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C04 Conference Highlights

DC'04 H I G H L I G H T S

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2004 Conference Report Available
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Nonprofit Capacity Building: Our Shared Commmitment

Read the statement produced as an outcome of our Alliance Town Meeting at the DC'04 Conference.

August 12-15, 2004 in Washington, DC at the Capital Hilton

The 2004 Alliance Annual Conference focused on "Empowering the Nonprofit Sector." The event drew more than 500 leading nonprofit professionals, including technical assistance providers, grantmakers, researchers and managers, to focus on ways to improve quality in nonprofit management for greater impact and power.

The conference featured more than 40 sessions, sixteen different full and half-day workshops for in-depth learning, and 120 top-rate presenters who shared their insights on topics ranging from nonprofit advocacy and collaboration to scenario planning and fundraising. Rated by participants as one of the most useful and engaging conferences in the nonprofit sector, this event brought participants multiple returns in networking, learning and growth.

CONFERENCE HEADLINERS:

Wendy Puriefoy,
President,

Public Education Network

"A Role Beyond Service"

Wendy Puriefoy of the Public Education Network delivered a keynote address on how capacity builders can help strengthen the voice of nonprofits in public policy and in our society.

Transcript of Wendy Puriefoy's speech (PDF).

More about Wendy Puriefoy

Welcome Address by:

Mayor Williams Washington,
DC Mayor
Anthony Williams

Transcript of Mayor Anthony Williams' Welcome Address (PDF).

Transcript of Opening Remarks by Alliance Executive Director, Roni Posner (PDF).

Kim Klein, Publisher, Grassroots Fundraising Journal

"The Power of Fundraising in Determining the Future of the Nonprofit Sector"

Kim Klein, Publisher of the Grassroots Fundraising Journal delivered a keynote address focusing on the power of fundraising to create a better future for the nonprofit sector. Building a broad base of individual donors gives an organization political power as well as financial independence.

Transcript of Kim Klein's speech (PDF).

More about Kim Klein

Session Presentations and Handouts

Available in the Alliance's Document Library in the Member's Area - Alliance Members Only

Beyond Diversity: Cultural Competency in Capacity Building
Presenters: Brigette Rouson, Rouson Associates; Maria Gitin, Maria Gitin & Associates; Paula Dressel, Annie E. Casey Foundation
Friday, August 13 from 11:00 am to 12:15 pm

Building Capacity for Social Change
Presenter: Frank J. Omowale Satterwhite, National Community Development Institute (NCDI)
Friday, August 13 from 9:00 am to 10:30 am

Capacity Building with Immigrant and Refugee Led Organizations
Presenters: Sarah Gleason and Sida Ly-Xiong, Amherst H. Wilder Foundation; Alfredo Vergara-Lobo, CompassPoint Nonprofit Services
Friday, August 13 from 11:00 am to 12:15 pm

Connecting Nonprofit Boards and the Business Board Members They Need
Presenters: Brooke Mahoney and Todd Day, Volunteer Consulting Group/ boardnetUSA; Freddi Donner, Raffa, P.C.; Lynne Filderman, Booz Allen Hamilton; Norm King, Altruvest
Thursday, August 12 from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Evaluation of Capacity Building: Advanced Practitioners Dialogue
Presenters: Kennard Wing, Kennard T. Wing & Co.; Valyrie Laedlein, Community Resource Exchange; Margo Bailey, American University
Saturday, August 14, 2004 from 11:00 am to 3:45 pm

Field-Specific Capacity-Building Organizations
Presenters: Alan Brickman, Brickman Associates; Sally Waldron, World Education; Donna Haig Friedman, University of Massachusetts at Boston
Friday, August 13 from 2:15 pm to 3:45 pm

Financial Accountability for Nonprofit Organizations
Presenter: Hilda Polanco, Fiscal Management Associates
Friday, August 13 from 9:00 am to 10:30 am

How Not to Empower the Nonprofit Sector: Under-Resourcing and Misreporting Spending on Organizational Infrastructure
Presenters: Kennard Wing, Kennard T. Wing & Co.; Thomas Pollak, National Center for Charitable Statistics
Friday, August 13 from 4:15 pm to 5:30 pm

Leadership: Building Powerful Relationships with Appreciative Inquiry
Presenters: Susan Post, New World Coaching Associates; Roselyn Kay, New Heights Group
Friday, August 13 from 2:15 pm to 5:30 pm

Opening the Space for Nonprofit Advocacy
Presenters: Sue Fisher, Nonprofit Services Consortium; Mary Ann Moore, Moore Consulting
Friday, August 13 from 2:15 pm to 3:45 pm

Quality Improvement: A Whole Systems Approach
Presenters: David Menefee, Vivienne Lorijn and Amy Frumolt, Service Effectiveness Research Group
Saturday, August 14 from 11:00 am to 3:45 pm

Roberta's Rules of Order - An Empowering Sea Change
Presenter: Alice Collier Cochran, The Cochran Group
Saturday, August 14 from 11:00 am to 12:15 pm

Successful Consulting with Faith-Based Organizations
Presenters: Steve Klass, Klass Strategies; B.J. Bischoff, Crowe Chizek and Company, LLC; Brenda Alford, Institute for Faith-Based Development
Saturday, August 14 from 11:00 am to 12:15 pm

The Expanding Universe: Where Capacity Building is Heading
Presenters: Thomas Backer and Jane Ellen Bleeg, Human Interaction Research Institute
Friday, August 13 from 4:15 pm to 5:30 pm

The Marketing Plan: Your Roadmap for Technical Assistance Organizations
Presenter: Debbie Mason, Strategists, Inc.
Friday, August 13 from 9:00 am to 10:30 am

The Voice of Nonprofits in Public Policy: Recent Research
Presenters: Deborah Sturtevant, Hope College; Linda Plitt Donaldson, Catholic University of America
Friday, August 13 from 2:15 pm to 3:45 pm

Using Whole-Systems Change Theory to Create Strategic Thinking Boards
Presenters: Terrie Temkin, NonProfit Management Solutions; Anne Glendon, Glendon Associates; Lorri E. Johnson, Dannemiller Tyson Associates
Thursday, August 12 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm

C04 Conference Highlights

DC'04 H I G H L I G H T S

2004 Conference Report Available
Download your PDF copy today!

Nonprofit Capacity Building: Our Shared Commmitment