W1: Evaluation Basics for the Impact Eager, Resource Meager
Session Designer
Sara Beggs. Association of Small Foundations
Session Type
Workshop
Speakers
Ms Sara Beggs, Association of Small Foundations
Ms. Catherine A. Gura, The Children's Guild Foundation
W2: Change Agents for Learning
Session Designer
Jessica Bearman, Bearman Consulting
Session Type
Workshop
Speakers
Jessica Bearman, Bearman Consulting
Opening Plenary Luncheon -- Toward Resilience
Session Type
Plenary
Speakers
Kathleen P Enright, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
Andrew Zolli, Pop Tech
Sidney R Hargro, Community Foundation of South Jersey
Connie Yowell, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Short Talk 1: Innovation Isn't Graded on a Curve
Session Designer
Tonya Allen, Skillman Foundation
Session Type
Short Talk
Speakers
Tonya Allen, Skillman Foundation
Short Talk 2: How Social Innovation Is Like Art, And Why Philanthropy Should Nourish It
Session Designer
Kiff Gallagher, MusicianCorps
Session Type
Short Talk
Speakers
Kiff Gallagher, MusicianCorps
Short Talk 3: Made to Measure?
Session Designer
Udaya Patnaik, Jump Associates
Session Type
Short Talk
Speakers
Udaya Patnaik, Jump Associates
Short Talk 4: Did I Make a Bad Grant, or Did I Make a Grant Badly?
Session Designer
Mae Hong, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Session Type
Short Talk
Speakers
Mae Hong, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Short Talk 5: Fast Feedback: How Imperfect Data Now is Better than Perfect Data Later
Session Designer
Wayan Vota, Kurante
Session Type
Short Talk
Speakers
Wayan Vota, Kurante
Short Talk 6: What Do We Want to Discover?
Session Designer
Connie Yowell, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Session Type
Short Talk
Speakers
Connie Yowell, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Discussion Groups
Session Type
Networking
Speakers
Fail Fest and Evening Reception
Session Designer
Heather Peeler, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations and Wayan Vota, Kurante
Session Type
Special Event
Speakers
Kathleen P Enright, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
Suzanne Walsh, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Ted Chen, Margaret A. Cargill Foundation
Courtney Bourns, Henry P. Kendall Foundation
Rafael López, The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Michael Maness, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Networking Breakfast
Session Type
Networking
Speakers
A1. Building the Collective Capacity of Grantees for Learning
Session Designer
Matt Forti,The Bridgespan Group
Session Type
Breakout
Speakers
Matthew Forti, The Bridgespan Group
Nancy Csuti, The Colorado Trust
Nancy MacPherson, Rockefeller Foundation
A2. Adding It All Up and Learning from the Portfolio
Session Designer
Jessica Mancini, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Session Type
Breakout
Speakers
Melissa Extein, American Jewish World Service
Victoria Dunning, The Global Fund for Children
Melody Keim, Lancaster County Community Foundation
Phillip Chung, The Colorado Trust
Casey Johnson, GreenLight Fund Bay Area
Jessica Mancini, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
A3. Making the Right Evaluation Choices for Your Organization
Session Designer
Lester Baxter, The Pew Charitable Trusts
Session Type
Breakout
Speakers
Rebekah Levin, Robert R. McCormick Foundation
Angela Frusciante, William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund
Ehren Reed, Skoll Foundation
Thomas Kelly, Hawai'i Community Foundation
Lester Baxter, The Pew Charitable Trusts
A4: How Networks Learn
Session Designer
Marianne Hughes, Interaction Institute for Social Change, and Pat Brandes, Barr Foundation
Session Type
Breakout
Speakers
Marianne Hughes, Interaction Institute for Social Change
Rahn Dorsey, Barr Foundation
B1. Breakthrough Strategies to Create a Meaningful Learning Environment
Session Designer
Rosanna Tran, California HealthCare Foundation
Session Type
Breakout
Speakers
Rosanna Tran, California HealthCare Foundation
Fatima Angeles, The California Wellness Foundation
Allison Metz, Ph.D., Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust
B2. Putting Evidence-Based Grantmaking into Context
Session Designer
Cindy Eby, Mile High United Way, and Brian Paulson, Greater Twin Cities United Way
Session Type
Breakout
Speakers
Jon Baron, Coalition for Evidence Based Policy
Gary Chapman, Communities in Schools
Cindy Eby, Mile High United Way
Brian Paulson, Greater Twin Cities United Way
B3. Who Cares? Audience-Driven Strategies for Communicating Impact
Session Designer
Jon Sotsky, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Session Type
Breakout
Speakers
Jon Sotsky, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Debra Joy Pérez, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Kevin Rafter, The James Irvine Foundation
Kimberely James, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Josie Heath, The Community Foundation of Boulder County
B4. Removing the Roadblocks to Learning
Session Designer
Tanya Beer, Center for Evaluation Innovation
Session Type
Breakout
Speakers
Tanya Beer, Center for Evaluation Innovation
Julia Coffman, Center for Evaluation Innovation
Roberto Cremonini, Cremonini Consulting Network
Joshua Joseph, The Pew Charitable Trusts
Veronica Olazabal, The MasterCard Foundation
Mr. Dan Wilson, Ontario Trillium Foundation
Closing Plenary Luncheon -- Real Learning in Real Time
Session Type
Plenary
Speakers
Kathleen P Enright, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
Rebekah Levin, Robert R. McCormick Foundation
Michael Quinn Patton, independent consultant
W3: Developmental Evaluation: What Are You Ready to Do??
Session Designer
Hallie Preskill and Srik Gopalakrishnan, FSG
Session Type
Workshop