There are few things I love better than seeing techniques we hone in the nonprofit sector adapted by the for-profit sector. Even better is when I have the privilege of developing and implementing such a technique myself! Last year, PhilanthroMedia led the Gorilla Engagement Team for the Communications Network’s 2010 Annual Conference in [...]
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Here’s Why I Like Foundation Communicators!
During the four years I served as a head of a 10-year, $30 million grantmaking initiative at the Chicago Community Trust, I attended my fair share of both local and national meetings with program officers. Contrasting that experience with the past two Communications Network conferences in New York and Chicago, I have found that communication [...]
Conference Engagement 2.0
While conferences notoriously consume inordinate amounts of resources and energy, it’s hard to imagine anything will ever replace the connections made possible when folks gather in the same place to share common interests.
That’s why PhilanthroMedia has spent the past year pioneering what we call Conference Engagement 2.0. Our best test case occurred over the [...]
Web 2.0 Conference Coverage
We all know how important conferences are to the non-profit and foundation sector. But all too often, the conversation dies once the conference closes its doors. How can we extend the impact of these gatherings, ensuring that the messages and ideas generated there will spread? At PhilanthroMedia, we’ve seen first-hand how the application of Web [...]
Congressfolk and Cameras
For the second year in a row, PhilanthroMedia was invited to cover the release of the Middle Class Scorecard for our client, the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy. Last year, representatives who received ‘A’s’ were willing to stay for a brief recognition event. This year, they had come off the floor from a vote [...]
Ford Foundation Launches New Media Tool Project
When the Ford Foundation gathered its worldwide program staff together, November 16-21 in NYC, PhilanthroMedia was part of the team implementing new media tools to enhance the gathering.
PhilanthroMedia’s Scott Riehs helped Ford Communications staff videotape more than 20 interviews in which program officers were asked to describe the work of their “most courageous grantees.” [...]
PM Interviews Majors, NY Times Takes Note
“Instead of writing a report or issuing a critique or counting the number of times that the presidential candidates have talked about cities, we decided that the voices that really need to be heard are the mayors’ themselves. “
That’s Andrea Batista Schlesinger, head of the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy (DMI), commenting in the [...]
On-the-Spot Conference Coverage
You spend a ton of time, money and intestinal fortitude on conferences which enable deeper engagement with your constituents. But after the lights go out, how do you maintain momentum generated there?
One way, as demonstrated by this episode of “Dialogue for Donors,” is to capture insights from participants and noted leaders during the course of [...]
