EPIP 2013 Conference Debrief and Happy Hour

Please join us for a happy hour to debrief, reminisce and chat about reflections from the 2013 EPIP National Conference last April. The Chicago “Lead” conference brought lots of lessons and food for thought.

Didn’t have a chance to make it to the conference? Don’t worry! Conference attendees will share their experiences with us in an open space for rich conversation and networking.

JOIN US:

Wednesday, May 15, 2013
5:30-7:30 p.m.

Press Club
20 Yerba Buena Lane
San Francisco, CA 94103
Ask the front desk/host for "EPIP" and they will direct you to our group

First glass of wine is on us, first come, first serve.

RSVP here today.
Hope you can join us!

Evaluating Your Impact Workshops in SF & Menlo Park

EPIP Bay Area is hosting an upcoming program - Evaluating Your Impact - that will be offered in BOTH San Francisco and Menlo Park. Please make sure you register for the correct location! Here are the details and RSVP links for both:

San Francisco
Tuesday, April 9
5:30pm - 7:30pm
The Foundation Center - SF, 312 Sutter, Suite 606, San Francisco, CA 94108
Register HERE

Update: The 2013 EPIP Conference Debrief Reflection and Social that was to follow the SF workshop has been postponed. Due to a successful 2013 EPIP Conference ending this past weekend, most of the attendees returned home and are playing catch up while others continued onto the Council on Foundations conference in Chicago. We will reschedule this event to a later date and look forward to sharing reflections and updates at that time. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Look out for future communications about the rescheduled date.

Menlo Park
Wednesday, April 10
5:30pm - 7:30pm
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation - 2121 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Register HERE

EPIP Bay Area Upcoming Program: Are You a Specialist or Generalist

EPIP Bay Area is happy to start off this year with a great program that will be held in BOTH San Francisco and Mountain View. Please make sure you register for the correct date/location!

Are You A Specialist or Generalist… And What Does That Mean for Your Career?

San Francisco Location
Date: Monday, January 28
Time: 5:30-7:00pm
Location: Foundation Center SF: 312 Sutter St, San Francisco, CA 94108
Reception to follow afterward at Eve Lounge
Eventbrite Registration

Mountain View Location
Date: Tuesday, January 29
Time: 6:00-7:30pm
Location: Silicon Valley Community Foundation: 2440 West El Camino Real, Ste 300, Mountain View, CA 94040
Reception to follow afterward at Agave
Eventbrite Registration

EPIP Bay Area Upcoming Program: Volunteer with Upwardly Global

EPIP Bay Area is excited to be volunteering with Upwardly Global at their Networking Skills Workshop for immigrant and refugee professionals.

Date: Thursday, September 20
Time: 6:30 - 8:30pm
Location: 50 California St, 10th Fl, San Francisco, CA 94111
Eventbrite Registration

Bay Area Job Opportunities

The S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation is hiring:

• Environment Program Associate

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is hiring:

• Program Officer - Children, Families, and Communities Program

Become a 2013 PLACES Fellow, Application Deadline 8/17

PLACES (Professionals Learning About Community, Equity & Smart Growth), is a year-long fellowship program that offers tools, knowledge, coaching, and best practices to build leadership skills and enhance funder grantmaking decisions in ways that are responsive to the needs and assets of low-income neighborhoods and communities of color.

PLACES builds the skills and knowledge of a diverse cohort of professionals in philanthropy, allowing them to grow as leaders and better understand issues of equity and inclusiveness as it relates to growth and development issues and to translate what they have learned into their grantmaking practices.

Join us at EPIP Bay Area’s Programs Next Week

Real Job Search Part II: Resume Writing Workshop

On Tuesday, July 24 we're excited to have Jared Redick, Founder and Principal of the Resume Studio, present this workshop on the basics of resume writing, with strategic ways to market yourself and highlight your skills.

It will be held at Foundation Center San Francisco from 6-7:30pm. (Dinner will be provided.)
This workshop is FREE for EPIP Members and $5 for non-members. You can read the full description and register online here.

2012 EPIP Conference Reflection – Engaging Foundation Stakeholders

Lauren Tulp, our most recent Co-Chair of EPIP Bay Area and Impact Planning and Analysis Associate at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, shares one of her highlighted experiences from this year's EPIP National Conference:

At this year’s EPIP National Conference I had the opportunity to present a workshop called “Do Nothing About Me Without Me: Engaging Stakeholders for Better Results” with two fantastic staff members of Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, Andy Freeze and Jason Twiss.

2012 EPIP Conference Reflection – Learning Tour: Ports of LA

One of our Steering Committee members, Ginger Hintz, attended the Learning Tour of LA Ports at this year's EPIP National Conference. She shares her reflections here:

Philanthropy is about relationships. I think good philanthropy supports and builds long-term connections. These axioms were reinforced on a learning tour to the San Pedro Bay ports (the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach). Patricia Castellanos, Deputy Director and Director of Ports Project at LAANE, and Angelo Logan, Co-Executive Director of East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice, were our guides into a system that most people never see but are affected by every day.

Post Event Highlights and Announcing Nicole Puller as New EPIP Bay Area Co-Chair!

A few weeks ago, at our EPIP National Conference Reflection and Social event on May 22 at Cantina, a few members shared their main takeaways from their experience and participation at the EPIP National Conference. One member spoke about the Learning Tour she attended at the Port of Los Angeles, where they discussed the pollution created by the thousands of trucks transporting goods from the Port every day, the labor injustices experienced by the truck drivers, and the grassroots policy efforts happening in the community surrounding the Port to better their neighborhoods. Other members shared thoughts about the "real, honest, and approachable" attitudes of the presenters/panelists, the easy and exciting ways to meet and connect with new peers and continue those connections after the conference, and judgments about celebrity philanthropists were changed for the better.