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What’s New at BTW informing change — Summer 2006
BTW is Hiring
BTW informing change is hiring a Senior Associate and an Associate. The right candidates will share our values of integrity, intelligence and compassion as well as bring a passion for working with nonprofit and philanthropic organizations.
Senior Associate: We are seeking individuals with five to ten years experience performing strategic consultation in the areas of planning, design and applied research. Please refer individuals that you know who have these qualifications to Tina Cheplick at tcheplick@btw.informingchange.com or 510-665-6100 extension 315.
Associate: We are seeking individuals who possess three to five years experience in designing, collecting, analyzing and reporting on social outcome data for planning and evaluation purposes. This candidate will have experience working on multiple project teams, as well as demonstrated skill in conducting basic quantitative and qualitative social science research. The full job description for the Associate position is available on BTW’s Web site.
New Clients
In addition to continuing work with our long-term clients, BTW is pleased to have launched new relationships with the following groups:
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Arts Council of Silicon Valley
BTW is facilitating the development of a Theory of Change for the Artsopolis Marketing Partnership and Artsopolis.com.
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Kaiser Permanente
BTW will conduct a retrospective evaluation of Kaiser Permanente’s three year partnership with Community Clinic Consortia throughout the State of California.
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Stupski Foundation
BTW is providing strategic consultation on the development of the Foundation’s education-related five year goals and measures.
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Recent BTW Publications
Visit BTW’s publications page to download new examples of our work:
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Pacific Community Ventures’ 2005 Portfolio - Expanding Social Return: Executive Summary of a Comprehensive Assessment
In 1999, Pacific Community Ventures (PCV) brought together the principles of venture capital and community development to create the first community development venture capital fund in California. BTW has been working with PCV for the last several years to articulate and measure its social returns.
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Pacific Community Ventures Business Advisory Service - Advising for Change: Executive Summary of an Assessment
At the end of 2005, BTW conducted an in-depth assessment of PCV’s Business Advisory Service. This program attracts high-level, talented individuals from the business world to volunteer as advisors to dynamic small businesses to help them improve their capacity for growth and build relationships across communities.
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A Blueprint for Action: Coaching as a Tool for Building Leadership and Effective Organizations in the Nonprofit Sector
This report summarizes findings from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation-funded Coaching and Philanthropy project and suggests a framework around which a strategic effort can be developed to advance the application of coaching as an effective nonprofit leadership and organizational development tool. This Blueprint was developed by a multidisciplinary design team representing the philanthropic, coaching and nonprofit sectors.
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Tackling Vision Care Disparities: How One Nonprofit Uses an NFL Team’s Celebrity To Improve Poor Children's Eyesight - and Life Chances
This case study, based on a larger study of the Philadelphia Eagles Youth Partnership’s Eye Mobile program conducted by Melinda Tuan and BTW, was published in the Stanford Social Innovation Review. The case tells the compelling story of the Eye Mobile and children whose eyesight improved because of it. The case highlights the power of leveraging sports celebrity and the complexity of successful multi-sector partnerships.
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BTW Presents...
Kim Ammann Howard, Director of Evaluation and Organizational Learning at BTW, drew on BTW's recent work to organize two sessions for the 2006 annual conference of Grantmakers for Effective Organizations.
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“Learning Communities: Enhancing Learning for Greater Impact” explored different models of learning communities and the ways in which learning communities enhance grantee and funder capacity. Panelists included Gale Berkowitz of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation; Lesley Williams of the Forbes Funds; and Julia Dawson of the South Carolina Association of Community Development Corporations. |
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“Grantmaker Support of Nonprofit Coaching” presented findings from the Coaching and Philanthropy project, in which BTW examined the philanthropic community’s support of coaching for grantees and the readiness of the coaching field to provide services to nonprofits. Chris Kwak from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, a key partner in the project, joined Kim in presenting the session, along with Virginia Kellogg from Leadership that Works and Cynthia Chavez of LeaderSpring. |
In April 2006, BTW developed a funders briefing for PACE-Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement at the annual conference of the Council on Foundations. In the briefing on Statewide Efforts to Expand Civic Engagement, Rutt Bridges, Founder of Colorado’s Bighorn Center for Public Policy, discussed the Center’s bi-partisan leadership development program and Steve Patrick, Director of Youth and Emerging Initiatives at the New Mexico Community Foundation, described the Foundation's initiatives designed to engage youth and nonprofit organizations in policy work. Pam David, Executive Director of the Walter & Elise Haas Fund, moderated the session.
To Contact BTW informing change
If you have comments or questions about BTW or about this e-bulletin, please contact Tina Cheplick at tcheplick@btw.informingchange.com or 510-665-6100 extension 315.
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