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14 Jan 2021

Liberation for Communications Folks Series | Session 2

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January 14, 2021 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

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Session 2 Topic: How to Confront Microaggressions Do you have to say your name 2-3 times each time you introduce yourself? Do you code switch at work because you know you can’t be your authentic self in certain environments? Have you ever witnessed...

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18 Feb 2021

Liberation for Communications Folks Series | Session 3

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February 18, 2021 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

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Managing Up: How do you respond to a microaggression from your boss? As messengers for our organizations, communications staff are uniquely positioned to be on the frontline of confronting microaggressions within their organizations and within the...

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03 Dec 2020

Liberation for Communications Folks Series | Session 1

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December 3, 2020 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

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Data shows nearly two in three of us struggle with Imposter Syndrome, the feeling that one is not cut out for the work one is doing or aspires to do, combined with a fear of being discovered as a fraud. Ironically, high achievers are at a unique...

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From Me to We: Communication Peers Luncheon

Join communication peers for an invitation-only lunch with the strategist behind a groundbreaking effort to bring us closer to advancing shared opportunity and prosperity for all Californians. Anat Shenker-Osorio's research and meticulous testing is...

Hewlett Foundation Appoints New Director of Communications

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01/08/2015

NCG Member The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation announced yesterday the appointment of Vidya Krishnamurthy as the Foundation's Director of Communications.

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NCG Partners with The Communications Network: A Reception with Sean Gibbons

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04/07/2015

In 2015 NCG has begun a deliberate effort to develop and present programming for communications staff. Recently NCG reached out to Sean Gibbons, Executive Director at The Communications Network, to learn if he’d be in the Bay Area any time in the...

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Communications Cohort Faculty Profile: Vanice Dunn

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01/11/2019

As we get closer to the kickoff of NCG's inaugural Communications Cohort at the end of this month, we asked Cohort faculty member Vanice Dunn , to share her experience with mid-career growth and how her identity...

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When Words Are Not Enough: A Communications Institute with EI Smarts

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10/24/2019

The aim of NCG’s Communications Institute was to build such a bridge through the creation of a cohort learning program, one that designed a human experience through the art of interpersonal relations and the science of communications .

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Resources from Communications Salon Series | How to Communicate about Poverty - (Hint: Don’t use that Word!)

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09/2015

When we advocate for change, frame issues, and describe our work, how do we steer clear of problematic metaphors and language that unintentionally reinforces poverty as beyond our control—or places blame on the individual?

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03 Sep 2015

Communications Salon Series | How to Communicate about Poverty - (Hint: Don’t use that Word!)

September 3, 2015 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Northern California Grantmakers

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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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Blue Shield of California Foundation Names Director of Communications and Public Affairs

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07/23/2020

Rachael Kagan, a strategic leader with two decades of experience leading communications for California health care organizations, has been named director of communications and public affairs at Blue Shield of California Foundation.

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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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Liberating Communications: An Institute Connecting Us to Our Purpose and Each Other

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11/07/2019

Some 30 years ago, on the steps of the Supreme Court, I made a decision that would re-route my entire communications career. At the time, I had a good decade of professional corporate PR under my belt. But when I stepped in front the throng of news...

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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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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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Equity and Social Justice

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13 Oct 2020

Housing and Homelessness Narrative Change: From Research to Action

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Public Policy