Round: C

A few simple communications insights can hold the key to taking your performance in grants management to the next level. In this session, you will learn strategies and tactics to excel in communicating with internal and external audiences and how to elevate the communications culture of your entire organization.

This session will look at and enhance the role of a grants manager with a social justice lens. How can we as grants managers go beyond fiduciary responsibilities to assist our grantees in more than just the financial aspects required of us?

Grantmakers and grantees have various tools at their disposal to articulate activities, expected outcomes, and underlying theories about how programs, initiatives, or strategies are intended to work. This session will focus on theories of change and consider how and in what circumstances theories of change can support grantmaking, both as an internal tool for grantmakers and/or as a tool for grantees. Presenters will help clarify language around theories of change, discuss when and how theory of change processes and products can be most effective and powerful, and present examples from different contexts. Small group discussions will allow attendees to share their experiences, hear more from their colleagues, and broaden the conversation to identify when and how this tool can support and improve their grantmaking going forward.