Webinar Recap: Social Media 10 Reasons why EPIPers should be online and 4 ways to get started On July 10th, EPIP members participated in a webinar presented by Erin Barnes (ioby) & Sadia Kalam (Cause Effective), both of whom serve on the NYC Chapter Steering Committee. The webinar focused more on Twitter, and was live tweeted using #EPIPWeb. Erin began with a list of reasons why using social media for professional development is important: Read more

Hey there Bay Area EPIPers, Here’s a cool opportunity that we wanted to share with you. Compass Family Services is embarking on its 100th anniversary of serving the San Francisco community.   Each year, it helps more than 3,000 homeless and low-income parents and children get back on their feet.  The Compass Leadership Council is an opportunity for emerging leaders in the San Francisco Bay Area to network with their peers, develop leadership skills, and give back to their community.  The council will be comprised of members from diverse career fields throughout the Bay Area. Read more

Did you know, as an EPIP member you are entitled to a 15% discount off all classes at The NYU Academy for Grantmaking and Funder Education, a division of the NYU George Heyman Jr. Center for Philanthropy and Fundraising? Today is the final day to register for the Mini-Intensive for New Philanthropists and Grantmakers, a one-week course beginning 7/8/2012 and targeted for funders in their first 3 years. In order to access your discount code, log in to Member Connect and navigate to Member Benefits.  If you’re having trouble, contact [email protected]. To register for the course and apply your discount, call Robert Lesko at 212-998-6764 today and ask for course #Phil-CE-9079-001-5241.  

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If you are an EPIP member, click here to access the free ticket, or contact Kate Seely at [email protected].

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Join Sadia Kalam from Cause Effective and Erin Barnes from ioby for a webinar on reasons to use social media and four easy ways to get started. We’ll cover case studies of what’s happening online that you’re missing out on and the tactics that the social sector is using to make real change using the most robust digital tools. And for those who cower in the shadow of the digerati, we’ll cover four smart ways you can make the most of your limited time. This webinar will not go over the same old, tired, boring top ten best practices of using social channels, but we will give you a list of those resources to go to. This is a participatory, thought-provoking hour on maximizing your potential by tapping the best of what’s out there.

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

12pm PDT/3pm EDT

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Last month, The Wall Street Journal featured the Laura and John Arnold Foundation in Houston, Texas in an article entitled “The New Science of Giving”.   The piece highlighted an operational approach to philanthropy that may be unconventional, although its ideology is not: use data to guide giving.  John Arnold is a man of tremendous wealth (about $4 billion) and practically incomparable success (he’s 39 years old) against the odds (a large part of his fortune came in when he correctly predicted how the price of gas would change in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina amidst erroneous calculations by peers).  His success was rooted in the same principles that guide his foundation today: statistics.  Nate Silver did it with the 2012 presidential election, and as WSJ points out, the household terms of “moneyball” and “freakonomics” are ones we’ve come to trust.  So relying on data isn’t new; but employing it in philanthropy – really using it rather than just putting the words “evidence-based” in the president’s note of the annual report – sort of is.  Well, it’s had to be.  It just costs too much to do it right. Enter the billionaire. Read more

Emerging professionals want to get off the sidelines. Our members want to participate in efforts that lead to meaningful change in communities we care about. Many of us are naturally talented, innovative, and creative but we all also need to be intentional about continually developing our skills and putting those innate capacities to work. EPIP wants to make sure that we push ourselves as a community toward skill attainment so that we can have the greatest impact within the communities we serve. EPIP members are committed to building a just, equitable, and sustainable society. In order to achieve these large goals, we need to develop the necessary skills to be an effective leader and change maker. Together with human resource professionals, we created a list of skills vital to EPIP member leadership development. Read more

This post originally appeared on World Policy Blog on May 21, 2013: By Nichole Martini and Alexis Ortiz Americans interested in cultural policy often lament the fact that the United States does not have an official national cultural policy.  Without a Ministry of Culture or other similar agency, there is minimal central direction for funding and policy decisions.  Because of this, policy and funding are often conflated in our discussions, and the general argument in the field is for increased funding across the board.  However, there is much more to policy than dollars and cents, and we need to explore the deeper questions of “how,” “why,” and “for whom” decisions about what to support (financially and otherwise) are made in order to effect real, systemic change. On this, individual artists working alone will never be as successful as when the artistic community works together with other institutions or sectors to ensure that the arts have a place at the table. Read more

We’re excited to share our partnership with GOOD Magazine whose quarterly print publication covers social enterprise, design and philanthropy.  Subscriptions are normally $25/year, but EPIP members get 20% off.  Log into Member Connect, then click on Member Resources to access the discount code. GOOD Magazine is also partnering with EPIP for editorial content. Their July issue will focus on health; in particular, good health and well-being. If you have an idea for a compelling story, GOOD is requesting the following information in advance: • Name, Title, Name of organization, URL • Story idea– what’s inspiring about it and how does it relate to the theme? • Bonus: Exciting title/headline It can be really short. We’ll pass the information along to their Managing Editor, and she’ll follow-up on any stories she’s interested in. Please know that there’s no guarantee of getting published– it’s up to the discretion of their Editor. Please send all submission ideas to: [email protected] Writing about issues and concerns about which you are passionate and knowledgeable is a great way to build leadership skills and develop your brand. Take advantage of this opportunity to produce thoughtful work that gets noticed. Read more

THIS POST WAS WRITTEN BY DONYALE REAVIS, ESQ. (EPIP Philadelphia Steering Committee Member) “Charity begins at home” was one of my paternal grandmother’s favorite lines—my Ga-Ga had a heart of gold for every creature on two or four feet she ever met...

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Kate Seely is the Director of Field Operations with EPIP. She is a leadership development enthusiast, a believer that honest communication and authentic leadership are the underlying keys to any sustainable change we endeavor to effect in this world.  As I have grown in my career over the past 10 years, I have thought a lot about what it means to make change and have learned what I feel are a few valuable lessons. The part that I’m interested in is the personal part, that part that we so often push below, which is so crucial to how we each approach this work. We come at this work with different backgrounds, identities, upbringings, beliefs, inclinations, all of which color how we approach our work and whether we feel fully invested in it. The research on generational shifts shows that work has become more personal with our generation, with individuals feeling committed to causes as opposed to a certain organization or company. EPIP has always placed value on creating a safe space for people of color to talk about identity. Moreover, we believe that we should cultivate space to authentically discuss how identity relates to an individual’s impact, both in the larger world and within our workplaces. As a white girl interested in racial dynamics, racial equity, and deeply engaged with cultures other than my “own,” I have always sidled up to the conversation, not knowing exactly how to engage in the conversations, but wanting oh so badly to do so. […] Read more