The Potluck is designed to move beyond individual organisational improvement and towards collective clarity and action.
Member-led sessions help us:
If you’ve been experimenting, building, questioning, refining, this is the place to bring it.
Pollinate Impact members are eligible to submit session proposals. Multiple proposals are allowed. Proposals must be submitted by a member, but sessions may be co-designed and co-facilitated with partners, allies, or non-members.
Members may submit multiple proposals and co-design sessions with partners, allies, or non-members, but the lead applicant must be a Pollinate Impact member.
Members are welcome to co-design and co-facilitate with partners, allies, or non-members, but the proposal must be submitted by a Pollinate Impact member.
All session proposals should clearly address one of our three core Potluck Tables. These themes are the primary focus areas shaping our Manila conversations:
🍽️ What We Bring (Value & Alignment)
How impact incubators‘Incubator’ refers to any organization whose programs primarily focus on vetting and selecting, promising social enterprises, and providing them with a comprehensive range of support services aimed at building and growing them to achieve maximum sustainable impact. articulate, differentiate, and strengthen the value they bring to founders, funders, ecosystems, and each other.
🌿 People at the Table (Talent & Culture)
How we hire, retain, grow, and sustain the people behind impact incubation work.
🌻 Keeping the Table Set (Financial & Organisational Sustainability)
How impact incubators‘Incubator’ refers to any organization whose programs primarily focus on vetting and selecting, promising social enterprises, and providing them with a comprehensive range of support services aimed at building and growing them to achieve maximum sustainable impact. build resilient funding models, governance structures, and long-term adaptability.
Think of these Potluck Tables as the foundation of the meal.
To add depth, context, and practical grounding, we invite you to bring flavour through one or more Sector Lenses:
While not required, we recommend adding a sector lens to tailor discussions to real-world contexts.
The goal is intersectional dialogue: broad enough for peer learning, specific enough to generate meaningful insight and action.
Members may propose sessions in one of the following formats:
The standard session length is 90 minutes, though 60-minute sessions may also be considered, depending on the format and design.
Our session proposal process is simple and focused. Everything fits on one page. At this stage, we care more about clarity than length.
Your proposal will include:
Since proposals are short, we encourage you to keep your submission focused and practical. The best proposals clearly state the challenge, plan for interaction, and draw on real experience.
To support programme planning and promotion, we will also ask for:
These details will not be part of the proposal review itself but will be used for agenda promotion and coordination if your session is selected.
All submissions will be reviewed in accordance with our Pollinate Impact Convening Philosophy. We focus on collaboration, practical value that participants can use, meaningful connections, Global South perspectives, and sessions that build toward bigger goals.
Proposals will also be reviewed by our Potluck Menu Committee, a group of Pollinate Impact members who help shape the Manila programme. We will look at relevance, clarity of design, timeliness, interactivity, and the potential to add real value to the gathering.
Our goal is to curate a programme that is participatory, diverse in voice and region, and deeply aligned with the priorities of our network.
We know it can be helpful to see an example.
You can review this sample session proposal to better understand the level of clarity and design we’re looking for—from framing the challenge to defining outcomes to planning interactive elements.
We encourage you to use it for inspiration, not as a template to copy. Your own voice, context, and experience are what matter most.
Call Period: March 13 to May 1, 2026
Review Period: May 4 to 15, 2026
Notification of Results: May 20, 2026
If accepted, your session will:
We welcome thoughtful proposals based on real experience, practical experimentation, and shared ambition.
Because Manila is not just a gathering. It’s a chapter in what we’re building together.
Our Network is a community of stakeholders in the impact incubation ecosystem within the Global South. We work together to scale change, so get in touch and don’t be a stranger.
Contact our Marketing Team:
Communications@pollinateimpact.org
"*" indicates required fields
