Lois Greco, senior vice president and evaluation officer at the Wells Fargo Regional Foundation, is co-presenting the Upswell workshop, “Learning to Let Your Community Lead.” She believes it’s important to allow people to be comfortable being authentic. She also shares her thoughts on the sector’s approach to solving problems, and how to make it more…
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Moya Shpuntoff, projects coordinator at the World Institute on Disability, hopes to shine a bright light on how intersectionality and disability rights tie in with diversity, inclusion, and changework during her Upswell workshop, “An Intersectional Approach to Disability Inclusion.” Of all the things she’s proud of, she’s most proud of how she cares for herself.…
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Moya Shpuntoff was already set to attend Upswell Chicago – even before submitting a workshop proposal. She is projects coordinator at the World Institute on Disability, which has supported Upswell and its predecessor – Independent Sector’s annual conference – for several years now (learn more about Moya). Her supervisor suggested that Upswell Chicago would also…
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This week, Independent Sector (IS) announced Sherry Salway Black (Oglala Lakota) as the 2019 recipient the John W. Gardner Leadership Award. The award is named for the founding chair of IS, John W. Gardner. It is awarded annually to a distinguished leader whose career has embodied the work, spirit, and values of the late American…
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/ By Robert Jones / Sometime after 7:30pm, a longsuffering security guard ambles to the conference room door to check on the progress of the meeting inside, but almost no one notices him. At this precise moment, perhaps a dozen people are talking over themselves about the disappearance of black neighborhoods in Chicago. They’ve been…
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Tom Tasche, co-presenter of the Upswell workshop, “Oh Behave! The Science of Behavior Change,” has a keen interest in global health and civic engagement. Find out more about this eternal optimist who has some pretty avant-garde opinions, including a big change he’d make in our voting process. Q: If you had a time machine, would…
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If you work with human beings (and who doesn’t?), don’t miss the Upswell workshop, “Oh Behave! The Science of Behavior Change.” Tom Tasche will reveal behavioral science principles you can use to improve your decision-making and actions, and be a more effective social changemaker. Tom is Senior Associate at ideas42, which uses insights from behavioral…
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We first introduced you to Jessica Stern, co-founder and COO of Connect Our Kids, when the nonprofit was named winner of the inaugural Innovate for Good Challenge, launched in 2018 at Upswell LA and supported by Accenture and Independent Sector. Innovate for Good is intended to recognize organizations that are leveraging new technology to solve…
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Wouldn’t it be great to meet our six finalists for the 2019 NGen Leadership Award in person? Well you can. They’ll all be on hand at Upswell Chicago, November 13-15! These outstanding next-generation changemakers are all in the running for this prestigious award, presented each year to one emerging changemaker who has demonstrated transformative social…
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Allen Smart, who’ll present the Upswell workshop, “Connecting With Rural Communities,” is a longtime foundation leader and current national rural philanthropy spokesperson who writes, presents, and provokes under his consulting practice, PhilanthropywoRx. He’s an expert on rural communities and philanthropy. He’s got a great speaking voice, too, which he used quite effectively in his past…
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