Below are resources—findings, stories, and ideas—for foundations and philanthropy associations to use in reaching influential Americans.
Presentation, presentation materials
Communicating the Value of Your Foundation
> Action Card
Check out the six next actions you can take in communicating the value of your foundation. This card was distributed to participants in PAI's "Beyond Cash Machine: Communicating the Value of Foundations" session at the Council on Foundations 2010 annual conference. The session included moderator Daniel Silverman from The James Irvine Foundation and panelists Lisa Dropkin from Edge Research, Rich Neimand from Neimand Collaborative, and Vicki Rosenberg from the Council of Michigan Foundations.
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Reaching Influential Americans
> Pledge
Check out this pledge participants took at PAI's "Next Steps in Reaching Influentials" session at the 2009 Communications Network annual conference. The session featured PAI's Mark Sedway, Eric Brown from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and Vicki Rosenberg from the Council of Michigan Foundations.
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Outreach 2010: Communicating During the Downturn
> Planning Book
Check out this planning book from PAI's Outreach 2010: Communicating During the Downturn pilot workshops in partnership with Marcia Sharp of Millennium Communications Group, the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy, the Maine Philanthropy Center, and the Ohio Grantmakers Forum. Workshops were designed to help foundation CEOs, trustees and key staff communicate more effectively with grantees, community leaders and policy makers during the economic downturn.
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