Funding Is Not Enough: Building the Supply Side of the Capacity Building Ecosystem September 27, 2017 By Lindsay Emery Through its Capacity Building 3.0 framework, TCC Group has partnered with dozens of foundations, nonprofits, government agencies, corporations, and local capacity builders in regions throughout the U.S. over the past few years, exploring ways they can acknowledge their respective roles in a larger ecosystem of change. This session will focus on the critical role … Continued
Strategic Planning: Is Your Board Ready? September 27, 2017 By Marketing Admin When considering whether to embark on a strategic planning project, there are a number of questions for an organization to consider. Have you done planning previously and, if so, how did it turn out? Will you do this yourselves or might you need an outside consultant? If the latter, do you have a budget? By … Continued
Disrupting the Current Capacity Building Landscape September 27, 2017 By Marketing Admin To solve the complex social sector challenges facing us today, we are evolving from discreet organizations attempting to achieve individual missions into communities willing to explore a more effective way to build our capacity to make change. This ecosystem approach tends to “disrupt” the traditional ways we have addressed the “who”, the “what,” and the … Continued
Stepping Into the Fight: How Health Funders can use Legal Advocacy as a Strategy to Make Change September 27, 2017 By Marketing Admin This Quick Take session will introduce participants to advocacy strategies focused on creating change within the legal environment. TCC Group will share recent work, supported by Atlantic Philanthropies, about considerations for using legal advocacy, how it connects with more traditionally funded strategies, and how to evaluate this work. Attorney Judith Stein, of the Center for … Continued
Funding to Drive Sustainability and Impact September 27, 2017 By Lindsay Emery Most nonprofits lack the funding and expertise they truly need to support their infrastructure, systems, leadership, and strategy development—the things they need not just to survive, but to thrive. Locally, however, there are new programs and models that provide this critical funding and support, including a County-wide initiative that ties it all together. Join us at this … Continued
Is What’s New Always “Shiny” and Better? September 27, 2017 By Lindsay Emery Nonprofits are constantly challenged to bring up something new or innovative to funders to grab their attention. How do you decide to stick with what you’re good at or to experiment with new ways, especially when the bets are high for your organization and your stakeholders? Speakers Julie Simpson, Director, Nonprofit Strategy & Capacity Building, … Continued
Assessing the Impact September 27, 2017 By Marketing Admin Jared Raynor, Director of Evaluation & Learning at TCC Group, will discuss our approaches to assessment and evaluation with nonprofit capacity building initiatives. Host Grantmakers for Effective Organizations – Capacity Building Champions
Strengthening the Social Sector Ecosystem September 25, 2017 By Marketing Admin The social sector is evolving beyond a framework of individual or organizational capacity to an ecosystem approach to solving complex community problems. Jared and Julie will highlight specific, Texas-based groups that are employing this ecosystem approach and seeing powerful results. Learn to assess the capacity of nonprofits using an ecosystem lens and how funders, the … Continued
The Secret to Building Fundraising Capacity September 25, 2017 By Marketing Admin When you ask any nonprofit what it needs most, you will ALWAYS get the same answer…money. But is it really that cut and dried? The secret to successful fundraising actually lies in an organization’s ability to convey clearly WHAT it is raising money for, WHY it remains relevant in the social sector as a whole, … Continued
New Frameworks for Measuring Capacity and Assessing Performance September 25, 2017 By Lindsay Emery If we start with the assumption that—in order to improve our social sector as a whole—those who do the work to strengthen our communities (the nonprofits) are equally as critical as those responsible for providing the resources for the work to get done (the foundations), then why wouldn’t we expect all social sector actors to … Continued
Ahead of the Curve Symposium September 25, 2017 By Marketing Admin This event will bring together approximately 200 nonprofit leaders and capacity builders from across the region to explore key issues around: creating effective board and governance structures for the future; new funding and financing tools like impact investments; redesigning and restructuring for organizational success; avoiding nonprofit closure; and planning for CEO succession. Hosts Support Center … Continued
CCAT New Facilitator Training Part 2 September 25, 2017 By Marketing Admin The second webinar will continue the discussion of CCAT theory and best practices for facilitating the CCAT, and it includes an in-depth Q&A session. To learn more about the CCAT and becoming a CCAT facilitator, visit the CCAT Help Desk.
CCAT New Facilitator Training Part 1 September 25, 2017 By Marketing Admin In the first of this two-part training session, TCC Group will lead attendees through a discussion of CCAT theory, best practices for facilitating the CCAT, and an in-depth Q&A session. To learn more about the CCAT and how to become a CCAT facilitator, visit the CCAT Help Desk.
Capacity Building 3.0: Data + Facilitation = Collaborative Learning September 25, 2017 By Marketing Admin This workshop will familiarize participants with Capacity Building 3.0, a targeted capacity building process and framework grounded in the notion that constructing the pipeline of collaborative learning in any ecosystem depends on the development of relational capacity. Attendees will learn from those currently working with Capacity Building 3.0 and its experiential practice aspects. Presenter Julie … Continued
Why Boards Matter: The Relationship Between Strongs Boards and Organizational Success September 25, 2017 By Marketing Admin As a sector, we have come to some consensus on “good governance” and the things boards should do to effectively govern nonprofits. We have identified the board’s basic roles and developed metrics to gauge organizational success. What we DON’T know is whether and why these practices actually result in improved organizational health and long-term sustainability. … Continued