2012 GEO National Conference

Several FSG staff members present sessions at this year's annual Grantmakers for Effective Organizations national conference.

Where: Seattle, WA

When: March 12-14, 2012

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Six Ways Donors Catalyze Results
Mon Mar 12 2012, 3:30pm–5:00pm

John Kania will be joined by Emily Tow Jackson of The Tow Foundation. Attendees will learn how a variety of foundations have successfully catalyzed change and receive nuts and bolts advice from peer practitioners about the benefits and trade-offs inherent in taking a more catalytic approach.

Changing Our Mindset for Collective Impact
Tue Mar 13 2012, 10:15am–11:45am

Fay Hanleybrown will be joined by Ken Thompson of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Through a series of small group activities, discussion with funders participating in collective impact, and findings from new research on this topic, participants will dive deep into the experience of funding collective impact, understand the tensions and challenges faced in funding these efforts, and discuss ways to embrace the mindset changes needed to be an effective collective impact funder.

The Hard Truth About Strategic Learning in Five Minutes
Wed Mar 14 2012, 9:00am–10:30pm

Efrain Guttierez will join Tanya Beer of the Center for Evaluation Innovation and several other speakers. Through a fast-paced, innovative storytelling format, 10 presenters, including grantees, program staff and evaluators, will focus their experiences into usable kernels of wisdom and unexpected insights.

Reinventing Evaluation for Social Innovation and Change
Wed Mar 14 2012, 11:00am–12:30pm

Hallie Preskill will be joined by Mayur Patel of the Knight Foundation. Participants will engage in learning, reflection, and dialogue about "developmental evaluation," the experiences of grantmakers who are implementing the approach in their work, and the ways in which it could add value to their current evaluation portfolio.