Zoom Webinar
Free to members and non-members
Career Pathways is the Council on Foundation’s executive leadership development program with a primary goal to promote diversity among decision makers in the field. The Career Pathways Alumni network is composed of stellar executive leaders committed to advancing equity in the sector. This webinar series highlights the work of Career Pathways Alumni making an impact in Philanthropy.
Meaning making is the heart of human creative agency; shared meaning making is the soul of social change efforts. Knowledge work embraces both.
Over the past decade, talk of knowledge work within the philanthropic sector has increased exponentially. More and more roles either have the word “knowledge” in their title or utilize “knowledge” activities. Under a flurry of names, philanthropic initiatives are perceived to need evaluation, documentation, narrative building, story, scanning, indicators, theory of change models, and the list gets bigger. Amongst all of this, conversations of knowledge work are often either too general, too jargony, or too narrowly focused on the technical details of methodology.
This webinar takes a practical view of why attention to knowledge work is desperately needed in today’s philanthropic efforts. A panel of discussants from various locations (disciplinary backgrounds, types of foundations, professional roles) came together to talk about how knowledge work shows up in their particular spaces. Their experiences opened up the possibility of envisioning a knowledge field that aligns in purpose and practice with the needs and opportunities of today’s philanthropy.
Participants left the webinar with a framing of knowledge work that is useful to philanthropic initiatives, a better understanding of how knowledge work is incorporated into various roles and activities, and an encouragement to explore how knowledge work relates to their own roles, organizations, and philanthropic investments.
Dr. Angela K. Frusciante
Career Pathways Class of 2013
Director
Knowledge Designs to Change
Brad Rourke
Executive Editor, Issue Guides and Program Officer
Kettering Foundation
Dan Darbandi
Senior Grants Associate
Borealis Philanthropy
Kara Straun
Strategic Program Manager
Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
Applications for the 2023 Career Pathways program application opens Monday, August 29, 2022, and must be submitted by Friday, October 14, 2022. For more information about Career Pathways leadership development program, visit cof.org/careerpathways or email educate@cof.org.
