GEO will share upcoming opportunities to learn more about our Scaling What Works initiative and welcomes invitations to present at conferences and other events for grantmakers and public sector funders that are interested in growing impact.
Upcoming speaking engagements by Scaling What Works team members
- Giving with Impact: Strategic Collaborations that Make a Difference, Philadelphia, PA
- Presented by Delaware Valley Grantmakers, the United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey, and the Philadelphia Foundation
- June 13, 2013, 9:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
- Register here.
- Description: GEO's vice president of programs, Heather Peeler, and project specialist Jessica Wechter will present GEO content on collaborative problem solving during this interactive session that examines how funders and nonprofits can effectively utilize strategic collaborations to make a difference and drive social change.
Previous speaking engagements
- Council of Michigan Foundations On the Road Regional Programs
- May 6 - May 10, 2013
- Description: GEO's manager of special initiatives Meghan Duffy and project specialist Emily Wexler shared findings from GEO's newest publication, Pathways to Grow Impact, as well as other GEO content at the Council of Michigan Foundations On the Road regional program series. Sessions were held across the state of Michigan.
- May 6 - May 10, 2013
- United Way Worldwide Staff Leaders Conference, Indianapolis, IN
- April 17, 2013, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
- Description: GEO's CEO Kathleen Enright moderated a featured session with GEO members Annie E. Casey Foundation and United Way of Greater Cincinnati as well as the National Fund for Workforce Solutions. The panel will discussed the keys to successful implementation of a co-funding agenda, and tangible ways that United Ways can play a role in their local communities.
- Iowa Council of Foundations, Grinnell, IA
- Session Title: Pathways to Grow Nonprofit Impact
- January 24, 2013, 10:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
- Description: GEO's Meghan Duffy led an informative, interactive discussion of what GEO has learned through the Scaling What Works initiative about the different ways in which funders can help to grow nonprofit impact.
- Council On Foundations Family Philanthropy Conference, San Jose, CA
- Session Title: Pathways to Grow Nonprofit Impact
- January 28, 2013, 2:30 p.m.
- Description: GEO's Meghan Duffy explored four pathways for growing nonprofit impact, and shared new research from GEO about the types of support making the biggest difference for grantees.
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Greater Twin Cities United Way Investment to Impact Forum: Aligning Outcomes, Evidence and Evaluation, St. Paul, MN
- December 12, 2012, from 7:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
- Description: GEO's Heather Peeler was a panelist at this forum focused on measuring the impact of social service work. The event explored how the social service sector is innovating to clearly connect investment with outcomes. In particular, Heather addressed how funders can partner with grantees to understand impact, embrace evaluation for learning and build evaluative capacity.
- South Carolina Grantmakers Network 2012 Fall Forum, Columbia, SC
- Session title: Growing Impact: What Funders Can Do
- October 12, 2012, from 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. ET
- Description: GEO's Meghan Duffy shared findings from a recently completed collaborative research project (scheduled for release in December) that identifies the parallel practices and actionable tools that grantmakers can use to best support high performing nonprofits as they move through periods of transition in their organizational life and grow their impact.
- The Social Enterprise Alliance Summit, Baltimore, MD
- September 24, 2012
- Description: GEO's Meghan Duffy spoke about the results of our collaborative research project with Taproot Foundation, Ashoka, TCC Group, and Social Impact Exchange, and introduced Mario Marino, founder of Venture Philanthropy Partners at the Social Enterprise Alliance Summit in Baltimore, MD.
- September 24, 2012
- The Social Impact Exchange's 2012 Symposium on Scaling Social Impact, New York, NY
- Breakout session title: Nonprofit - Funder Partnerships in Scaling Impact
- June 12, 2012, from 3:30 - 4:45 p.m. ET, Museum of Jewish Heritage - Battery Park
- Description: How can grantmakers and nonprofits work together to increase impact, regardless of their path to scale? In this moderated discussion, hear about a collaborative research project through GEO's Scaling What Works initiative, and from funder and nonprofit leaders about what "smarter grantmaking" means in this context, and how grantmakers and grantees can best partner for successful scaling.
- Panelists: Meghan Duffy, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations; Nicole Farmer Hurd, Ph.D., National College Advising Corps; and Lisa Jackson, New Profit Inc.
- The symposium preceded the Social Impact Exchange's Third Annual Conference on Scaling Impact, June 13 - 14, 2012, in New York, N.Y.
- PRI Makers Network + More for Mission National Conference, Seattle, WA, May 10, 2012
- Workshop title: What Do We Mean by Mission Investing at Scale?
- South Carolina Grantmakers Network Fall Forum: Doing What Works, October 13 - 14, 2011
- Plenary session title:The Evolution of Pizza: A Cautionary Tale of Replication and Scale
- Social Impact Exchange 2011 Conference on Scaling Impact, June 14 - 16, 2011
- Panel discussion title:Intermediaries and Impact: How Can We Make Our Philanthropic Dollars Go Further by Leveraging the Work of Intermediaries?
- 2011 Nonprofit Summit: Hosted by Greater Pittsburgh Nonprofit Partnership, May 12, 2011
- Workshop title: We Got Funded! What Social Innovations Are Being Funded?
- Center for Effective Philanthropy's 2011 Conference, May 9 - 11, 2011
- Session title: Scaling What Works: Lessons for Funders from the Social Innovation Fund
- 2011 Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy National Conference, April 7 - 9, 2011
- Workshop title: How Emerging Grantmakers Can Scale What Works
We also deliver Scaling What Works sessions and programming at GEO's topical and biennial national conferences. To learn more and register for these events, visit GEO's main website.
To request GEO's participation in a future conference or other speaking engagement, please contact our manager of member engagement, Jason Twiss, at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 202.898.1841.
