C06 Conference Program

Conference Program

Pre-Conference Program

Tuesday, August 1, 2006

• People of Color Affinity Group Annual Gathering (view description)

Wednesday, August 2, 2006

• Fiscal Sponsors: Cultivating a Community of Fiscal Sponsorship Practice (view description)

• Faith-Based Capacity Builders Affinity Group Meeting (view description)

• MSO Executive Directors Affinity Group Meeting (view description)

• Young and Emerging Professionals Affinity Group (YEP) Joint Meeting with Emerging Professionals in Philanthropy (EPIP) (view description)

• Comprehensive Capacity Building Initiatives – To Strengthen Networks, Communities, or Industries (view description)
• Interim Executive Directors: A Call to Arms (view description)
• Moving the Board Governance Field Forward: A Working Session for Developing New Approaches and Models (view description)
• Organizational Assessment (view description)

• Building the Field of Earned Income: Strategies for State Associations and Management Support Organizations (view description)
• Executive Transitions Management: A Town Hall for Experienced Practitioners (view description)
• Peer Reviewer Training for the Standards for Excellence Voluntary Certification Program (view description)

Conference Program

Wednesday, August 2, 2006

3:30pm – 8:00pm
3:45pm – 4:45pm
5:00pm – 6:15pm

6:30pm – 8:00pm
8:00pm –

Exhibits Open
Conference Orientation and Mentor Matching
Opening Plenary and Keynote Address
     by Manuel Pastor, Jr.
Opening Reception in Exhibit Area
Entertainment - Out on the Town

Thursday, August 3, 2006

• Assessments: A Powerful Change Strategy, a Delicate Role Balance (view description)
• boardnetUSA: Empowering Diverse Leadership Into Nonprofit Boardrooms (view description)
• Building Capacity through the Use of Outsourcing and Fiscal Sponsorship (view description)
• Building Collaborative Leadership with Coaching through the Lens of Culture (view description)
• Building Fundraising Capacity within Communities of Color (view description)
• Collaboration in MSO Constituent Tracking Systems (view description)
• Exploring the Development of Advocacy Coalitions: How Nonprofits Can Work Together to Win Policy Change (view description)
• Future Change: Discussions on Generational Shifts in Leadership (view description)
• Is Your Work Making a Difference? (view description)
• Nonprofit Capacity Building for Community Change: The NAC Story (view description)
• The Sum and the Whole: Your Role in the Capacity Building Equation (view description)

• Building Capacity for Racial Equity: An Overview of Approaches, Strategies and Tools (view description)
• Collaborating for Capacity: Lessons from Nonprofit Technology Assistance Providers Serving Communities of Color (view description)
• Collaborating for Concerted Action on Critical Social Issues – A Case Study and Dialogue (view description)
• Daring to Lead: Deepening Our Understanding of Nonprofit Executives (view description)
• Dumping Robert's Rules, Let's Focus on Participatory Decision Making (view description)
• Enhance Your Power: Leadership Development for Nonprofit Leaders Working in Underserved Urban Communities (view description)
• Financial Investments in Capacity Building - 360-Degree Community Dialogues (view description)
• Seeds of Change: Capacity Building Work with & amongst Distinctive Social Identities (view description)
• Social Service and Social Change: Building Organizational and Individual Capacity (view description)
• The Source: 12 Principles of Governance that Power Exceptional Boards (view description)
• Two Case Studies of MSO Business Models (view description)

• A Culturally-Based Approach to Professional Development for Capacity Builders (view description)
• Capacity Building for Organizational Effectiveness (view description)
• Executive Transition Management Services:  Step-by-Step Workshop for Implementing in Your Practice (view description)
• Forming Alliances: Ways to Support NPOs in Working Together to Achieve Mutual Goals (view description)
• Fostering Collaborative Leadership Styles (view description)
• Meeting Mission through Advocacy: A Road Map for Building Nonprofit Capacity to Engage in Legislative Advocacy (view description)
• Powerful Thinking About Collaborative Leadership: Dialogue for Experienced Capacity Builders (view description)
• Social Enterprise Consulting: Tools and Methods to Advance the Field (view description)
• Strategic Planning Including ALL Stakeholders: A Blend of Large Scale Change Processes (view description)
• The Drucker Self-Assessment Tool: Effective Facilitation for Experienced Consultants and Coaches (view description)
• The Masterful Trainer: Principles and Strategies for Delivering High Impact Training (view description)

Friday, August 4, 2006

• Blended Solutions: High-Impact Systems Change for the Nonprofit Sector (view description)
• Collaboration 2.0 - Helping Ordinary Nonprofits Do Extraordinary Things Using a New Generation of Internet-Based Tools (view description)
• Executive Transition for Organizations of Color: A "Deep Dive" Peer Exchange (view description)
• From Preparation to Betterment: A Guide for MSOs Assisting Nonprofits in Times of Disaster (view description)
• Leading Edge Evaluation (view description)
• Lobbying Rules for Nonprofits (view description)
• Organization Development and Community Organizing: Tensions and Opportunities for Finding and Building Alignment (view description)
• Strategies for Serving the Faith-Based Sector (view description)
• Teaming up to Improve NPOs' Financial Health (view description)

• Collaborative Leadership: Building Clinic Capacity for Quality in Southern California (view description)
• Digital Barn-Raising: Working Together to Make Community Knowledge Accessible and Support Advocacy (view description)
• Facilitative Leadership: Skills for Collaborative Leaders (view description)
• Flipping the Script: White Privilege and Community Building (view description)
• Governance for Community Impact (view description)
• Lessons from the Nexus Project: Success Factors and Promising Practices in Capacity Building with Immigrant- and Refugee-led Organizations (view description)
• The Audit Firm: A Nonprofit's Partner in Financial Communication (view description)
• Strengthening Stewardship and the Impact of Peer Dialogue: Themes from Leadership Caucuses (view description)
• Using Difference as a Resource: Cultivating Leadership for a Changing Agriculture (view description)

• Celebrities and Nonprofits: Developing Relationships that Work (view description)
• Collaborating with the Media: Guiding Nonprofits through the Process (view description)
• Grantmaking and Capacity Building with Respect to Latino Communities (view description)
• Inclusiveness and Nonprofit Effectiveness: Creating Stronger Nonprofits through Diversity (view description)
• Models for Advocacy Evaluation (view description)
• Planned Giving and Major Gifts: Working with Allied Professionals (view description)
• Running a Successful Peer Learning Group Program (view description)
• The Role of Accountability in Nonprofit Collaboration (view description)

Saturday, August 5, 2006

Post-Conference Program

Saturday, August 5, 2006

• Intensive Workshop on Cultural Competency for Capacity Builders: New Research and Implications for Practice (view description)