ANM12 Session Materials

Alliance Conference 2012

August 8-10
Grand Rapids, Michigan

Advancing Evidence-based Capacity Building
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On behalf of the exceptional mix of academics, leading-edge practitioners, and funders of capacity building who contributed to this years Alliance for Nonprofit Management Conference, we are pleased to share with you a detailed summary of this year's program, themes, and materials.

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These materials are available for your personal use. Please do not distribute unless you have express consent of the author.

		Wednesday, August 8
		Affinity Group Working Sessions Executive Transitions AFFINITY GROUP Graphic.pdf [3] ABSTRACT PAPER Affinity Group.pdf [4] GRAPHIC Jan Glick.pdf [5] AFFINITY GROUP Identity Statement.pdf [6] AFFINITY GROUP Roster Alpha.pdf [7] HANDOUT Don Tebbe Report.pdf [8] GRAND RAPIDS Summit Agenda 2012.pdf [9] Stages of IED Tenure.pdf [10] Governance GOVAG-The Salon for Innovation in Governancepart agenda.pdf [11] GOVAG-The Salon for Inn in Gov Worksheet Chair ED Board.pdf [12] GOVAG-Worksheet Salon for Innovation Community-Engagement Gov.pdf [13]

		Thursday, August 9
		8:15am – 12:00pm Governance Research to Practice: Implications for Capacity Building Presenters: David Renz, Ph.D. Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership, UMKC; Barbara Metelsky, University of North Carolina: Judy Freiwirth, Psy.D., Nonprofit Solutions Associates; and Dahnesh Medora, Education Northwest/Social Innovation Fund Articles from The Nonprofit Quarterly Bradshaw, Pat The inclusive Nonprofit Boardroom (2011) [14] Freiwirth, Judy Community-Engagement Governance: Systems-wide Governance in Action (2011) [15] Renz, David Adding a Few More Pieces to the Puzzle: Exploring the Practical Implications of Recent Research on Boards (Spring 2011) [16] Renz, David. Reframing Governance II (2011) [17] Editors, The Question of Class (Fall, 2006) [18] Newport, Gus. Why are We Replacing the Furniture When Half the Neighborhood is Missing, Fall, 2003. [19] accountability-community-enagagement [20]

		8:30am – 10:00am Seminars Current Trends in Collaboration and Merger Presenters: Heather Gowdy, La Piana Consulting & Cindy Bailie,The Foundation Center THURS-Gowdy-Nonprofit SR Infographic CI-8.pdf [21] THURS-Gowdy-SRAT_Evolution_Article FINAL.pdf [22]

		10:15am – 11:45am Seminars Nonprofit Leadership Development: Letting Leaders Lead Presenters: Jennifer Acree and Jenni Dones, BEST Project Alliance Letting Leaders Lead PPT Final 8 7 12.pdf [23]

		2:00pm – 5:45pm Strategic Communications Research to Practice: Implications for Capacity Building Presenters: Carlos Cuesta, Creation In Common, University of Minnesota and Ruth McCambridge, Editor-In-Chief, The Nonprofit Quarterly An Assortment of NPQ Articles On Strategic Communications wanted-master-storytellers [24] your-promise-is-your-brand-how-to-work-it [25] tweet-freely-your-social-media-policy-and-you [26] the-voice-from-outside-stakeholder-resistance-in-nonprofit-organizations [27] a-new-kind-of-transparency-damage-control-in-the-age-of-facebook [28] building-a-mission-delivery-engine-moving-your-website-beyond-the-web [29] explanation-gap-how-democracy-depends-on-nonprofit-organizations [30] mission-message-and-damage-control [31] how-social-media-transformed-a-nonprofit-medical-professional-society [32] making-our-communications-strategic [33] facebook-firings-and-the-labor-relations-board-what-nonprofits-need-to-know [34] susan-g-komen-for-the-cures-response-what-marketing-genius-thought-that-up [35] Newswires (stories) komens-brand-equity-plummets-according-to-harris-poll-what-other-changes-are-afoot [36] smile-train-and-operation-smile-call-off-merger [37] for-social-media-timing-is-key [38] avoid-a-legal-messwho-owns-employee-social-media-accounts [39] innovation-mayo-clinic-working-with-patient-run-social-media-to-do-research-on-rare-conditions [40] whats-a-like-or-follower-worth [41] ethnicity-matters-in-social-media-engagement [42] nonprofit-tweet-tics-off-funder--grant-revoked--then-restored [43] tweet-freely-your-social-media-policy-and-you [26] gates-apologizes-again-for-lack-of-communication [44] attuned-to-radio-is-your-nonprofit-getting-poor-reception [45] a-new-kind-of-transparency-damage-control-in-the-age-of-facebook [28]

		2:15pm – 3:45pm Seminars CCAT Data and Emerging Implications for Capacity Building Practice Presenter: Pete York, TCC Group Alliance ccat presentation on 8.8.12.pdf [46]

		4:00pm – 5:30pm Seminars From Strategy to Evaluation to Impact: The Center for Reproductive Rights Presenters: Alexander Moss, Praxis, Shelly Kessler, TCC Group, and Laura McQuade, Center for Reproductive Rights NP Alliance conf CRR Praxis TCC 2012-08-09 v5.pdf [47] TCC slides for Alliance conf.pdf [48] The Matrix Map for Sustainability Planning: Learnings from 2 Years of Implementation Presenter: Jeanne Bell, CompassPoint Nonprofit Services Alliance2012_MatrixMap.pdf [49]

		Friday, August 10
		Alliance Member Assembly Final.Diagram for Alliance.8.8.12.pdf [50] ANM- 2012 Member Assembly- Table Discussion Handout-1.pdf [51]

Affinity Group Working Sessions

Affinity Groups [52] (AGs) are an integral part of the Alliance's commitment to igniting and accelerating the effectiveness of individuals and organizations helping nonprofits achieve positive social change. The purpose of AGs is to advance the nonprofit capacity building field through innovative ideas, practices, models, research and/or publications. All five of our AGs will convene during this year’s conference:

Capacity Building Organizations (formerly MSO Affinity Group) Aug 8, 9 AM–2 PM
Session Designer: Judy Alnes, MAP for Nonprofits
Coaching – August 9th, Dine Around Dinner gathering
Session Designer: Michelle Gislason, CompassPoint Nonprofit Services
Executive Transitions and Leadership Continuity Aug 8, 9 AM– 5 PM
Session Designers: Jeffrey Wilcox, Third Sector Company, and Jan Glick, Jan Glick & Associates
Governance Aug 8, 9 AM–5 PM
Session Designer: Judy Freiwirth, Nonprofit Solutions Associates
People of Color/Cultural Competence – Aug 8, 1 PM–5 PM
Session Designer: Monika Moss, MKM Management Consulting

If you are not currently a member of an Alliance AG, but would like to attend one of the sessions to explore its work and meet fellow capacity builders working in your discipline, you are welcome to do so.

Research to Practice
Session Designers: Ruth McCambridge, Judy Freiwirth, and Peter York

This signature Alliance program links the most current and relevant research on nonprofit leadership to the practice of capacity building. The sessions are intensive, with presentation of research by leading academics followed by interactive discussion among participants about the implications for improved capacity building support to nonprofit leaders, organizations, and movements.