# Expert Session

Tags: Prep-work

Date: February 25, 2022

Deadline: February 24, 2022

Description: The session aims to encourage our team to think bigger and more creatively as a group, bringing deeper insights into where we draw inspiration.

We’re inviting 3 experts to provide their thoughts and insight into two key themes:

• Re-imagining How We Think of Investment

• Nonprofit Effectiveness & Assessment

Tasks: Prep-work:
1. Throughout the retreat until Feb 23rd, use the EasyRetro platform to share your questions or comments that you would like to ask or share with the guest speakers.

2. Between February 23rd and 25th, vote on the 3 topics you would like to be addressed live.

After the session
1. Please fill out the feedback form 🎁


Hi 😊

By scrolling down this page you will find the prep or post-work tasks, the instructions for each one and the space to document your work.

Use the links on the right to quickly access your workspace.


## About the Session

### Part 1: Re-imagining how we think of investment

This session is designed as a conversation with a representative of an organization pushing the limits of how we think of investing in serving communities. Her perspectives on community-owned infrastructure, financial transparency and service, and approaches to maximize well being are ones we want to draw inspiration from for our work at IOI.

- Kaitlin Thaney, IOI Executive Director (moderator)
- [Pia Mancini](https://www.piamancini.com/), co-founder, [Open Collective](https://opencollective.com/); on their work and efforts to “[Exit to Community](https://opencollective.com/e2c)”

### Part 2: Nonprofit effectiveness and assessment

This session will explore the practical dimensions of our work in evaluating and prioritizing areas of need to further more equitable allocation of funding that supports the global research community.  We’ll hear from practitioners and experts in nonprofit evaluation and management, and explore together the work ahead.

- Richard Dunks, IOI Director of Research & Strategy (moderator)
- [Elizabeth Searing](https://profiles.utdallas.edu/elizabeth.searing), Assistant Professor of Nonprofit Management, UT Dallas
- [Joy Owango](https://ke.linkedin.com/in/joy-owango-8a1b7824), Founding Director, [Training Center in Communication;](https://www.tcc-africa.org/) [AfricArXiv](https://info.africarxiv.org/) (Board member)

Speakers
| Name | Pronouns | Session |
|-|-|-|
| [Pia Mancini](https://hackmd.io/@investinopen/Retreat-Workbook-2022-Pia-Mancini) | She / Her | Part 1: Re-imagining how we think of investment |
| [Elizabeth Searing](https://hackmd.io/@investinopen/Retreat-Workbook-2022-Elizabeth-Searing) | She / Her | Part 2: Nonprofit effectiveness and assessment |
| [Joy Owango](https://hackmd.io/@investinopen/Retreat-Workbook-2022-Joy-Owango) | She / Her | Part 2: Nonprofit effectiveness and assessment |


## Share your questions / comments

*Take a few minutes and reflect on what issues or questions you would like to pose to this session’s guest speakers (info in the toggle below).*

*Click on the link below and add as many topics/cards as you want, with transparency and clarity (your input will be anonymous), throughout the retreat until Feb 23rd.*

[EasyRetro former FunRetro | Improve your team with fun sprint retrospectives](https://easyretro.io/publicboard/ib90Zi0L2xeEQysmfNAjzr2iENP2/9bd0f2ed-3da7-46ba-b7b1-845c09efe487)


## Vote on top 3 you would like to be answered live

*Review all the answers in the link and, until Feb 25th, use the* 👍 *on each card to vote on top 3 topics you want to be answered live.*

[EasyRetro former FunRetro | Improve your team with fun sprint retrospectives](https://easyretro.io/publicboard/ib90Zi0L2xeEQysmfNAjzr2iENP2/9bd0f2ed-3da7-46ba-b7b1-845c09efe487)


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This page first published: 2022-03-25

###### tags: `strategy-retreat-2022`