Insights & Perspectives Be Informed: Developing Content for Media Campaigns (Stage 2) Media campaigns are intended to affect their audiences – such as convincing people not to text and drive, or persuading people to purchase a product or vote for a particular candidate. There are various touchpoints where media can help lead an audience from awareness to action on an issue . …
Insights & Perspectives Three Ways Foundations Can Navigate Changing Political Tides In today’s turbulent climate, when shifting political winds and policy changes go hand-in-hand with ever-expanding health care needs across the country, how can health funders be strategically effective? TCC's Melinda Fine Ed.D. and Jessica Mowles share three strategic learning processes that will engage foundations and funders during complex times.
Insights & Perspectives Responding to the Call: How to Pursue Legal Advocacy Without legal advocacy, many norms and rights that people rely on, may have never been established. School desegregation (argued through Brown v. Board of Education), gay marriage (argued through many cases, but before the Supreme Court as Obergefell v. Hodges), clean water and air (argued at both state and federal…
Insights & Perspectives The Age of the Strategic Follower A few years ago I was introduced to my now favorite TED Talk: Derek Sivers on “How to start a movement.” In two minutes he explains how a movement starts using some amusing footage of a spontaneous dance group. If you haven’t seen it, it is worth the break. What…
Insights & Perspectives What Can Associations of Grantmakers Teach You? In mid-July of this year, I had the opportunity to attend the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers conference (#ForumCon17) in San Francisco. This conference brings together a large swath of the organizations that provide networking and support functions to foundations across the United States. I wanted to share some of…
Insights & Perspectives Three Common Questions about Funding Advocacy Since the 2016 election, my colleagues and I have noticed one of two things: more funders considering a first-time investment in advocacy, or funders strengthening their existing commitment to fund advocacy work. In response to this surge of activity, we’ve had the opportunity to share our findings – regarding effective…
Events Grantmaking in the Age of Trump – Insights From Philanthropy Advisors Many people are talking about the significant and polarizing effect the current Administration is having on a huge range of issues and communities and how various appointments, from Cabinet to judicial, will transform laws and policies on a range of topics, from immigration to women’s reproductive rights, transgender rights, and…
Events Using Rapid Cycle Learning to Infuse a Culture of Continuous Learning How do we go about setting and answering key learning questions that will both build real-time evaluation capacity and feed into program implementation and outcomes achievement? Rapid cycle learning (RCL) has been used in places as varied as the military, the private sector, emergency response, and healthcare. As evaluators, we…
Events Philanthropic Assistants & Coordinators Network: Building Supportive Professional Relationships Join us for a conversation with panelists from different philanthropic backgrounds about their experience cultivating and maintaining strong professional relationships, which range from formal and informal mentorships, to peer networks and affinity groups, and the many other shapes that professional support takes. We will allocate time at the end for…
Events Arts Funding at Twenty-Five To mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of the first Arts Funding benchmark study, Grantmakers in the Arts (GIA) commissioned arts philanthropy researcher Steven Lawrence to prepare a reflection on changes in arts and culture funding over the past twenty-five years. Released in the Winter 2018 GIA Reader, “Arts…