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2008 Summit: Setting the Agenda for Wisconsin's Nonprofit Sector

Wisconsin Nonprofits Association SUMMIT

June 10, 2008

Sheraton Hotel, Madison

 

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 Joining us will be:

  Paul C. Light is the Paulette Goddard Professor of Public Service at the Wagner School of Public Service at New York University. Previously Light has served as a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, vice president for governmental studies and founding director of the Center for Public Service. He was director of the Public Policy Program at the Pew Charitable Trusts in Philadelphia. He has served in several roles on Capital Hill including as a senior advisor to John Glenn (D-OH). Light has worked in all four sectors--education, nonprofit, government, and business. He has written twenty books and numerous articles, including extensive writings in the field of nonprofit management, with three books over the past five years: Making Nonprofits Work, Pathways to Nonprofit Excellence, and, most recently, Sustaining Nonprofit Performance and The Four Pillars of High Performance.

  Pat Read is the Senior Vice President for public policy and government relations at Independent Sector where she leads efforts to shape legislation, regulations and policies affecting the health and vitality of philanthropy and nonprofit organizations. She also serves as the Project Director for the Panel on the Nonprofit Sector, an independent panel convened by Independent Sector at the encouragement of the Senate Finance Committee to provide recommendations for actions by congress and the charitable community to strengthen the governance and oversight of charitable organizations. Pat served as executive director of the Colorado Association of Nonprofit Organizations for eight years where she led the successful battle against a state ballot initiative that would have removed property tax exemption for Colorado nonprofits and reorganized the group’s for-profit subsidiary as a fully-licensed insurance agency for Colorado nonprofits. Previously Pat has served in many other nonprofit roles, including numerous nonprofit boards, including three years as the board chair of the National Council of Nonprofit Associations.

AGENDA

7:30 – 4:00 pm Registration

7:30 – 4:00 pm Vendor Exhibits

7:30 - 9:00 am Networking Breakfast

9:00 – 10:15 am Welcome: Lt Governor Barbara Lawton

Featured Speaker: Dr. Paul Light 

Restoring Confidence in the Nonprofit Sector

10:30 – 11:30 am Breakout Sessions

1. Using Technology to Communicate: With Everyone, Everywhere, All the Time
2. How to Get and Keep an Effective, Pro-Active Board of Directors
3. The Next Generation: Nonprofit Leadership and Staffing in the 21st Century
4. The Latest on Nonprofit Legal & Fiduciary Issues
5. Marketing, Branding & Visibility for Nonprofits
6. Nonprofit Advocacy – What You and Your Organization Can Do to Speak Out for Your Cause
7. Up, Up & Away! Jumpstart your Nonprofit Career through the State’s Academic Programs
 
11:45 – 1:00 pm Lunch

Featured Speaker: Patricia Read
Toward a Stronger Nonprofit Community: Coming Together to Improve Lives

1:15 – 2:15 pm Breakout Sessions: Setting the Agenda
                            Facilitated discussions

2:15-2:30 pm Break

2:30-3:30 pm Breakout Sessions 
1 – 5 listed above
6. Alternative Financing Options for Nonprofit Organizations
7. HR Issues for Nonprofits Large & Small

3:30– 4:30 pm Report-Outs,WNA Next Steps
                           Call to Action and Closing Remarks

4:30 -5:30 pm  Closing Networking Reception

 See brochure attached.

 

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