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Going Beyond Transparency
Last week, the Foundation Center launched a new web portal, Glasspockets, which is dedicated to showcasing and promoting foundation transparency. That foundations need to operate transparently is a given among foundation communicators. But how do our program colleagues view transparency — as well as using communications to advance their organization’s work? To find out, we asked regular contributor, Elizabeth Miller, Senior Program Associate, at the Overbrook Foundation. Her thoughts follow.
Dispensing With Myths About Foundations
In our last post, we talked about the general lack of knowledge about philanthropy — and foundations in particular — among “influentials.” This guest post discusses how the Council of Michigan Foundations is using a novel approach to address this problem and finding ways to engage foundation leadership and trustees in the effort.
ROI: Reason to Omit Investment?
In the following guest post — reprinted with permission from his blog With or Without You — Communications Network board member, Mitch Hurst, VP, Interactive Solutions, Scofield Company, offers some thoughts about why an overemphasis on proving the value of social media within foundations and nonprofits can stand in the way of broader adoption for potentially good purposes.
Let’s Shout Out Our Work On Diversity and Inclusiveness
Guest Post: Paul Bachleitner
Some aspects of foundation work are harder to bring to the public’s attention than others. For a number of foundation communications officers, promoting their organizations’ efforts to advance diversity and inclusiveness ranks at the top of the list. And while this work is too important for us to allow it to fall beneath the radar of public awareness and discourse, convincing CEOs, staff, and boards to serve as visible ambassadors on the politically murky issue of race sometimes can be a tough internal sell. In addition, finding ways to connect with the public and with communities of color may also require some different approaches than your standard outreach.
Eureka! They Can’t Live Without Communications – Now What?
Guest Post: Holly Minch, communications consultant to the Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund.
For many foundation communications professionals, it’s a long, slow slog to demonstrate for peers and leadership the myriad ways that communications can help the organization meet its programmatic goals. Perhaps you’ve been there?
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