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Calendar of Events
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Wednesday
9/3/2008 |
Connecticut Network of Community Foundations
CEO Work Group
Time:
11:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Location:
Graustein Memorial
Fund, Hamden, CT
Audience: CEOs from Community
Foundations in Connecticut
Contact: Carol Schofield at 860-525-5585 or 1-800-437-1190 or
cschofield@ctphilanthropy.org
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Thursday
9/4/2008 |
Project Streamline: Drowning in Paperwork, Distracted from Purpose
Time:
1:30 - 3:30 p.m. (networking and refreshments at 1:00)
Location:
Fairfield County
Community Foundation, Norwalk, CT
Audience: Staff and trustees from grantmaking organizations
Contact: Laurie Allen at 860-525-5585 or 1-800-437-1190 or
lallen@ctphilanthropy.org
Join
your colleagues in a workshop to discuss Project Streamline, a
collaboration between eight prominent organizations representing
grantmakers and grantseekers, including the Connecticut Council for
Philanthropy.
This workshop will present findings from a new report,
Drowning in Paperwork, Distracted from Purpose which examines
the impact of grant application and reporting requirements and makes
recommendations for how these practices can be streamlined. Discussion
and conversation will focus on the inefficiencies of the grantmaking
process and the report's findings and recommendations.
Participants will
receive:
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Copies of
Drowning in Paperwork, Distracted from Purpose
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A greater
understanding of the impact that current application and reporting
practice have on grantseekers and grantmakers
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Overview and
discussion of streamlining practices that have worked in other
foundations and regions
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An opportunity to
provide feedback on the recommended core principles and to influence
Project Streamline’s next steps.
PRESENTER: Richard Toth,
Director, Office of Proposal Management, Robert Woods Johnson Foundation
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Friday
9/5/2008 |
Project Streamline: Drowning in Paperwork, Distracted from Purpose
Time:
9:00 - 10:30 a.m.(networking and refreshments at 8:30)
Location:
South Congregational Church,
Hartford, CT
Audience: Staff and trustees from grantmaking organizations
Contact: Laurie Allen at 860-525-5585 or 1-800-437-1190 or
lallen@ctphilanthropy.org
Join
your colleagues in a workshop to discuss Project Streamline, a
collaboration between eight prominent organizations representing
grantmakers and grantseekers, including the Connecticut Council for
Philanthropy.
This workshop will present findings from a new report,
Drowning in Paperwork, Distracted from Purpose which examines
the impact of grant application and reporting requirements and makes
recommendations for how these practices can be streamlined. Discussion
and conversation will focus on the inefficiencies of the grantmaking
process and the report's findings and recommendations.
Participants will
receive:
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Copies of
Drowning in Paperwork, Distracted from Purpose
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A greater
understanding of the impact that current application and reporting
practice have on grantseekers and grantmakers
-
Overview and
discussion of streamlining practices that have worked in other
foundations and regions
-
An opportunity to
provide feedback on the recommended core principles and to influence
Project Streamline’s next steps.
PRESENTER: Richard Toth,
Director, Office of Proposal Management, Robert Woods Johnson Foundation
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Thursday
9/11/2008 |
Connecticut Council for Philanthropy
Communications Committee
Time: 8:30 a.m.
Location:
Connecticut Council
for Philanthropy, Hartford, CT
Audience: Members of the Communications Committee
Contact: Carol Schofield at 860-525-5585 or
cschofield@ctphilanthropy.org
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Monday
9/15/2008 |
Early Childhood Education Funders
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Location:
Graustein Memorial
Fund, Hamden
Audience: Staff and trustees of grantmaking organizations
Contact: Carol Schofield at 860-525-5585 or
cschofield@ctphilanthropy.org
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Tuesday
9/16/2008 |
Connecticut Network of Community Foundations
Development Work Group
Time:
11:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Location:
Community Foundation
for Greater New Haven, New Haven, CT
Audience: Development Staff from Community
Foundations in Connecticut
Contact: Carol Schofield at 860-525-5585 or 1-800-437-1190 or
cschofield@ctphilanthropy.org
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Thursday
9/25/2008 |
Connecticut Network of Community Foundations
Finance/Admin Work Group
Time:
11:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Location:
Community Foundation
of Greater New Britain, New Britain, CT
Audience: Finance/Admin Staff from Community
Foundations in Connecticut
Contact: Carol Schofield at 860-525-5585 or 1-800-437-1190 or
cschofield@ctphilanthropy.org
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