GEO Conference: Smart Grantmaking. Stronger Nonprofits. Better Results.
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations is holding their national conference in Seattle this year! Offering a range of perspectives and new ideas for smarter grantmaking, conference sessions will tackle topics like engaging stakeholders, embracing evaluation and learning, and supporting collaborative problem solving.
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Mar 12, 2012 09:00 AM
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Mar 14, 2012 02:30 PM |
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| Where | The Westin: 1900 5th Ave, Downtown Seattle |
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The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results. Recognizing that current standard practices in philanthropy are not doing enough to make progress on the issues they care about, GEO members strive to find more efficient and effective ways to grow their impact.
GEO’s 2012 National Conference will offer a range of perspectives and new ideas for smarter grantmaking that leads to better results and present opportunities for participants to learn from the wisdom and experience of their peers. Session topics include:
- Focusing on funding results. How can we improve our grantmaking practices to better support nonprofit sustainability? How can we leverage our funding for maximum impact?
- Engaging stakeholders. How can we be best tap the knowledge and networks of our grantees and other partners to improve our grantmaking?
- Embracing evaluation and learning. How can we use evaluation and learning to make real-time improvements to our work? How do we create a learning culture within our organizations and in our relationships with grantees?
- Supporting collaborative problem solving. How can we best partner with other funders, grantees, corporations or government agencies to grow our impact?
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