Nine practices for realizing your leadership potential. PEAK2024 news. Departing X. Upcoming knowledge insight sessions.

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** INSIGHT
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** The Self-Adoring Leader: Nine practices for realizing your leadership potential
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In these highlights from our 2023 Volunteer Leadership Summit, leadership coach CarolLaine García, PhD, explains how, in order to develop yourself as a leader, you first need to develop a relationship with yourself that is rooted in self-care.
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** ANNUAL CONVENING
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** Join Us in Seattle Next March!
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Early registration for PEAK2024 is now open, and we hope you’ll join the PEAK community for three days dedicated to reimagining philanthropy. Last year, we reached capacity months before the convening, so we recommend reserving your place early. Review the FAQs to learn more about the experience, our venue, preconvening plans, scholarship opportunities, and more.
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** Cocreate the PEAK2024 Experience With Us
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Our call for proposals has been extended to November 2. We are looking for sessions that will inform, excite, empower, and engage participants to reimagine the future of philanthropy. Read the PEAK2024 Call for Proposals guide ([link removed]) to learn about our convening theme, content focus, and proposal process—then submit yours!


** TEAM NEWS
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** Staff Updates
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We are thrilled to welcome Mlyssa Sarandos ([link removed]) , who joins the executive and operations team as operations manager. This month, we also said farewell to Kyle Reynolds. We are deeply grateful for all his contributions to PEAK and wish him all the best on his career journey.

As part of PEAK’s commitment to supporting the growth and wellness of our team members, we’ve adopted a four-year milestone sabbatical policy. This month, Chief Operating Officer Dolores Estrada and Senior Membership Manager Clare Larson are on sabbatical.
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** SPONSORED INSIGHT
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** Practical Applications of AI in Philanthropy
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SmartSimple shares how you can use generative artificial intelligence (AI) in grant application summaries, coding and tagging grant applications, prescreening applications, and drafting applications.

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** SOCIAL MEDIA
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** PEAK Is Departing X
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In light of our escalating concerns about Twitter, now known as X––from the alarming spread of misinformation and dangerous rhetoric to serious security breaches and uninformed practices––we decided to expedite PEAK's departure from the platform, effective today.

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** Welcome, New Organization Members
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Civis Allies Consulting
ECMC Foundation
Marine Tenure Initiative
National Board of Medical Examiners
NextFifty Initiative


** Our Gratitude
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Thank you to MacArthur Foundation, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, and Archstone Foundation for the unrestricted grants, and to the May & Stanley Smith Charitable Trust for supporting our Volunteer Leadership Summit.


** MEMBER OPPORTUNITY
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** Join a PEAK Knowledge Insight Session
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Knowledge work is an umbrella term that can be applied to almost all job descriptions in philanthropy. Currently, more than 10 percent of PEAK’s members hold titles that include terms like knowledge, learning, evaluation, and research. To further understand knowledge work in the grants management profession, PEAK is partnering with Knowledge Designs to Change (KD2Change) for a yearlong exploration of the work that our members do in this arena.

In November, we’re hosting a series of insight sessions to learn more from our members about the evolution of knowledge work in the field. If knowledge work is a part of your role, please join us to share your experiences, ideas, and practices!
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** Upcoming
Events
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October 26
CHAPTER MEETING
Meet the PEAK SoCal Chapter (PEAK Southern California) ([link removed])

October 26
PEER GROUP MEETING
The Journey You Own: Practices for well-being (PEAK AANHPI Caucus) ([link removed])

November 1
SPONSORED WEBINAR
Collaborating to Drive Philanthropy Forward (Foundant Technologies) ([link removed])

November 2
CHAPTER MEETING
Disability Inclusion for Grantmakers: How to Make Your Processes More Accessible (PEAK Northern California) ([link removed])

November 7
CHAPTER MEETING
Mindful Goal Setting for Impact Workshop (PEAK Southwest) ([link removed])

November 14
CHAPTER WEBINAR
The Year in Review (PEAK Rocky Mountain) ([link removed])

November 16
CHAPTER MEETING
Monthly Coffee Hour (PEAK Pacific Northwest) ([link removed])

November 16
SPONSORED WEBINAR
AI for Grantmakers: Streamlining grant processes (SmartSimple) ([link removed])

November 28
SPONSORED WEBINAR
The Path to Centering the Applicant Experience (Blackbaud) ([link removed])
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** Peer Network Spotlight
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PEAK offers members diverse peer spaces for learning, sharing, and evolving in our thriving chapters ([link removed]) and peer groups ([link removed]) . Each month, we showcase the meaningful programming and networking taking place in these volunteer-led spaces and how the PEAK team is supporting their work.

This month, three chapters hosted hybrid meetings with people participating both in-person and remotely. Many PEAK members are excited to have the additional flexibility and opportunity for interpersonal connection that hybrid meetings offer. The Meyer Memorial Trust hosted PEAK Pacific Northwest (shown above) for their session in Portland, Oregon, which featured riveting conversations about utilizing emerging tech to quickly mobilize resources and streamline grantmaking practices. In addition, Partnerships Director Davis Parchment and consultant Kyle Renninger led a presentation to share tips and tools to better leverage technology to drive equity and efficiency.

The Kresge Foundation hosted PEAK Midwest in Troy, Michigan, for a multiday meeting that included fun dine-arounds and sessions featuring both in-person and virtual speakers. Programs and Knowledge Director Lita Ugarte Pardi presented on data visualization and Chapter Specialist Dionne Thompson attended to connect with members and present updates from PEAK. Chapter members also spent discussing grassroots grantmaking and advocacy.

PEAK New England hosted lively conversations about demographic data collection, year-end data gathering, and information on common applications.

While in-person programming expands for our chapters, PEAK’s peer groups are committed to hosting virtual opportunities that are engaging, accessible, and flexible. The Black Caucus featured a conversation about the complexities of navigating professional development experienced by Black philanthropic practitioners. The Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islanders (AANHPI) Caucus hosted a unique opportunity for their members to learn and engage in practices that support their well-being and productivity. This session even included customizable guided meditations.


** PEAK in Community
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Here’s the latest on how PEAK is engaging with member organizations, partners, nonprofits, and allies in advocating for transformative change and leading the way in advancing equitable and effective grantmaking practices.

President and CEO Satonya Fair, Programs and Knowledge Director Lita Ugarte Pardi, and Senior Communications Director Betsy Reid are participating in the FutureGood Studio Fall Cohort, a series of virtual lessons and group discussions facilitated by Trista Harris that delves into how to apply a futurist mindset to envision and plan a path to achieving change.

Satonya participated as a panelist for a session hosted by PEAK member Independent Sector focused on their Trust in Civil Society 2023 ([link removed]) report. In its fourth year, the report revealed falling trust in both philanthropy and nonprofits as reported by 3,000 respondents to the survey, who cut across demographic, geographic, and political lines.

Satonya also served on the panel “Evolving Trends in Philanthropic Funding” during the National Human Services Assembly (NHSA) Centennial Summit. Although many human-service-focused nonprofits continue to have both high-trust and consistent donor support, the discussion focused on using trend data to game plan for the future we want in 20 years.

Lita and Senior Programs and Knowledge Manager Vanessa Elkan are serving as faculty for Philanthropy Northwest’s Philanthropy 101 program. They recently copresented a webinar providing a deep dive into ways for funders to embed equity throughout the grantmaking cycle, the variety of grant types and grantmaking approaches, and ways to manage relationships with nonprofits.

Peer Group Specialist Rafael Torres was selected to participate on the planning committee for the Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy 2024 conference.
Last week, Rafael, Senior Community Engagement Manager Altinay Cortes, and chief operating officer Dolores Estrada attended the CHANGE Philanthropy Unity Summit.


** CAREER SUPPORT
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** The Latest on PEAK’s Job Board
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Explore career opportunities from across our member community. Searching for a new team member? PEAK members are invited to add job postings at no cost. Simply log in, complete a brief form, and your post will be added shortly.
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Here are a few current opportunities:
* Community Partner | Maine Community Foundation, Ellsworth, ME | Portland, ME
* Program Operations Associate | Bush Foundation, Saint Paul, MN
* Chief of Staff and Culture | Nellie Mae Education Foundation, Quincy, MA
* Grants Associate | Baszucki Group, San Mateo, CA
* Client Success Manager | JustFund, Remote
* Grants Administrator | Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Remote
* Database Assistant, Development Team | Center for Disaster Philanthropy, Remote
* Senior Program Officer, Healthy Communities | Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ
* Managing Director of Finance | The Build Up Companies, Remote
* Grants Officer | St. David’s Foundation, Austin, TX

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