Activating Knowledge Practice for an Expansive and Effective Philanthropy Sector
Knowledge work within philanthropy is a creative and emerging field that is energized through the sharing of practices, insights, tools, innovation, and inspiration.
ObjectivesIn this course participants will:
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Curriculum
Module One: Attributes of Knowledge Success
- Lesson 1: Distinguishing trajectory thinking from operational and grant goals
- Lesson 2: Connecting learning to legacy
- Lesson 3: Untangling knowledge equity from giving culture
- Lesson 4: Designing an organizational function
Module Two: Documentation as Information Capture
- Lesson 5: Understanding the risks and rewards of documentation
- Lesson 6: Understanding documentation in relation to organizational process
- Lesson 7: Understanding documentation as connected to mission communication
- Lesson 8: Understanding documentation and its role in trust and transparency
Module Three: Knowledge Contributions Beyond the Report
- Lesson 9: Recognizing personal and community development
- Lesson 10: Attending to institutionalized silos
- Lesson 11: Spotlighting collective lived experience
- Lesson 12: Bridging divisions of civic space
Module Four: Research Partnerships
- Lesson 13: Distinguishing disciplinary questioning
- Lesson 14: Understanding methodology “speak”
- Lesson 15: Recognizing and right-sizing expectations and costs
- Lesson 16: Contracting with institutional norms in mind
Module Five: Knowledge Field-Building
- Lesson 17: Influencing issue frameworks
- Lesson 18: Sharing case studies as sector impact
- Lesson 19: Positioning knowledge work within collective learning spaces
- Lesson 20: Infusing knowledge work across sector infrastructure