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C04 Sessions - Saturday 11:00am

 

Roberta's Rules of Order - An Empowering Sea Change -- Who Was Robert and Why Do We Still Follow His Rules Anyway?

Presenter: Alice Collier Cochran, The Cochran Group

Board members of nonprofits, and MSOs or consultants who assist them, are often confronted with "Robert's Rules of Order" as the meeting method stated in the Bylaws.  This method was written over 125 years ago and was intended for "deliberative assemblies," not small boards.  Participants will be introduced to "Roberta's Rulels of Order," a powerful synthesis of tested meeting methods that have evolved in a pluralistic society and are more appropriate for nonprofits in this century.

 

Becoming Who You Are: A Lifecycle Approach to Nonprofit Capacity

Presenter:  Anne Howden, LarsonAllen Public Service Group

Capacity continues to be a hot topic today as nonprofits and foundations attempt to define and set benchmarks to describe organizational competence and health. Hear how a lifecycle approach can complement your understanding of organizations.

 

Growing Your Consulting Practice for Impact

Presenter:  Janine Vanderburg, JVA Consulting, LLC

Have you been thinking about getting help because you are so overworked? What if you knew that growing your practice could not only give you some balance in your life, but also dramatically increase the impact of your work on your community and the nonprofit sector? This session will cover: reasons to grow your firm;  factors to consider; a decision-tree for determining whether growth is right for you; how to avoid the most common pitfalls; and how growing your firm can exponentially increase the impact of your work and your clients' work.

 

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

This presentation will cover the direct experience of capacity builders in three states with consulting in the environment of the recent federal faith-based and community organization initiative.  Participants will learn how to work successfully with faith-based  clients and how work with these clients can strengthen nonsectarian nonprofits and entire community social service systems.  Participants will hear a summary of the latest research from the field on the dimensions of consulting activity in the area nationwide.

 

Taxonomy as the Basis for Structuring Nonprofit Organizational Resources

Presenters:  Susan Griffin, Center for Nonprofit Excellence (Akron, OH); Georgia Sales, INFO LINE of Los Angeles

The presentation will introduce participants to the taxonomy of organizational development and management services that was developed by professionals with extensive experience in the field to index and access the consultants, services and resources of the Center for Nonprofit Excellence, a management support organization serving the greater Akron, Ohio area.  The session will also address how other organizations can adapt this taxonomy to meet their organization's needs without the need to develop their own system.  A live demonstration of how the taxonomy is used to support CNE's information and referral and technical assistance functions will be included plus a discussion of the potential of this classification system to serve as a common language that will allow people to share services, compare needs, etc., across the nonprofit sector.

 

The Power of Building Partnerships Among the Sectors

Presenter:  Jill Rasmussen, Promoting Public Causes, Inc.

It's been almost two decades since corporations and nonprofit organizations began pursuing each other to develop innovative marketing campaigns to help both organizations achieve business and promotional goals.  This session will guide participants through the process of building and sustaining successful partnerships.  Participants will learn partnership terminology, the keys to building partnerships, how to avoid common pitfalls, and how to evaluate efforts for key stakeholders.

 

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