Council on Foundations Speakers Request Guidelines

The Council on Foundations staff are available to speak on number of areas affecting the philanthropic sector. Please consider the following when making your request:

  • For domestic requests, a four week lead time is required
  • All international require at least six weeks to coordinate.
  • Request(s) must be submitted electronically through the speaker request form.

Some of the topics relevant but not limited to for speaking engagements are:

  • Legal issues in philanthropy
  • Public policy & advocacy work in philanthropy
  • Global philanthropy
  • Data and trends in philanthropy 
  • Leadership development and diversifying the talent pipeline in philanthropy 
  • How philanthropy can be a more trusted partner to nonprofits and community 
  • Building common ground 

If you have any questions regarding our speaker request process, please email us at educate@cof.org.

 

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