PowerUP! Baltimore 2023 National Conference: The Spark Igniting Collaboration |
November 5-7, 2023
THANK YOU TO OUR POWERUP! BALTIMORE 2023 SPONSORS! CONFERENCE OVERVIEW: Collaborate, Communicate, Change “PowerUP! Baltimore: The Spark Igniting Collaboration”, is Philanos’ national Conference for visionaries who believe in the power of women’s collective giving to create impact in local communities. Regional giving circles and networks of philanthropic organizations have joined forces to collaboratively host this event. Breakout sessions will address best practices for innovative, inspiring, and inclusive collective giving as well as trends that affect philanthropic initiatives. |  Contact: Philanos Chair Susan Benford for further information. |
CONFERENCE HOSTS
The Women's Giving Circle of Howard County, MD (WGC) is proud to Host the Philanos PowerUP! Baltimore 2023 National Conference! In the spirit of this year's conference theme of "Collaboration", the WGC is co-hosting with numerous giving circles and networks in the Greater Baltimore-Washington region, including Philanos Affiliates and partner organizations: Anne Arundel Women Giving Together (AAWGT), Baltimore Women's Giving Circle (BWGC), DMV Collective Giving Network, Giving Together, Inc. Montgomery County, Many Hands DC, Maryland Philanthropy Network (MPN), and the Women's Giving Circle of Harford County (WGCHC).
- Learn more about PowerUP! Baltimore Sponsorship Opportunities here.
CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES: Inform, Influence, Include
At PowerUP! Baltimore, we will explore new ways of thinking about collective giving, of increasing effective responses to community needs, and of fostering systemic change. In sharing best practices gleaned across the Philanos network, we will inform women and all who identify as women how to efficiently establish, run and scale a giving circle.“PowerUP! Baltimore: The Spark Igniting Collaboration” is a 3-Day Conference of Leaders in Women’s Collective Giving
- As the largest network of women’s collective giving groups, Philanos represents over 80 giving circles whose 18,000+ members have cumulatively granted $200 million in their local communities.
- Attendees will be a national audience of more than 400 giving circle leaders and members, philanthropic advisors, and practitioners of trust-based and intentional philanthropy.
- Regional giving circles and networks of philanthropic organizations have joined forces to host this event with the theme of “collaboration”.
Our speakers and 20 breakout sessions in four specific topic tracks will address the power of collaborative grantmaking, best practices for innovative, inspiring, and inclusive collective giving, and trends that affect philanthropic initiatives:
- TRACK 1 - Driving Collaboration: Through our Collective Power + Leadership
- TRACK 2 - Telling Our Stories: Through Communications + Technology
- TRACK 3 - Thriving in the Future: Through Governance + Finance
- TRACK 4 - Making a Difference: Through Membership + Grantmaking
*At the PowerUP! Baltimore National Conference November 5-7, 2023 we will be taking photos, audio and video clips throughout the gathering. We are excited to be documenting this amazing gathering and plan to get the word out about the power of collective giving through our social media and other channels. By attending you are agreeing to potentially be photographed, recorded, and filmed and to the release, publication, exhibition, or reproduction of any photos, recording or filming of your appearance, voice, and name for any purpose by Philanos and co-Hosts, including for use on websites, social media, news and promotion. We can't wait to see you for this historic gathering of philanthropic leaders!
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