Sam Caplan and Sam Ellsworth

Dispatch: The biggest takeaways from PEAK2024

Sam shares his biggest insights from PEAK2024. Listen to get up-to-speed on everything you might’ve missed and what you need to know for this year.

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Dispatch: The biggest takeaways from PEAK2024

17:28 MIN

Hear Sam’s biggest insights from PEAK2024 that you might’ve missed.

 

Description

This episode is a quick reflection on Sam’s experience at PEAK2024, going into insights, trends, and takeaways you might’ve missed.

In this episode we cover: 

  • The key theme of the conference: operationalizing excellence

  • The changing role of a grants manager

  • How data and new technologies are transforming grantmaking

Guests

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Sam Caplan

Sam Caplan is the Vice President of Social Impact at Submittable, a platform that foundations, governments, nonprofits, and other changemakers use to launch, manage, and measure impactful granting and CSR programs. Inspired by the amazing work performed by practitioners of all stripes, Sam strives to help them achieve their missions through better, more effective software.

Sam formerly served as founder of New Spark Strategy, Chief Information Officer at the Walton Family Foundation, and head of technology at the Walmart Foundation. He consults, advises, and writes on social impact technology, strategy, and innovation.

Connect with or follow Sam on Linkedin, listen to his podcast Impact Audio, and subscribe to his bi-weekly newsletter The Review.

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Sam Ellsworth

Sam is Submittable's Product Marketer focused on Foundations, Non-Profits, and organizations that distribute grants or awards. She is passionate about helping organizations of any size to measure their impact and scale their programs with the platform. When not at work you can catch her in the mountains of Montana with her golden retrievers.

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