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Events, Thought Leader Roundtables and Webinars Archive
Monday, May 9, 2016 - 5:00pm to Thursday, May 12, 2016 - 5:00pm
The Community Leaders Conference is the leading edge of United Way’s global movement.
Monday, May 2, 2016 - 10:00am to Wednesday, May 4, 2016 - 4:00pm
GEO’s National Conference offers participants the opportunity to examine current challenges within the field, hear new ideas for smarter grantmaking practices that achieve better results, and engage in meaningful peer discussions.
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Most of the determinants of youth employment rates are beyond the control of youth programs. An exception: the interview process.
Thursday, March 10, 2016 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Join in a discussion with leading pollster Celinda Lake who will share the latest national trends in voters views on children, youth and family issues and then gives us a look into her world of polling and messaging.
Thursday, December 10, 2015 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Authentically involving young people in efforts to re-imagine learning in school and afterschool can be transformative, but it’s not easy to do.
Tuesday, December 1, 2015 - 8:30am to Thursday, December 3, 2015 - 3:30pm
Washington DC
Achieving collective impact requires all partners to clearly understand collaborative work and how partnerships improve conditions in communities. This three-day institute provides a survey of five key steps in collaborative work and how these steps put partnerships on a clear path to improving lives.
Friday, November 13, 2015 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
On November 12, Karen sat down with Charles Smith, Executive Director, and Gina McGovern, Design and Innovation Specialist of the Weikart Center for Youth Program Quality. The Weikart Center is housed at the Forum for Youth Investment.
Monday, October 5, 2015 - 9:00am to Tuesday, October 6, 2015 - 12:30pm
When it comes to improving the wellbeing of people and communities, place matters. That is why foundations, nonprofits, and their public and private partners have worked together on hundreds place-based initiatives across the country in recent years.
Monday, September 28, 2015 - 9:00am to Friday, October 2, 2015 - 5:00pm
The Collective Impact Summit is a learning experience featuring current thinking and resources from the emerging field of Collective Impact. It is an opportunity to be part of a dynamic group of practitioners who are discovering new ways to lead, engage, and transform communities by tackling most complex issues.
Friday, July 31, 2015 - 11:00am to 12:00pm
This rich, thought-provoking discussion between Karen Pittman, co-founder and CEO of the Forum for Youth Investment, and Michele Cahill, one of the principal architects of New York City’s redesigned high schools and funder, while at the Carnegie Corporation, covered some of the country’s most innovative high school reform initiatives.
Friday, July 31, 2015 - 11:00am to 12:00pm
This rich, thought-provoking discussion between Karen Pittman, co-founder and CEO of the Forum for Youth Investment, and Michele Cahill, one of the principal architects of New York City's redesigned high schools and funder, while at the Carnegie Corporation, covered some of the country's most innovative high school reform initiatives.
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 - 8:30am to Thursday, June 25, 2015 - 3:30pm
Achieving collective impact requires all partners to clearly understand collaborative work and how partnerships improve conditions in communities. This three-day institute provides a survey of five key steps in collaborative work and how these steps put partnerships on a clear path to improving lives.
Tuesday, June 9, 2015 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Karen Pittman engaged in a provocative discussion with two thought leaders about some of the big readiness traps found not only in schools, but most of our public systems – traps that lead to too many young people “doing their time” but leaving with gaps in their readiness for college, work or life. Karen interviewed Stephanie Krauss, senior fellow for the Forum for Youth Investment, and Bryan Joffe, director of education and youth development at AASA. Both Stephanie and Bryan are young changemakers who are tackling, in complementary ways, the question of what it takes to get youth development practices embedded into the DNA of schools.
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 - 9:00am to Saturday, May 16, 2015 - 12:00pm
This conference retreat offers tailored professional development and networking opportunities to better equip nonprofit human service CEOs and executive directors to lead effectively.
Wednesday, April 29, 2015 - 12:00pm to Friday, May 1, 2015 - 5:00pm
Each year community leaders from United Ways, local governments, NGOs, corporations and others from around the world come together for three days of learning, sharing, advocating and being inspired at the Community Leaders Conference.