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What It Takes: How to Build an Effective, Modern Communications Shop

Now more than ever, successful strategic communications are essential in the social sector. The Communications Network (ComNet), which supports foundations and nonprofits to improve lives through the power of smart communications, has done ample research to back it up.

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Resources from How Can Foundations Work With Their Grantees to be Effective Communicators?

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07/2012

How Can Foundations Work with Their Grantees to be Effective Communicators is part of NCG's 2012 Communications Series.

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Metta Fund Announces Appointment of its First Director of Communications

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02/21/2019

Last week, NCG member Metta Fund announce the appointment of Anna Karrer Manley as its first-ever Director of Communications. Congratulations Anna! Take a look at Metta Fund's announcement.

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Finding Our People: A Communications Institute Rooted in Racial Equity and Emotional Intelligence

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10/10/2019

When I joined NCG three and a half years ago, our communications was staffed by a competent and personable team of one. The woman who held the job had a knack for discerning what people wanted and delivering just that thing. This made everyone happy...

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NCG Farewell: Q&A with Knowledge & Communications Manager Marisela Orta

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06/03/2015

After 10 years at NCG, our very own Knowledge and Communications Manager Marisela Orta will be leaving the Bay Area for Iowa. She’s about to join the very prestigious Iowa Playwrights Workshop—one of the top MFA programs in the country for...

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Cancellation Confirmation for Mix It Up with PPN

Your registration for "Mix It Up with Peninsula Philanthropy Network" has been cancelled. Thank you! Did you cancel by mistake? Contact Registrar at registrar@ncg.org .

Announcing a New Communications Training Cohort for Mid-Career Social Sector Professionals

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09/20/2018

At our best, communications staff at Northern California Grantmakers’ member foundations tell the stories that advance social progress while making philanthropy’s work understandable and accessible to the people who rely on it. To reach our highest...

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Positive Change, Served Up Hot!

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12/07/2015

When was the last time you saw a room full of philanthropy professionals leap to their feet in applause? Watch Youth Speaks Poet Tassiana as she rallied the Northern California Grantmakers community to a standing ovation at our sold-out annual...

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02 May 2019

Mix it up with the Peninsula Philanthropy Network

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May 2, 2019 -

4:00pm to 6:00pm

Pacific Arts League

Join the Peninsula Philanthropy Network (PPN) at 4 pm at the Pacific Arts League for a casual mixer to connect with people who work in philanthropy on the San Francisco Peninsula. This will be an opportunity to build relationships, learn about the...

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29 Jan 2015

Communications Salon

January 29, 2015 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Northern California Grantmakers

Join your fellow Communications staff for an informal getting-to-know-you brown bag lunch. The first quarterly brown bag of 2015, bring your appetite to talk shop.

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Stupski Foundation’s team has grown to increase capacity, expertise, and representation across the
Bay Area and Hawai‘i that will be critical to working in deep partnership with stakeholders through the spend down. It is within that context that the Foundation is looking for a creative,...

03 Dec 2015

Communications Mixer

December 3, 2015 -

4:30pm to 6:30pm

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

The team at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation is hosting NCG communications colleagues from the Bay Area for a first-of-its-kind cocktail mixer.

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Announcing the 2020 Rising Leaders Cohort

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01/23/2020

We learn a lot about ourselves and what we need to thrive in the earlier stages of our careers. The inaugural Rising Leaders Cohort launches this week! Participants will be part of an intimate group of peers and will be exploring themes of...

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California Rising | Marin Community Foundation

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03/02/2017

NCG member, the Marin Community Foundation, published the letter, California Rising, from it's President & CEO, Dr. Thomas Peters. We whole-heartedly agree!

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About | 2020 Rising Leaders Cohort

Interested in the 2020 Rising Leaders Cohort?

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Check out the Faculty for the 2020 Rising Leaders Cohort.

NCG Members Stand Up for Immigrant Families

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12/06/2018

Thank you to all of our members who joined NCG’s Protecting Families Campaign and lifted up their voices in opposition to the harmful and unnecessary “public charge” rule that would worsen the well-being, health, and stability of millions of...

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