Communications

25 Jul 2019

Hashtag Strategy: Social Media As An Effective Advocacy Tool

Thursday, July 25, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Social media has become much more than photo sharing and status updates. It is now a platform for current events, politics, advocacy, cultural shifts, collaboration and social justice. Social media platforms have become places of work, of stump...

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Tools & Strategies

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All Funders

Communications Staff

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Communications

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

09 May 2019

Newsrooms & Philanthropy: Is There a Shared Playbook for Impact and Social Change?

Thursday, May 9, 2019 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Journalism can be a powerful tool and information source for funders seeking to amplify the causes they are investing in. But how can funders evaluate these investments, consider investment in media alongside other programmatic grants, and better...

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30 Jan 2019

New Tools, New Partnerships: Is It Time To Break Your Engagement Mold?

Wednesday, January 30, 2019 -

9:00am to 11:00am

On average, U.S. adults spend nearly half a day interacting with media. And today, more than 269 billion emails are sent every day – an estimated 72 emails for each one of the 3.7 billion email users in the world. It’s no secret that people are...

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14 Dec 2018

Beyond Understanding: Listening for Emergence

Friday, December 14, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:30am

In these complex, challenging times, leaders and good communicators, need to be skilled listeners. Ideally, we are listening to learn, not simply to confirm our presumptions. Many things - environmental and societal factors, our own biases and...

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Professional Development

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Leadership Development

11 Sep 2018

Funding the News and Finding Innovation - A Webinar Hosted by Media Impact Funders

Tuesday, September 11, 2018 -

1:30pm to 2:30pm

As the field of journalism continues to grapple with the collapse of local news outlets across the country, it’s clear that financial support is needed now more than ever. Philanthropy, in response to the radically changing landscape, is stepping up...

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Issue-Based

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

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Communications

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Communications/Media

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

15 May 2018

ComNetworkNY: Communicating Without Stereotypes: Getting Smart on Gender and Race

Tuesday, May 15, 2018 -

6:00pm to 8:00pm

What is implicit bias? How do we recognize and confront it? And in these days of #TimesUP, #March4OurLives and #BlackLivesMatter, how does this bias hamper our work as social change communicators?

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

28 Feb 2018

ComNetworkNY: Leadership and the Art of Communications

Wednesday, February 28, 2018 -

5:30pm to 7:30pm

This session will focus on the importance of communications training as an essential element of developing leaders and networks. It will emphasize communications as a series of skills and tools that are most effective when they transcend...

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08 Feb 2018

Service for Impact – Strategies to Elevate Your Internal Communications

Thursday, February 8, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

The Service for Impact Working Group, rooted in the principles of Reimagining Service , provides an opportunity for both corporate grantmakers and corporate volunteer leaders to foster a peer network, share successes and challenges, brainstorm on...

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14 Sep 2017

ComNetworkNY: September Social on Ford’s Terrace

Thursday, September 14, 2017 -

5:30pm to 7:30pm

Join us for an informal networking event, hosted by Ford Foundation, Philanthropy New York and ComNetworkNY, the local organizing group of The Communications Network.

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09 Aug 2017

Strengthening Your CSR Impact Story with a Program Outcomes Framework - A Webinar Hosted by TCC Group

Wednesday, August 9, 2017 -

12:30pm to 1:30pm

Companies are tackling numerous issues through their corporate citizenship programs, and they often struggle to tell a coherent CSR Impact story about their achievements. In many cases, that story is even more difficult to communicate due to unclear...