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Session Materials: The Heart of the Story
The Web offers new ways for foundations to tell the story of their work. Photo essays, videos, podcasts, blogs, and first-person analyses all offer a powerful opportunity to put a human face and heart on our initiatives. At this session, presenters described efforts at some foundations to tell their story in new ways – focusing on what has worked, what hasn’t and, most importantly, what lessons can be shared.
Session Materials: Is the Annual Report Nearing Extinction? Should It Be?
Annual reports are like the weather. Everyone complains, but no one thinks they can do anything about it. Well, maybe it’s time to do something—even if it means never producing another one again. Do annual reports still play an important role in foundation communications, or should be put on the endangered species list? Here are some reasons why we ask the question.
Session Materials: The Role of Communications Staff In Public Policy Grantmaking
Funding public policy work is becoming increasingly common at foundations of all sizes and whose areas of focus differ from one to the next. Does this kind of grantmaking affect the role of communications staff? Are communications at the core of this work? Should we be? Learn more.
Session Materials: When the *%# Hits the Fan — How to Survive a Communications Crisis
So you’ve done your planning and you’ve got your communications program or campaign underway. And then, *%# happens. Current events, changing conditions, opposition attacks and other variables that are beyond your control can throw even the best-laid plans off track. Would you know what to do when the crisis hits? What about preparing in advance? These handouts from the conference, offer some suggestions about how to prepare for the unexpected.
Session Materials: Engaging Decision Makers — Lessons From California and Michigan
Too few policymakers and other decision makers understand the unique work and contributions of foundations. Does this matter? Recent experiences in California and Michigan suggest it does–and the results can be dramatically different when foundations make the effort to be better known to key audiences, or otherwise leave their fate to chance.
