Tuesday, June 20, 2023
5:30 pm ET
$85.00 - General Admission
$50.00 - WOC Members
The Power of “W-O-R-D-S” and Inclusive Language
Communication is one of our greatest gifts for growth, insights, innovation, and learning. Language and words that make up our communication can be complex and challenging, especially in today’s world of work and in the current political climate. The nonprofit sector leads the way in promoting persuasive language that aims to positively support the needs of many communities, groups, and populations and to aid in healing and progress. Nonprofit organizational leaders, staff, and boards impact communities they serve directly and indirectly with their words written and spoken. To solve complex societal problems, much of our efforts start with our words.
Taught by Winsome Foderingham, MPA, Innovations Strategy Consultant and Women of Color in Fundraising and Philanthropy (WOC) Radiant Leadership Institute’s Planning Committee member, this learning lab will inform, clarify, and provoke thoughts, ideas, and insights about the power of words. We will explore how we can make significant shifts in the language we use as fundraising and philanthropy professionals. From a practical perspective, the main objective of the Learning Lab is for participants to gain and share ideas for building their practice of effective fundraising communications strategies, from grant proposals to donor communications; reports to how we interact internally with our staff and teams. Language contributes to effectiveness in every organizational domain, and most importantly, it is key to you being an influential change agent.
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Speakers
Winsome Foderingham, Strategist and Resource Connector
Winsome Foderingham is a strategist and creative who is passionate about contributing innovative solutions to optimize organizational efficiency and equity. Applying a systems approach, “broad spectrum notice”, strategy planning, process mapping and more, much of her work seeks to connect disparate dots for relevant and sustainable solutions. Winsome innovates and implements processes and programs that aid organizations and individuals with greater opportunities to elevate their circumstances.
Through an interdisciplinary lens, she offers deep thought to solutions for equity that builds brave spaces conducive for everyone to thrive. Her over 25 years professional career is inspired and informed by insights from her cross-sector, multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary experiences that include nonprofit management, higher education administration, and corporate philanthropy with Bank of America’s Foundation.
As a higher ed professional she held various functions on campus including project management, executive education program management, faculty development, training, and corporate and foundation relations for grant writing and fundraising.
Winsome’s philosophy, programs, consulting projects, writings and speaking engagements are built on principles of inclusion, interdisciplinary ideas and innovating for continuous improvement that is needed for changing paradigms in our ever-changing society and world.
Winsome Foderingham holds a Bachelor of Arts (BA), Psychology and Master of Public Administration (MPA) from Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy, University of Albany. Winsome enjoys hiking and nature photography, travel, fitness, and poetry.