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The Equal Measure team shares what we’re learning about social change through regular live webinars and by attending and presenting at major social sector conferences and convenings. Join us online or connect with us in person at upcoming events.
2025 Collective Impact Action Summit
Evaluating Collective Impact: Best Practices for Planning and Implementation
Thursday, May 1, 1:30–2:30 p.m. ET
Presenters: Cynthia J. Román Cabrera, Senior Consultant; Matthew Closter, Director; Katie Mosher, Director; Giselle Saleet, Senior Consultant
In this session, we’ll dive into the “nuts and bolts” of evaluating collective impact initiatives and how evaluation can be effectively woven into the planning and implementation phases. Drawing on best practices, we will explore the role of continuous evaluation in driving collective action, fostering accountability, and ensuring progress towards long-term goals. Participants will learn how to integrate evaluation frameworks that enhance decision-making, align stakeholders, and measure collective outcomes. By the end of the session, attendees will leave with practical tools and strategies for embedding evaluation into collective impact work from day one.
Eastern Evaluation Research Society (EERS) Annual Conference
The Power of Photovoice: Using Photographs to Shift Power in Equitable Evaluation
Friday, May 2, 2:00–2:30 p.m. ET
Presenter: Katie Mosher, Director
The Equal Measure team will guide EERS participants through a critical reflection of the role of power—and the importance of shifting power—in evaluation, using findings from an innovative photovoice evaluation for The Kresge Foundation’s Public Health Regenerative Leadership Synergy (PHEARLESS) initiative.
Attendees: Leon T. Andrews, Jr., President and CEO; Leon D. Caldwell, Chief Strategy and Equity Officer
GEO’s 2025 Learning Conference, held in partnership with North Carolina Network of Grantmakers, is designed to expose participants to cutting-edge practices in equity-informed, community-driven grantmaking while giving them the knowledge and tools to apply learning in all aspects of their work. Equal Measure is pleased to serve as a sponsor for the conference.
The Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions Opportunity Youth Forum Spring Convening
Presenters: Jennifer Thompson, Senior Director; Samantha Rivera Joseph, Director; Giselle Saleet, Senior Consultant
As evaluation partner for the Opportunity Youth Forum (OYF), Equal Measure will present “Using Data to Understand Youth Disconnection in OYF Communities.” See Equal Measure’s latest report on how collaboratives connect youth and young adults to education and careers: Collaborating to Transform Local Systems and Amplify Impact.
Council on Foundations’ Leading Locally 2025
Thursday, June 12, 2:00–3:15 p.m. CT
Presenters: Leon T. Andrews, Jr., President and CEO, Equal Measure; Gilbert Montaño, Chief Administrative Officer, City of New Orleans; Shannon Polk, President and CEO, Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation; Anthony Santiago, Senior Advisor, Equal Measure (moderator)
This panel session brings together several different communities, where local foundations have effectively partnered with their municipal leaders. Participants will gain an understanding of a leadership model that allows for results planning, accountability amongst partners, and leveraging private and public resources for community impact.
SPEAKING INQUIRY FORM
We’re eager to share what we’ve learned from our work on topics such as racial equity, collective impact, place-based systems change, building a culture of learning, narrative change, and much more. If you’d like to engage an Equal Measure team member to speak on these or other salient social sector issues, please complete this brief form: