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 We at the Packard Foundation’s Organizational Effectiveness Program (OE) spend a lot of time thinking about how organizations and programs work, and how to improve their impact and reach. Now we want to turn the tables and take a look at our own program through a strategy refresh. This is a periodic review every program at Packard undergoes to update their strategies.   In keeping true to our values of transparency and openness, we plan to share our efforts as they evolve. Many of you are already familiar with our OE wiki site, and now we’ve also created a new experimental strategic planning site using Wordpress. The whole process will be documented and coordinated through this site.   We’re also using this site to solicit input about some key areas we’re considering in our program design. In particular, we’re hoping to learn more about what others do around:   1) The use of intermediaries    2) Participation in peer learning communities    3) The use of consultants for capacity building   <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Segoe UI',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> 4) Building capacity building infrastructure in underserved areas abroad, such as South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa   <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Segoe UI',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> 5) The use of organizational assessments   <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Segoe UI',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">  <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Segoe UI',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> Please follow any of these links to see our questions and to share your experiences, thoughts or advice on any of these areas. This feedback will help us as we consider any changes we might make to our grantmaking philosophy, requirements, and possible areas of exploration. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Segoe UI',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Segoe UI',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> To help inform our process, over the next months we will:   <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Segoe UI',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> 1) Reach out to our colleagues within our Foundation for feedback on how the OE program can best work with their programs and grantees.   <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Segoe UI',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> 2) Highlight key questions about our program on our strategy refresh site, as noted above. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Segoe UI',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> 3) Interview other funders with similar programs to see how they conduct their OE work.  <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Segoe UI',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> 4) Engag e grantees, consultants and other stakeholders, possibly through interviews, focus groups and webinars. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Segoe UI',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> 5) Continue to assess our grantmaking, including building on the Goldmine Research Project and Monitor’s Network Learning to look at case studies of making multiple grants to a single grantee .   <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Segoe UI',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">  <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Segoe UI',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> We’re really excited about this process and we’d love your feedback!