Insights & Perspectives Game Changers: Unlocking Gaming’s Potential for Good I’ve spent the past year diving deeply into the world of gaming and social impact. Starting with a literature review, what I found offered me tantalizing evidence that games can and do affect aspects of change[1]. Research study after research study demonstrated that it can and does affect change –…
Events The Power of Games for Social Impact 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…
Insights & Perspectives Empowering Change: Grassroots Models and Trust-Based Philanthropy “What do you think of when you hear the word POWER”? This was the question we put to our audience at the start of our session at last month’s Grantmakers in Health Annual Conference. Responses highlighted the deep interrogation of this question currently taking place across philanthropy as funders seek…
Insights & Perspectives Taming the ‘Wild’ Terrain of Qualitative Analysis Qualitative data analysis is an art and science that seeks to convey textual or visual data’s meaning. That sounds nice, but navigating the best way to do qualitative analysis can feel as chaotic as the wild west. This perceived disorder arises from the many unique approaches to qualitative analysis, making…
Insights & Perspectives Accelerating Your Impact: On-Ramps to Effective Advocacy Funding Ask any funder what they hope to accomplish, and the answer will likely be “lasting change”. But in the current ever-shifting policy environment, we must recognize that lasting change is increasingly difficult to come by.
Resources When We Feel Whole: Learnings From the accelerate Initiative The accelerate Initiative is ViiV Healthcare’s commitment to support a range of community-driven activities that strengthen the health and well-being of Black gay and bisexual men. The initial four-year, $10 million investment was in two cities hardest hit by HIV—Baltimore, Maryland, and Jackson, Mississippi. Based on the learnings from accelerate,…
Events FluxxCon 2024 Organization Track: Stop Loving the Problem! Cultivating a Change Practice that *Actually* Changes Things We talk a lot about Change Management—what about Change Practice? Learn how your organization and our industry can increase positive impact by cultivating a Change Practice that supports experimentation, learning, effective leadership and collaboration, and ultimately,…
Events CCAT® Facilitator Training Fall 2024 CCAT® (Core Capacity Assessment Tool) Facilitator Training Fall 2024: Session 1: Monday, September 23rd, 3-5pm ET Session 2: Wednesday, September 25th, 3-5pm ET Session 3: Monday, September 30th, 3-5pm ET TCC Group has trained hundreds of nonprofit consultants globally to effectively and impactfully lead social sector organizational change by using…
Events American Evaluation Association: Evaluation 24 Amplifying and Empowering Voices in Evaluation We’re excited to share a resource guide that illustrates how our place-based approach has enhanced community engagement and led to more meaningful evaluations, providing valuable context for our sessions. Evaluation 2024 Resource Guide TCC Group Sessions: Wednesday, October 23rd Workshop: Evaluating Advocacy and Policy…
Insights & Perspectives The Art of Convening The need for effective convenings has never been greater. In our rapidly evolving social and political landscape, organizations are faced with an array of increasingly complex social problems that demand collaborative approaches leading to innovative solutions. Convenings—both in-person and virtual—have the unique potential to address these challenges by building trust,…
Insights & Perspectives Are Convenings More Effective in the Post-Pandemic World? A Conversation with TCC Group’s Jared Raynor Q: In 2020, you authored a pioneering report on understanding the value and effectiveness of convenings for the philanthropic and nonprofit sector, A Framework For the Effective Evaluation of Convenings. Why did you choose to focus on convenings, and which findings surprised you…
Insights & Perspectives When the City Speaks: Reflections from Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy Annual Conference Most conference host cities offer attendees a convenient, welcoming, and unique environment and in that way, New Orleans, where we gathered with our social sector peers from June 2nd-June 5th didn’t disappoint with its extraordinary cuisine, music, culture, and charm. However, with their “equitable exchange with the city”, EPIP’s planners…
Insights & Perspectives Show Me the Money: Bold Approaches to Shifting Power to the Grass Roots Reflections from our Session at Grantmakers in Health (GIH) Annual Conference Our first two days at the Grantmakers in Health Annual Conference (reportedly the most attended in its history), felt like an exhilarating lead-up to our session on the final day, as we engaged in conversations on shifting dollars, resources…