This event is part of the Better Stories, Better Language: A Communications Workshop Series. You can register for only this event or for all three workshops in the series for a discounted rate.
You understand the value of better stories and better language, but you may not have the support and resources you need to engage in this work long-term. This workshop will help you identify your specific needs in terms of resources, skills and support, as well as the people who control those resources.
You’ll learn how to articulate the concrete benefits of different approaches to storytelling and make specific requests of colleagues and leaders who can help - enabling you to bolster your own foundation’s story while contributing to the larger narrative of philanthropy’s value to society.
Join us as we explore how to demonstrate the benefits of more dynamic storytelling and discover how to make a compelling case for new approaches and ideas using cutting-edge social, behavioral, and cognitive science.
This session is one of three workshops in the Better Stories, Better Language Communication Workshop Series, a collaboration between the University of Florida's Center for Public Interest Communications and the Council on Foundations. These three workshops will offer you the skills and tools to tell more complex, robust stories about the charitable sector and your work. You'll learn how to create a more accurate narrative and build trust through transparent storytelling and intentional language.
This event is part of the Better Stories, Better Language: A Communications Workshop Series. You can register for only this event or for all three workshops in the series for a discounted rate.
Learn to tell fascinating, compelling stories about how change happens and how the charitable sector works with communities to make a difference on today’s most pressing issues. We’ll discuss how narratives are formed, the essential elements of stories that build trust and understanding, and how to create collaborative narratives that show how communities and the charitable sector work together to drive change. Everything you learn will be rooted in insights from our Philanthropy's New Voice report, the largest study ever conducted on narratives in the charitable sector.
We’ll also discuss the essential elements of telling stories that are authentic, accurate, and ethical. This includes applying the principles of "asset framing" to highlight strengths and potential, how to select and represent characters inclusively in storytelling efforts, applying storytelling techniques that create meaningful transparency and foster trust, and the importance of committing to and sustaining engagement in narrative change work over time.
This session is one of three workshops in the Better Stories, Better Language Communication Workshop Series, a collaboration between the University of Florida's Center for Public Interest Communications and the Council on Foundations. These three workshops will offer you the skills and tools to tell more complex, robust stories about the charitable sector and your work. You'll learn how to create a more accurate narrative and build trust through transparent storytelling and intentional language.
Join us for this peer-led event dedicated specifically to foundations working on advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or are open to learning more about how the SDGs can fit within their work.
Connect with foundation peers to learn about the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The group meets monthly via Zoom to discuss SDG hot topics including education, local implementation, community alignment and communication, professional development, data, grantmaking, and more. This community is primarily focused on expanding the SDGs in the United States through community foundation action, but all nationalities are welcome.
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Millersburg, OH 44654
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This is a session in our Leading Locally All Year Long series, featuring content designed for place-based funders.
Constructive Journalism, a method from Denmark, offers a way to center community needs while fostering civic dialogue. By funding this approach, philanthropy empowers journalism that helps people hear each other and find local solutions. This webinar will explore how the Community Foundation for Mississippi is using the method and will help attendees understand strategies for supporting constructive, place-based journalism.
This is a session in our Leading Locally All Year Long series, featuring content designed for place-based funders.
In 2024, the Best Buy Foundation took an audacious leap. Building on its history of place-based work in its hometown of Minneapolis-St. Paul, it launched a national systems change effort around economic mobility for young people. This created a tension between its local and national strategies that it began managing through an integrative organization design. Best Buy Foundation leaders will share their design story and the specific tools they used to enact their multi-pronged approach. Attendees will learn how to apply these tools to their own organizations and how integrative organization design can power equitable impact.
This is a session in our Leading Locally All Year Long series, featuring content designed for place-based funders.
How can funders drive lasting, systemic change in their communities? In this session, the Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga and The Pew Charitable Trusts will highlight recent collaborative efforts in Tennessee to reform court-enforced debt collection practices. Through real-world examples, participants will explore effective strategies for engaging donors, policymakers, directly impacted communities, and foundation staff in advocacy-driven initiatives. Attendees will also participate in discussion designed to strengthen cross-sector partnerships and mobilize key stakeholders to support meaningful system change.
This is a session in our Leading Locally All Year Long series, featuring content designed for place-based funders.
Tuesday, May 4, 2027 to
Thursday, May 6, 2027
Los Angeles, CA
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