This week: Assessing software needs. Salary survey news! Two webinars coming up next week. 

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** INSIGHT
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** Not Just Plug and Play: Look within when implementing new grants management software
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Will new software automate the best version of your business process, or simply polish an outdated process? Process expert Lee Kuntz advises starting with a needs assessment to understand how to incorporate process improvement into a software search and installation.
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** Why you should take the 2019 Grants Management Professional Salary Survey
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Complete our 8-minute survey and you'll gain complimentary access to the final report. Plus: Thanks to an unprecedented level of participation––600+ responses so far––we are within reach of providing you with major metropolitan area salary information. Help us get there by taking the survey and encouraging colleagues to join you.
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** WEBINAR
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** Assessing Grantee Financial Health – The Internal Partnership
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On October 8, hear from James Gallagher of the Ford Foundation, Janice Opalski of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Hilda Polanco, Founder & CEO of FMA, about the benefits and drawbacks of various models for evaluating the financial health of your grantees, and ensuring financial due diligence in your relationships.
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** Upcoming Events
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October 7 | Online
PARTNER WEBINAR
How Do You Know You’re Having an Impact, If You Don’t Know Who You’re Impacting? ([link removed])

October 8 | New York
CHAPTER EVENT
Considering a New GMS? Navigating the Potential Pitfalls (PEAK New York) ([link removed])

October 8 | Online
WEBINAR
Assessing Grantee Financial Health – The Internal Partnership ([link removed])

October 8 | Online
CHAPTER EVENT
Virtual Coffee Hour on Funding Advocacy (PEAK Rocky Mountain) ([link removed])

October 11 | St. Louis
CHAPTER EVENT
PEAK Midwest Fall 2019 Meeting ([link removed])

October 11 | Seattle, Portland, Salem
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Pacific Northwest Monthly Networking Coffee Hour ([link removed])

October 17 | Los Angeles
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SoCal Streamlining from the Inside Out (PEAK Southern California) ([link removed])

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** PARTNER WEBINAR
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** How Do You Know You’re Having an Impact, If You Don’t Know Who You’re Impacting?
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On October 7, join representatives from Candid, PEAK, and CHANGE Philanthropy, along with Kelly Brown of Viewpoint Consulting, to learn about field-wide collaborative efforts to strengthen and streamline systems and tools that can effectively collect and analyze demographic data.
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** Weekly Reads
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“Institutionalized racism, implicit bias and homogeneous networks get in the way of building the strongest possible team, and we use a variety of strategies in our recruitment and hiring processes to address these issues.” [more] ([link removed])
—Stephanie Levine, on Bush Foundation blog

“While discussing slavery’s destructive effects, it’s important to remember that the story of black America is undoubtedly one of incredible resilience and achievement. Funders and service providers can source the existing power and assets of black communities to steer and fuel their programming.” [more] ([link removed])
—Julia Travers, in Inside Philanthropy

“Our most pressing challenge today is to ensure that the 2020 election lives up to the highest ideals of our democracy. […] Philanthropy must set three priorities for the 2020 election cycle, and we need to take action on those priorities immediately.” [more] ([link removed])
—Joe Goldman, Democracy Fund, in The Chronicle of Philanthropy

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