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C05 Fri 2:15pm-3:45pm

 

Friday, July 15

2:15pm - 3:45pm

 

Accountability and the U.S. Congress: Dialogue on Recent Developments

Presenters:  Audrey Alvarado, National Council of Nonprofit Associations; Jon Pratt, Minnesota Council of Nonprofits; Sam Singh, Michigan Nonprofit Association

The Senate Finance Committee is considering sweeping changes to regulations governing nonprofit organizations, largely as a result of wide-spread media coverage of financial impropriety in nonprofit organizations.  The Panel on the Nonprofit Sector has led an effort to provide input into the legislative process. NCNA through its public policy committee has engaged its membership on an accountability campaign for issues of concern to small and mid-sized organizations. This session will provide an update on the latest developments and implications for nonprofit organizations.

 

Becoming a Sustainable Infrastructure Organization

Presenters:  Erin Hardwick, S.C. Association of Nonprofit Organizations; Karen Beavor, Georgia Center for Nonprofits; Kay Sohl, TACS - Technical Assistance for Community Services

As infrastructure organizations we face the continual challenge of sustainability. Surviving and growing in this environment depends in large measure upon diversifying our income sources.  We must adapt and explore innovative methods of generating new and unrestricted revenues, while seeking to grow the support of those who invest in us through memberships, grants and contributions.  Research and experience strongly indicate that the key to achieving sustainability is uncovering and increasing the value of an organization's products and services.  In this session, get tools and tips on how to diversify your income sources and hear from a panel of leaders of infrastructure organizations who have done this successfully.

 

Building Immigrant Community Capacity: Strategies for Developing Leadership

Presenters:  Ann Philbin and Luz Rodriguez, Center to Support Immigrant Organizing (CSIO); Heba Nimr and Monica Regan, Northern California Citizenship Project (NCCP)

NCCP and CSIO both work to strengthen immigrant community capacity to advance social justice in their communities.  At the heart of this work are programs and strategies for building immigrant constituents’ leadership in organizations, organizing efforts and decision-making processes which shape the conditions in which they live.  This session will draw upon the experiences of NCCP and CSIO in these areas and will offer participants the opportunity to learn: 1) specific approaches and practices for strengthening immigrant community leadership and, 2) the centrality of these efforts to any capacity building in immigrant communities.

 

Building Organizational Collaborative Relationships to Increase Social Justice: The Role of the Consultant

Presenters:  Inca Mohamed, Robin Katcher and Mark Leach, Management Assistance Group

This interactive workshop will explore some of the challenges organizational development (OD) practitioners face as they work with social justice advocacy organizations that wish to increase their impact by working collaboratively with other organizations.  Increasingly individual social justice advocacy organizations recognize that they alone do not have the capacity required to create lasting social change.  They desire more effective ways of working with other organizations (in strategic alliances, partnerships, networks, coalitions, etc.) in order to deepen their impact.  Utilizing an analysis of cases, a review of existing literature, and the experiences of the participants and workshop facilitators, this session will explore what roles OD practitioners might play in these situations and the skills and capacity needed to play these roles well.

 

Evaluating Advocacy Impact — and Building Organizational Capacity

Presenters:  Gita Gulati-Partee and Nancy Kopf, Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest; Sheri Brady, W.K. Kellogg Foundation

How do nonprofits — and the funders and consultants who support them — know if their advocacy efforts are paying off?  Looking only at what happens to a specific piece of legislation is overly simplistic and misses other — perhaps more important — “fringe benefits” that advance an organization’s public policy goals and overall capacity.  This interactive session — designed for nonprofit capacity builders of all experience levels — will explore practical strategies and tools for evaluating and leveraging the full impact of advocacy efforts.