GEO will share upcoming opportunities to learn more about our Scaling What Worksinitiative and welcomes invitations to present at conferences and other events for grantmakers and public sector funders that are interested in scaling impact.
Upcoming GEO Conferences
- Strategic Co-Funding: A Grantmaker Convening in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 29, 2012. + more
Upcoming speaking engagements by Scaling What Works team members
- 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 precedes the Social Impact Exchange's Third Annual Conference on Scaling Impact, June 13 - 14, 2012, in New York, N.Y. GEO members receive a 50 percent discount on conference registration and can attend the pre-conference symposium for free. Learn more about the symposium here. And, additional details about the conferencce and how to obtain the registration discount are available here.
Previous speaking engagements
- 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?
Pittsburgh Nonprofit Summit - We Got Funded! What Social Innovations are Being Funded?
View more presentations from GPNP
- 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.
