New on WGTV: Alice Rivlin Last month, Alice Rivlin joined WG members for a compelling discussion of the RWJF Commission's Beyond Health Care: New Directions to a Healthier America. Learn more and watch Rivlin's talk on WGTV. Know Your Neighborhoods? If you didn't attend the CDSC "Know Your Neighborhoods" tour of affordable housing co-ops in D.C.--and the bus wasn't that big, so that's most of you--here's a short recap. Congratulations to Patrick Corvington on White House nomination President Obama nominates Patrick Corvington, a senior associate with the Annie E. Casey Foundation and a Washington Grantmakers Board member, to be the chief executive officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service. Oct. 9 - H1N1: Preparing for the Possibility - Experts from the American Red Cross and Deloitte will brief WG CEOs and office managers on what employers need to know. [Register!] Oct. 13 - Skill-Building Event At "Building Effective Organizations to Beat a Downturn," hear from capacity building guru Paul Connolly (TCC Group), as well as local experts Linda Dunphy (Doorways for Women and Families), Kristin L. Scotchmer (The Community Foundation), and Rick Moyers (Meyer Foundation, WG Board member). [Register!] Oct. 22 - "The Grantmaking Process" - Full Day Workshop WG members will receive the member rate for this event hosted by our sister association in Baltimore. "Beginning grantmakers will appreciate the workshop's efficient overview of all aspects of grantmaking. Intermediate grantmakers will appreciate the time to reflect on and refine their grantmaking fundamentals." [Register!] ...and scroll down for more upcoming events from WG's Children, Youth, and Families Working Group, Family Philanthropy Affinity Group, and the Funders Roundtable of Montgomery County.

Join us on Thursday, Nov. 12! Sponsors: Washington Grantmakers' 2009 Annual Meeting will feature Allison Fine, author of MOMENTUM: Igniting Social Change in the Connected Age, Dan Pallotta, author of Uncharitable: How Restraints on Nonprofits Undermine Their Potential, and much more. > REGISTER WHY ATTEND? 1) Effective philanthropy depends on new ideas. In a rapidly changing world, we must seek out new ideas and challenge our current assumptions. 2) Hard times demand more collaboration. It's never been more important for the social sector to pull together. 3) Collaboration is critical to BIG Change. To create greater/lasting impact, what you know, who you know, and how you plan are crucial. > REGISTER NEW REPORT On November 12, Washington Grantmakers will also release Beyond Dollars: Investing in BIG Change, illuminating the role that philanthropy plays in creating lasting change. (Produced with support from The World Bank) WG's PICKS: Things to Watch Should Foundations Speak in Human Voices? This "diavlog" (dialog+video+blog. Seriously!) starts off with some Twitter talk, but evolves into the larger question of giving your foundation a personality, story-telling, deciding who speaks for the organization, and "putting humans at the center." Interesting stuff, and an engaging format. (Communications Network, Sept. 2009) Things to Do Oct. 8 (today!): Nonprofits, Philanthropy and Public Policy: Are We at a Critical Moment? Oct. 19: Will the Social Innovation Fund Fund Social Innovation? all events JOBS WG members, enter discount code: rabbit

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