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 Read more

In early February 2013, five members of EPIP Boston attended the EPIP National Professional Development Fund Conference held in San Francisco, below are their reflections. Those who attended were Jessica Baylor, EPIP Boston member; Nakisha Lewis, EPIP Boston Co-chair; Hehershe Busuego, EPIP Boston Steering Committee member; Andrea Forsht, EPIP Boston Steering Committee member; and Marie-Frances Rivera, EPIP Boston member

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Congratulations, Daniel Lee! EPIP member and Executive Director of the Levi Strauss Foundation, Daniel Lee, will be an award recipient at the National Center for Responsive Philanthropy 2013 Impact Awards.  The cocktail reception and presentation will be held on Monday, April 8th from 6-8PM at the Blackstone Hotel in Chicago.  If you’re in town for the COF conference, you are welcome to attend.  RSVP: [email protected].  More details here: www.ncrp.org/impact-awards.   Other EPIP-COF Conference Events: The Henry Hampton Award for DETROPIA on Saturday, April 6th from 8:30 – 10:30PM, at which Rahsaan Harris, EPIP’s ED, will be speaking. Drinks, dessert, dancing, and conversation. The Philanthropy Without Borders Party: Going Beyond the Usual Suspects Sponsored by D5 and hosted by the Council on Foundations and EPIP, on Monday, April 8th from 9:00 – 11:00PM. Read more

Check out our program book (PDF, 2.4mb) to see another reason why you should come to the 2013 EPIP National Conference in Chicago April 4th – 6th. Make an investment in your own professional development. Or send a colleague that you know would benefit. March 28th is the last day to register online (on-site registrations will be available thereafter). You can email [email protected] before Friday to access the special rate for staying at the Chicago Hilton. We look forward to seeing you in Chicago! Read more

EPIP and JAG (the Joint Affinity Groups) are proud to announce the launch of Wit and Wisdom, a blogging collaboration. Featuring a monthly entry from individuals within our networks, it will highlight thought leadership about philanthropy, racial/social equity, and multigenerational change. Its lightening-hot interviews, essays, and case studies aim to provoke insightful discussion. The blog is jointly hosted on the EPIP and JAG websites. The writers are members of EPIP, JAG partners, and staff who are building awareness of the best ways to change the face of philanthropy. It’s a platform that gives new leaders a chance to lift up their own voices, where EPIP and JAG members have a means to explore the conversation on equity, multigenerationalism, and social change together. A successful collaboration will also engage the field and help transform philanthropy. Stay tuned for our first content piece, a reflection on EPIP’s people of color gathering, in just a few days! And find us at the EPIP conference and the Council on Foundations conference in Chicago, starting next week! Founded in 1993, JAG is a national network of six identity-based affinity groups of grantmaking professionals that pursues more equitable funding for all communities. EPIP, now 12 years old, develops extraordinary new leaders to enhance organized philanthropy and its impact on communities.   Read more

Check out our conference program for experiences that will develop you into the person you are meant to be. There will be plenaries giving you examples of leading practice, leading ideas, and models of leadership. You will hear from fellow EPIP members presenting on topics ranging from professional effectiveness to social justice. There are opportunities to attend learning tours that explore how Chicago’s social change agents are stepping up to meet today’s problems. You should schedule a 30-minute coaching session to see how getting guidance can help you along your personal and professional journeys. Learn more and register. Read more

EPIP’s LA Chapter is launching a mentorship program to help our members establish long-term, meaningful relationships, both with a mentor and with other emerging professionals in the field. How? This program believes that deepening both types of relationships will enhance professional and personal competence while opening up new areas of interest for its participants...

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The Council on Foundations would like to extend their member rate to EPIP’s entire membership for their Annual Conference!  This year’s conference is focused on Vision & Action, and will be taking place in Chicago immediately following the 2013 EPIP National Conference. For EPIP members to take advantage of this discount, use the Pin Number (00044383) and these simple instructions: Go to the Council’s Conference site: http://web.cof.org/2013Annual/attendee-reg.asp Click on “Register Online” If you have a Council login account or think you might already be in the Council’s system, click, “Yes, I already have a Council login” and it will take you to your account page that says, “Verify your information” with your Name, Title, Address, etc. If you do not have a Council login account, click, “No. I need to create a Council login” On the “Verify your information” page, scroll down to the bottom of the page and you will see a space for your “PIN Number.” Please enter the PIN number we provided you with in this space. When you have entered your PIN number and verified your account information, click “Continue” at the bottom of the page. Read more

By Iris Leon, member, EPIP Philly Steering Committee

We’ve all had that moment. The moment when our age smacks us in the face. I work on a college campus and I regularly have the opportunity to get a window into the minds of undergraduates. I’ve become increasingly aware of one thing: they’re young.

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Intentionally collaborating across boundaries is not just a nice, collegial thing to do: it is a necessity. Intergenerational cross-boundary collaboration in particular has been gaining attention nationally and locally.   Developing and connecting the next generations of nonprofit leaders while supporting senior leaders as they mentor, celebrate their legacies and discover their next steps are all essential. 

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