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This calendar features all Forum events and programming for our members including our annual conference, sponsored education programs, quarterly peer community calls and orientation webinars.
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Please note that attendance in many of this programming is restricted to members of the Forum and their members.
We invite the chief executives (CEOs, Presidents, Executive Directors) of our member organizations to participate in a cohort of 6-8 other PSO CEOs that would meet virtually for four months from January to April of 2021.
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Join your peers at philanthropy-serving organizations that have five or fewer staff members. This is a space for these PSOs to connect, share and learn on how to maximize their strengths for greatest impact.
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We look forward to this conversation in community, to offer an opportunity to share and ask for advice from your fellow communications colleagues, consider priorities ahead for the end of 2020 and beginning of 2021, and to learn more about what is on the horizon for Forum's Communications Peer... Read More
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Members will have a chance to discuss the presidential election, and receive an overview of key House and Senate races that could play pivotal roles in advancing our public policy agenda in the next Congress. Members will also hear from Forum staff about what the election results may mean for... Read More
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Join your programming peers at philanthropy-serving organizations for a round-robin call to share your latest successes, tackle problems, and provide insight
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Join your member services peers to discuss how your PSO is planning for 2021 – how is COVID-19 impacting your renewal process, how have you changed your value proposition in response to this year’s events, how are you surveying your members, etc
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Paul Moon, Senior Program Manager at Grantmakers for Education shared insights about their 2020 Annual Conference, which included their approach, resources, and platforms that were used to provide an engaging virtual conference experience.
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Join us to take a collective virtual pause to reflect on hosting virtual meetings as emerging practitioners. We’ll hear reflections and recommendations from Elyse Gordon at Philanthropy Northwest, and then discuss together what’s working, what’s not, and lessons we’ve learned along the way.
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What a strange and important time we are living through. Many of our institutions and democratic practices are being challenged, damaged and in some cases reaffirmed and strengthened. How does this impact the context and culture in which philanthropy supports institutions and practice of... Read More
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Join us for a special conversation with Luz Vega-Marquis, who retired recently as the founding President and CEO of the Marguerite Casey Foundation after nearly 20 years in the position. The conversation coincides with the release of Luz’s new book Ask, Listen, Act: A New Model for Philanthropy... Read More
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We will be providing a space for Forum members to connect and learn from each other around hosting virtual conferences - what are PSOs learning about how we transition from in-person to virtual for our biggest event(s) of the year.
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Alan Kwok from Northern California Grantmakers and Kendall Clawson from Grantmakers of Oregon and Southwest Washington will share on-the-ground updates of what’s happening in their respective regions; how you and your members can help, in the short term and longer term; the discussions going on... Read More
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For several years there has been an informal networking group of philanthropy-serving professionals in DC. These quarterly get-togethers over lunch are an opportunity for colleagues to be introduced and share what’s in the pipeline at their shops
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We will be providing a space for Forum members to connect and learn from each other around hosting virtual conferences - what are PSOs learning about how we transition from in-person to virtual for our biggest event(s) of the year.
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United Philanthropy Forum’s Virtual Conference is unlike any other event in the philanthropy sector. It is the only event that brings together people from all of the country’s philanthropy associations and networks—philanthropy-serving organizations (PSOs) that play a key role in advancing,... Read More
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Attending our 2020 Forum Virtual Conference? Join this session to learn how to utilize our conference platform, powered by Swapcard.
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Attending our 2020 Forum Virtual Conference? Join this session to learn how to utilize our conference platform, powered by Swapcard.
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We will be providing a space for Forum members to connect and learn from each other around hosting virtual conferences - what are PSOs learning about how we transition from in-person to virtual for our biggest event(s) of the year.
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Join Forum Staff and other sector public policy leaders for an in depth update and deep dive on the latest from Washington, D.C. This webinar will cover the up-to-date news on sector-related legislation, the next phase of COVID legislation, and more.
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In light of what is happening in communities all across our country right now, the Forum is changing our regularly scheduled member check-in call on COVID-19 to be a call where members can have space to share and discuss the current work of PSOs to respond, and help their members respond, to the... Read More