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C05 Thursday Pre-Conference

Thursday, July 14, 9:00am - 12:00pm

Association of Consultants to Nonprofits: Collaboration Among Capacity Builders, Funders and Nonprofits

Sponsored by Center for Nonprofit Management - Kellogg School of Management

Presenters: Chantell Johnson, TCC Group; Valerie Hogan, Growth Strategies, Inc.; Tina Nolan, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum; Heather Parish, Strategies for CED and Finance; Toya Randall, Grand Victoria Foundation; Carol White, Consultant
Moderator: Brigette Rouson, Alliance for Nonprofit Management

Price: $50 Members; $90 Non-members

Collaborative relationships can take many forms and result in the building of capacity for all parties involved. As consultants to nonprofits, we have engaged in collaborations with our nonprofit clients, with funders, and with each other. Through these collaborative relationships we have developed our own capacity while simultaneously developing the capacity of our collaborating counterparts (e.g., nonprofit organizations and funders alike), often our clients. Through this session, we will share some of our learnings about how best to set up a collaborative capacity building relationship (e.g. how to establish clear roles and responsibilities, scope of work, etc.), what we have learned (e.g., how we have improved our consulting skills/practices), what our clients (nonprofit organizations and funders) have learned (e.g., knowledge, skills), and the ultimate value added for structuring the working relationship as a collaborative endeavor (e.g., outcomes for the collaborating entities). This session is for those interested in hearing first-hand how consultants and their clients work effectively in a collaborative manner to build capacity. For this session, we will cite examples of capacity building in the areas of evaluation, organizational development, large scale collaboration across funders and nonprofits, and nonprofit strategic relationship development.

Excellence in Performance: An Introduction to Using the Drucker Foundation Self-Assessment Tool

Presenters: Keith Timko, Leader to Leader Institute; Barbara Raye, Center for Policy, Planning, and Performance

Price: $75 Members; $125 Non-members

This workshop introduces a strategic planning framework for consultants and facilitators who work with nonprofit organizations. Cost of the session includes the "Drucker Foundation Self Assessment Tool Workbook and Process Guide" and "Learning Styles Inventory."

Thursday, July 14, 9:00am - 4:00pm

Executive Transition Management Services

Presenters: Tom Adams, TransitionGuides; Lynne Molnar, Third Sector New England

Price: $100 Members; $175 Non-members

This full-day pre-conference workshop will bring together leading practitioners in developing and delivering Executive Transition Management services with those interested in exploring application to their management support organization or consulting practice. This session provides a step-by-step review of the Executive Transition Management process for working with nonprofit boards in planning for and successfully completing a change in executive director/top staff leadership. The session will also offer consultants and management support organization managers and staff proven and practical suggestions on how to develop or expand an executive transition services consulting practice.
This workshop will offer participants an overview of lessons learned from 12 years of research and field practice as well as from the recent work of the Annie E. Casey Foundation with a growing network of management support organizations and for-profit consultants. In line with the conference theme, the session will address the results and impact these services make for organizations and the communities they serve.

Getting the Right People in the Room: Applying Future Search Principles

Presenter: Sandra Janoff, Future Search Network

Price: $100 Members; $175 Non-members

In this full-day workshop we will introduce a theory of system's change, a set of design principles and a proven, innovative methodology for transforming large systems and enabling unified action on difficult social, economic and technical issues. The workshop is designed for community leaders and advocates who understand the potential of collaboration, engagement and discovery of common ground.

Interim Executive Directors: A Special Corps of Nonprofit Capacity Builders

Presenter: Don Tebbe, TransitionGuides

Price: $100 Members; $175 Non-members

An interim executive director can be the perfect solution for an agency’s temporary leadership needs. However, due to the short-term and often emergency nature of the interim assignment, many of the skills and techniques required of the interim leader are different than those of the permanent executive. This full-day, pre-conference workshop will provide training for consultants looking to maximize their capacity-building skills when serving as interim executive directors for local nonprofits.

Place-Based Capacity Building Mini-Conference: How Funders, Capacity Builders and Nonprofits Connect for Long-Term Community Change

Sponsored by Center for Nonprofit Management - Kellogg School of Management

Presenters: Anne Glendon, Glendon Associates; Peter York, TCC Group; Elizabeth George, Deaconess Foundation; Lorri Johnson, Dannemiller Tyson Associates, Laura Heintzelman, Great Lakes Nonprofit Institute; Alice Hart, Consultant

Price: $100 Members; $175 Non-members

Place-based capacity building offers an approach to developing long-term, sustainable structures based at the local level and rooted in the needs and ambitions of the local community. When funders, capacity builders and nonprofits come together to share resources, knowledge and expertise, they can improve the health of the entire nonprofit community in ways that one project or investment at a time cannot. Place-based capacity building is a holistic, comprehensive and integrated approach that’s in alignment with local realities to achieve lasting community change.
This full-day mini-conference will present an overview of the design, implementation, lessons learned and results to date of four geographically-based capacity-building initiatives that originate in distinctly different communities: a highly diverse urban metropolis; a mid-sized industrial city/county facing multiple political and economic challenges; a rapidly growing small city making the transition from farming and tourism to a more diversified economy and culture; and, a New England statewide project.

Thursday, July 14, 1:30pm - 4:00pm

Empowering Community: Using boardnetUSA to Expand Nonprofit Leadership

Presenters: Brooke Mahoney, boardnetUSA; Jan Masaoka, CompassPoint Nonprofit Services; Karen Beavor, Georgia Center for Nonprofits; Susan Katz Froning, Nonprofit Enterprise at Work, Inc.

Price: $50 Members; $90 Non-members

Learn how MSOs and State Associations are expanding their impact using www.boardnetUSA.org: a community based tool that connects local nonprofit boards needing leadership with individuals who wish to serve as board members. boardnetUSA offers exclusive assets: transparency of and direct communication to community civic leadership; a channel to offer board education and best governance practices; as well as a way to increase the visibility of your brand and overall organizational services. Join Jan Masaoka (CompassPoint Nonprofit Services), Karen Beavor (Georgia Center for Nonprofits), Susan Katz Froning (Nonprofit Enterprise at Work, Inc) and Brooke Mahoney (Volunteer Consulting Group) as they discuss how they have integrated boardnetUSA into their local business strategy.