News from TCC Group

November eNews

Sustaining the Arts

According to a recent TCC Group study, nonprofits that participated in the Oregon Arts Commission initiative, Sustaining Oregon's Arts, saw significant gains in their organizational effectiveness. Between 2008 and 2011, TCC helped design, manage, and implement the initiative, and provided workshops, webinars, annual convenings, and peer exchanges that organizations could participate in free of charge. Read more here.

Driving Strategy for Social Impact

Since 1980, TCC Group has helped nonprofits, philanthropies, and corporate community involvement programs plan for the future. In our new paper, Driving Strategy for Social Impact, Senior Partner Paul Connolly and Director of Strategy Anne Sherman offer frameworks and advice to help funders and nonprofits answer complicated questions and develop plans that address critical issues. An effective strategy provides leaders with criteria for making important decisions and increasing the overall quality of their work. Download the briefing paper here.

Building Nonprofit Capacity

We are pleased to announce the release of Building Nonprofit Capacity: Strategic Tools for Managing Change by TCC Director of Strategy Anne Sherman and co-author John Brothers. Based on TCC's research on organizational effectiveness, Sherman and Brothers provide nonprofit leaders with the information and tools they need to shepherd a change process within their organizations using the framework of the organizational life cycle trajectory. Now available on Amazon.com, Building Nonprofit Capacity is a highly accessible guide for nonprofit professionals who understand that anticipating and managing change are key to thriving in an increasingly challenging environment.

Save the Date

Anne Sherman and John Brothers will present a workshop and panel discussion on December 7th at the Foundation Center in New York City. Click here for more information.

From Strategic Planning to Innovative Business Plans

On November 17, Senior Partner and Director of Client Services Paul Connolly joins Kim Mazzuca, President of 10,000 Degrees, at the Foundation Center in San Francisco. Paul and Kim will share their experiences and processes for taking 10,000 Degrees, a nonprofit that advocates for equal educational opportunity, to scale. Register here.

What Philanthropy Can Learn from Moneyball Paul Connolly

Paul Connolly's blog for the Stanford Social Innovation Review highlights the importance of balancing a data-driven approach to philanthropy with a humanistic style of grantmaking. Paul argues that, in philanthropy, an approach that is overly rational or oriented around numbers and accountability can backfire when inclusivity, responsiveness, and improvisation are overlooked.

View Paul's recent webinar with The Foundation Review here.

Maximizing Family Engagement in Philanthropy

Ashley Blanchard As the author of "Strategic Philanthropy: Maximizing Family Engagement and Social Impact," Associate Director of Philanthropy Ashley Blanchard recently presented a workshop with Paul Connolly at the Grantmakers of Oregon and Southwest Washington's Family Foundation Learning Summit in Portland.

The session focused on how family foundation leaders can strike a balance between proactive and responsive approaches to grantmaking. She also shared advice on how to increase both social impact and family unity by working together to identify shared values, develop a cohesive and focused plan, and continually learn and refine strategy.

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