Session One Presentation for Participants

Session Two Presentation for Participants

• Why are good intentions and obvious solutions not enough to solve the chronic, complex problems many foundations and their grantees seek to address?
• Where are the leverage points for improving system performance in sustainable ways?
• How can foundations redesign their planning, implementation, and evaluation approaches to increase the impact of their limited resources?

These questions are answered in the upcoming webinar based on two articles by David Peter Stroh and Kathleen Zurcher in The Foundation Review. Drawing on case examples from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and other social change initiatives, the series will help foundations leverage their resources by working more effectively with how social systems behave and evolve.

• Describes how foundations can align their planning, implementation, and evaluation efforts with the behavior of the social systems they seek to improve
• Provides powerful questions you can ask your staff, board, grantees, and other stakeholders that help transform how they think about their goals and strategies
• Recommends how foundations can begin or move further in their journey to function systemically

David Peter Stroh, Master’s Degree, City Planning, was a founding partner of Innovation Associates, the pioneering consulting firm in the area of organizational learning, and has expertise in the areas of visionary planning, leadership development, systems thinking, and change management. He is currently a principal with Bridgeway Partners, an organizational consulting firm dedicated to supporting social change through the application of organizational learning disciplines.

Kathleen A. Zurcher, PhD, Educational Psychology, partners with communities and organizations to achieve their desired future by applying and building capabilities in organizational learning and systems thinking. In 2008 she retired from WKKF–where she directed program and organizational learning, including Learning Partners, the capacity development program for WKKF executives and staff–to become an independent consultant.

Session One Presentation for Participants