American Evaluation Association: LGBTQ+ Evaluation: Building a Liberatory Praxis Together – eStudy 123 August 17, 2022 By Judy Ney This two-day, six-hour, participatory eStudy fills a gap in LGBTQ+ Evaluation training by taking an inquiry-based approach in which attendees develop practical skills in LGBTQ+ Evaluation while reflecting on the question, “How can our work as evaluators help to advance LGBTQ+ peoples liberation?” Resources: CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance (2019) from the Global Indigenous … Continued
Fall 2022 CCAT Facilitator Training Program May 17, 2022 By Judy Ney Want to add expert interpretation of TCC Group’s CCAT to your consulting toolkit? TCC Group has trained hundreds of nonprofit consultants around the world in using the CCAT to lead change in organizations. Certified CCAT Facilitators provide expert guidance to nonprofit leaders to translate assessment results into meaningful organizational improvement. Sign Up for the Certification … Continued
Spring 2022 CCAT Facilitator Certification Program February 23, 2022 By Kalinda The CCAT Facilitator Certification Program is designed for nonprofit consultants and organizational development professionals looking to add expert interpretation of the Core Capacity Assessment Tool (CCAT) to their consulting toolkit. Certified CCAT Facilitators provide guidance to nonprofit leadership in contextualizing the CCAT report and translating the results into meaningful and actionable capacity building plans. By … Continued
Equity & Evaluation Practice in Cultural Organizations September 9, 2021 By Hillary With unprecedented attention to equity issues throughout the culture sector, how can evaluation practice in cultural organizations be equitable as well as feasible and effective? How do evaluator/sponsor power relations, community participation, funding, and related issues shape evaluation designs and how results are interpreted, distributed, and used? In the first of a series of three … Continued
Accelerating the Accelerators Conference 2021: Thriving Forward July 29, 2021 By Claire Schultz Accelerating the Accelerators brings together purpose-first Entrepreneur Support Organization (ESO) leaders; accelerators, incubators, competitions, and fellowships from around the globe to learn, collaborate, and create the next generation of thriving founders, organizations, and support for innovation toward a better world in 2021 and beyond. In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and America’s racial reckoning … Continued
CHANGE Philanthropy 2021 Unity Summit July 28, 2021 By Claire Schultz The Unity Summit will host over 2,000 participants to expand their individual and institutional practice in order to advance equity with an intersectional lens, and with community at the center of our efforts. We seek to create space for all attendees to participate as thought leaders and philanthropic activists. The 2021 Unity Summit will be … Continued
R/evolution: The 2021 Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy National Conference May 18, 2021 By Claire Schultz R/evolution recognizes and honors the evolution of Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy (EPIP) and the sector over the last 20 years along with the movement moment that EPIP members and foundations are navigating here and now—the revolution. As EPIP celebrates its 20th anniversary, we continue to reimagine philanthropy so that it better nurtures and uplifts emerging Black, Indigenous, queer, … Continued
Lessons From the Casey Foundation’s Strategic Coinvestor Approach to Community Change February 7, 2021 By Claire Schultz In 2012, the Annie E. Casey Foundation launched its seven-year Family-Centered Community Change™ (FCCC) initiative to support local partnerships in three high-poverty neighborhoods as they developed a more integrated set of services — including high-quality education, job training and housing assistance — to help parents and children succeed together in what is known as a … Continued
Spring 2021 CCAT Facilitator Certification Program January 22, 2021 By Claire Schultz The CCAT Facilitator Certification Program is designed for nonprofit consultants and organizational development professionals looking to add expert interpretation of the Core Capacity Assessment Tool (CCAT) to their consulting toolkit. Certified CCAT Facilitators provide guidance to nonprofit leadership in contextualizing the CCAT report and translating the results into meaningful and actionable capacity building plans. By … Continued