The second day of training started with a focus on partners / grantees. We were bussed down to visit the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, IHME, about whom I've blogged previously. They are affiliated with the University of Washington but housed in a swish office downtown. It was remarkable how young the employees were - the assistant professor who welcomed us was barely thirty years old. We left with bundles of health reports and other publications produced by IHME that will make fascinating reading and useful resources.
We spent the afternoon working on 'Ourcome Investing' which means working back from the results you want to achieve to set metrics and activities for grants. It's the way we naturally work in drug and vaccine development so nothing new to me, although colleagues that worked in more nebulous areas like advocacy or donor and founder relations found it a helpful framework to add more structure to the investments they make.
The third and final day of Starting Gates was all about the strategy and process of grant making. Once agIn none of this was new but it was helpful to get more context and I did learn some new tips and have a chance to reflect on what we do at a deeper level.
I've been working long days, catching up on grant proposal reviews after hours, as tomorrow and next week will be chock-a-block with meetings with precious little time for personal work. The weekend is shaping up to be very social, with invitations to a jazz concert, cello foundation, film festival closing event, fun run and boat ride. A nice reward to look forward to after such an intensive work week!
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