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Annual Conference 2006 - Decisions & Debates
Annual Conference 2006 - Decisions & Debates
Status: Closed
Total Functions: 16
Date: 10/25/2006 thru 10/25/2006
Late Registration Deadline: 10/13/2006
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Decisions & Debates - they are a part of everything we do professionally and personally. Do you know how you make the decisions your organization depends on? In defusing a bomb there is very little room for mistakes. In baseball, a player becomes a superstar if he makes the right decision at the plate a third of the time. In managing a nonprofit, the margin for error falls somewhere in between. But, the number of correct decisions a person makes often matters less than the relative value of those decisions. Decision-making cuts across all the positions in an organization, and includes both professionals and volunteers and, is the essence of management. Nonprofit staffs are generally judged on outcomes, and most of the decisions made and the people who make them are not always sure after the fact what really led to their final answer. Within the broader topic of decision-making there is a cornucopia of factors and issues: ...and there's more...see online brochure
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Functions
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10/25/2006
10/25/2006
Luncheon Total
08:00 AM
Annual Conference Policies And Procedures
08:00 AM
Annual Conference 2006 Registration
08:00 AM
SOLD OUT--The Six Thinking Hats: A Practical And...
10:10 AM
Strategic Thinking
10:10 AM
How To Make Your Nonprofit Profitable Using The...
10:10 AM
Managing Your Most Important Resources, Your Human...
10:10 AM
The Nonprofit Congress: Uniting And Activating The Sector
10:10 AM
Nonprofit Advocacy: Choosing Your Issues And...
01:10 PM
How The (Bleep) Do We Get The Job Done In Today's Legal...
01:10 PM
SOLD OUT-Is Social Enterprise Right For You?
01:10 PM
SOLD OUT-Story As A Decision-Making Tool
01:10 PM
The Impact Of Organizational Life Cycle Stages On Decision..
02:35 PM
Forget The Golden Rule-Learn What Really...
02:35 PM
The Accountability Factor
02:35 PM
Why Marriage, Why Now? Litigation, Lobbying And Public...
02:35 PM
Function Detail
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Function Date: 10/25/2006 thru 10/25/2006
Start Time: 08:00 AM
End Time: 05:00 PM
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Annual Conference Policies And Procedures
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REGISTRATION POLICIES: No vouchers will be accepted. No confirmations will be sent for faxed or mailed registrations. You will only be contacted if there is a cancellation or change. Individuals who miss the conference without prior notification will be expected to pay for their registration in full. We do not sell or send materials to non-participants. If you are registered and unable to attend, you may wish to send a replacement participant. However, they MUST advise us that they are attending in your place, otherwise you could be charged twice. CANCELLATION: All cancellations must be made in writing and sent to Angelina Banks via toll-free fax: (877) 565-0942 or email: abanks@mdnonprofit.org. Cancellations received by 9/29/2006 may opt to be reimbursed via check or we will provide vouchers for 3 regular half-day training programs (please indicate your choice); for cancellations received 9/30/2006 - 10/13/2006 we will provide three vouchers for regular half-day training programs. After 10/13/2006 there will be NO refunds or vouchers provided. If you are registered and unable to attend, you may wish to send a replacement participant. However, they MUST advise us that they are attending in your place, otherwise you could be charged twice. INCLEMENT WEATHER: In the event of extreme inclement weather, call (800) 273-6367x26 and listen to the instructions.
Function Date: 10/25/2006 thru 10/25/2006
Start Time: 08:00 AM
End Time: 05:00 PM
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Annual Conference 2006 Registration
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About the Conference Maryland Nonprofits' 2006 Annual Conference will be devoted to the art and science of better decision-making. This year's conference sessions will be focused on how we make decisions in everything from board governance to public policy, to human resources and fundraising, and how these decisions affect the outcomes we are working towards. Join colleagues from over 600 nonprofit leaders who look forward to again coming together to network, learn and discuss current issues facing the nonprofit sector. This year, our jam packed one-day conference begins with our keynote speaker at the morning plenary, followed by the first of three 80-minute breakout sessions. We have planned longer breakouts to allow each session to deliver greater meaning and discussion. The luncheon again includes our annual Standards for Excellence awards ceremony, followed by afternoon breakouts, and, potentially, an afternoon debate with state electoral candidates. The conference will again feature a Vendor Marketplace with more than 70 exhibitors catering to the growing needs of Maryland's nonprofit sector. Don't miss the chance to connect with your peers, learn the latest trends in nonprofit management, and get inspired at this year's conference. Register immediately and save your space, we expect this year's conference to once again sell out! Please select 1 program from each Concurrent Session.You are not obligated to stay within a single track for the whole day. Feel free to mix and match over the course of the conference day as your interest in the different and needs dictate.
Function Date: 10/25/2006 thru 10/25/2006
Start Time: 08:00 AM
End Time: 05:00 PM
Type
Early
Regular
Late
Non Member
$ 325.00
$ 325.00
$ 325.00
Member
$ 225.00
$ 225.00
$ 225.00
SOLD OUT--The Six Thinking Hats: A Practical And...
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In response to attendee's suggestions, Maryland Nonprofits is offering this year, one longer full-day breakout session. If you wish to attend this more in-depth session, please commit to attend all three sessions -- 10:10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., 1:10 - 2:30 p.m. AND 2:35 - 3:55 p.m. If you cannot commit to the ENTIRE time, please select other sessions. Enrollment is limited to 20. The Six Thinking Hats: A Practical and Positive Approach to Making Decisions and Exploring New Ideas Amanda Zinn and Leanne Posko, Ecubed This workshop is for management staff and board members who are responsible for making key management, organizational and / or strategic decisions in a group format. The workshop will teach participants a unique, creative, fun and simple yet powerful method of making decisions, thinking more clearly, improving communications and practicing creativity. The first session fills in the background on how and why organizations have difficulty making decisions, including common problems such as not knowing who is responsible for making the decision, not having enough or the right information, information-overload, positive or negative emotions about the choices, hope for what could be, fear for what might be, lack of creativity, and the confusion that results from all these competing influences. We will end with an introduction of The Six Thinking Hats' author, Dr. Edward de Bono's, method of decision making: White Hat - facts and figures Red Hat - emotions and feelings Black Hat - cautious and careful Yellow Hat - speculative and positive Green Hat - creative thinking Blue Hat - control of thinking The second session consists of a more thorough explanation of how to use each of the colored hats and is punctuated with an entertaining and interactive role-playing session. The final session is devoted to applying and practicing the 6 colored hats method by breaking into groups and helping participants approach real-life organizational decisions.
Function Date: 10/25/2006 thru 10/25/2006
Start Time: 10:10 AM
End Time: 03:55 PM
Type
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Complimentary
Max Attendance - 22
Strategic Thinking
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Track Two: The Art of Decision Making Strategic Thinking Nancy Hall, Maryland Nonprofits Michael Jordan was a great basketball player because he always saw the whole court. Wayne Gretzky was a great hockey player because he always skated to where the puck was going to be, not to where the puck was. Both of these athletes were strategic thinkers in how they played their game. This session will explain the difference between strategic thinking and strategic planning. The characteristics of strategic thinking will be detailed. Participants will have exercises to take back to their workplace or board to help others become strategic thinkers too.
Function Date: 10/25/2006 thru 10/25/2006
Start Time: 10:10 AM
End Time: 11:30 AM
Type
Early
Regular
Late
General
Complimentary
Max Attendance - 130
How To Make Your Nonprofit Profitable Using The...
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Track Three: Devising and Developing How to Make Your Nonprofit Profitable Using the State's Improved Community Investment Resource Reginald "Reggie" Stanfield, Office of Programs and Regional Development; Will Backstrom, Bradford Bank; William G. Ewing, Maryland Food Bank; and Patricia McLaughlin, Caroline Center Broadening your fundraising capacity to include State Funding? Rising operating and capital costs associated with community development projects have made it increasingly difficult for nonprofit organizations to meet the needs of the communities they serve. Nonprofit organizations are in need of additional sources of funding to meet operational expenses in order to continue critical programmatic services. This session will inform board members and staff about how the State's Community Investment Tax Credit (CITC) Program has successfully provided additional revenue and other support to 227 nonprofits for 296 projects across Maryland. Attendees will hear how new features of CITC- contribution of real property and increased business credit can leverage even more investment from potential business partners. Leaders from the Maryland Food Bank and the Caroline Center will provide practical examples of success in fundraising using CITC. A representative from Bradford Federal Bank will explain why his organization is interested in and how it benefits from investment in nonprofits with CITC.
Function Date: 10/25/2006 thru 10/25/2006
Start Time: 10:10 AM
End Time: 11:30 AM
Type
Early
Regular
Late
General
Complimentary
Max Attendance - 80
Managing Your Most Important Resources, Your Human...
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Track Four: Human Capital Managing Your Most Important Resources, Your Human Resources: Legal and Practical Approaches to Cultivating Great Staffs for Nonprofits David Heinen, Dorn and Klamp, P.C. and Marilyn Baker, Aplastic Anemia and MDS International Foundation Managing Your Most Important Resources will provide guidance on legal and practical issues surrounding real-world human resources issues that nonprofit organizations often encounter. Targeted to management-level staff of small- to mid-sized non-profit organizations, this session will highlight positive, proactive measures that nonprofits can take to cultivate a good working environment for its staff, including a discussion of valuable policies and procedures that can be incorporated into nonprofit employee handbooks and an explanation of relevant federal and Maryland employment laws. The session will also deal with the more negative aspects of staff management, because unfortunately, even the best of organizations occasionally have to confront issues of problematic employees. The presentation will provide examples of legal and managerial approaches to dealing with employee discipline and dismissal and with the possible ramifications of these actions. The program will conclude with a discussion of the "Top 10 Tips for Developing and Maintaining a Great Staff" and with a question and answer session.
Function Date: 10/25/2006 thru 10/25/2006
Start Time: 10:10 AM
End Time: 11:30 AM
Type
Early
Regular
Late
General
Complimentary
Max Attendance - 80
The Nonprofit Congress: Uniting And Activating The Sector
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Track Five: Just Causes The Nonprofit Congress: Uniting and Activating the Sector Erica Greeley, National Council of Nonprofit Associations This session will provide an update from the just completed Nonprofit Congress, the burgeoning national movement to unite and activate America's nonprofit sector. Following dozens of Town Hall meetings across the country, a national meeting was held on October 16-17 to ratify the key issues facing the sector and draft action plans that will serve the interests of nonprofits across the country. The session will be relevant to all conference attendees (board members and junior staffers alike), as the Nonprofit Congress seeks to be as inclusive as possible. Attendees will gain an understanding of universal issues affecting nonprofits across the country, and will be encouraged to think systemically about their own daily challenges. Attendees will be exposed to a national and statewide network of nonprofit organizations and stakeholders interested in proactively working on issues that affect all nonprofits.
Function Date: 10/25/2006 thru 10/25/2006
Start Time: 10:10 AM
End Time: 11:30 AM
Type
Early
Regular
Late
General
Complimentary
Max Attendance - 70
Nonprofit Advocacy: Choosing Your Issues And...
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Track Five: Just Causes Nonprofit Advocacy: Choosing Your Issues and Moving Forward James Hudson and Mauricio Vivero, Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest Advocacy engagement by nonprofits is critical to our democratic system. Engagement ensures that the voice of many is heard by the few and that the missions and goals of nonprofits are defended in the policy arena. Nonprofits, however, must be mindful of their choices. There is a difference between engaging and engaging effectively. To engage effectively nonprofits must choose battles carefully and employ basic tactics, which help ensure success. This session will provide an overview of both the tried and true elements of successful engagement as well as some innovations and practices participants should consider for future engagement. Substantively the session will cover the following topics: ·Choosing the right issue ·Is your organization ready to engage? ·Strategizing for advocacy ·Sustaining your advocacy program While the presenter will represent distinct viewpoints, the session will employ a mix of interactive exercises, discussions and success stories intended to elicit other points of view, innovations and best practices.
Function Date: 10/25/2006 thru 10/25/2006
Start Time: 01:10 PM
End Time: 02:30 PM
Type
Early
Regular
Late
General
Complimentary
Max Attendance - 70
How The (Bleep) Do We Get The Job Done In Today's Legal...
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Track Four: Human Capital How the (Bleep) do we get the Job Done in Today's Legal, Regulatory, and Economic Environment? Anthony Sochurek, Linwood Center, Inc. Organizations are under constant attack to hire and train competent staff. However, the pool is being limited by rules of various agencies. This session, most appropriate for those professionals who serve the disabled, ill, or children know that no one questions the need that staff must be qualified to serve those who need it the most. The problem that currently exists is that the low unemployment economy and those who are unqualified due to criminal backgrounds, language barriers, and general lack of dedicated employees are limiting the pool of applicants. The decision and debate here is this: Who do you hire and under what circumstances? When do you maybe bend or ignore some rules when you need an employee? What do you ignore or maybe allow in order to get the job done? As a HR person this is an everyday decision. However, it is also a debate in my mind and others on meeting the demands of serving our clients with not the most qualified employees or stretching the service with a limited number of fully qualified employees.
Function Date: 10/25/2006 thru 10/25/2006
Start Time: 01:10 PM
End Time: 02:30 PM
Type
Early
Regular
Late
General
Complimentary
Max Attendance - 130
SOLD OUT-Is Social Enterprise Right For You?
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Track Three: Devising and Developing Is Social Enterprise Right for You? Alfred Wise, Community Wealth Ventures Social enterprise is on everyone's minds today, and many organizations are looking to social enterprise as a means of diversifying their funding base. However, social enterprise is not for every organization. And many of the people in organizations who are charged with deciding whether or not to move forward with social enterprise don't have the tools they need to decide whether social enterprise is right for them. The desired outcome of this workshop is to help organizations become better equipped to decide whether or not to pursue earned income generation. The workshop provides an overview of a framework and tools for making decisions about social enterprise. Specifically, tools that can be used to assess the viability of assets and potential opportunities will be discussed. This workshop is appropriate for staff and board members who want to learn more about the field of social enterprise, and to decide whether it is a strategy their organization should be pursuing.
Function Date: 10/25/2006 thru 10/25/2006
Start Time: 01:10 PM
End Time: 02:30 PM
Type
Early
Regular
Late
General
Complimentary
Max Attendance - 65
SOLD OUT-Story As A Decision-Making Tool
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Track Two: The Art of Decision Making Story as a Decision-Making Tool Michael Margolis, THIRSTY-FISH Story Marketing This workshop will introduce leaders to the discipline of narrative management and how a contextual perspective can greatly enhance effective decision-making. Most of us like to believe that decisions are based on rational facts and data. Instead, humans are metaphoric and emotional beings. We look to stories to makes sense and meaning of the experiences around us. Without the proper context and awareness, it's nearly impossible to know whether you are making the "right decisions" for the "right reasons". This workshop is designed for nonprofit leaders, from executive directors and boards to heads of fundraising, advocacy, and program development. This interactive session will introduce story-driven tools that leaders can use to (1) better contextualize their decisions, (2) break down the rationale behind their choices, and (3) effectively frame change for various stakeholders. Participants will experience several exercises designed to enhance their story listening and story telling skills. They will also receive frameworks for effective decision-making that better addresses the complexities and ambiguities of today. Lastly, this session will include several case studies that illustrate the power of using stories when faced with difficult organizational issues.
Function Date: 10/25/2006 thru 10/25/2006
Start Time: 01:10 PM
End Time: 02:30 PM
Type
Early
Regular
Late
General
Complimentary
Max Attendance - 50
The Impact Of Organizational Life Cycle Stages On Decision..
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Track Two: The Art of Decision Making The Impact of Organizational Life Cycle Stages on Decision Making Anita Nowery Durel and John W. Durel, Durel Consulting Partners Awareness of an organization's life cycle phase sets the stage for critical decision-making. Understanding the organization's current period in the life cycle and the opportunities presented at each stage enlightens leaders about what they are capable of accomplishing in a period of the organizational growth. By using the Life Cycle leaders can learn to approach decision-making in a systematic way. Common nonprofit decision-making pitfalls at each stage in the Life Cycle are addressed in this session such as: Faulty understanding of what information is essential; inadequate information gathering systems; a lack of honesty about the realities that must be confronted; misidentified or exclusion of key stakeholders; absence of follow through and accountability; rigid rules that block creativity; and a lack of urgency about the important work. This session is most appropriate for executive directors, board members, and senior staff - those responsible for making major decisions about the direction and effectiveness of an organization. The importance of Life Cycle analysis has been underscored recently in "Getting Over Growing Pains: Life-cycle Analyses Help Charities Deal with the Challenges of Aging," an article by Holly Hall in the Chronicle of Philanthropy (April 6, 2006). The article features the work of Durel Consulting Partners.
Function Date: 10/25/2006 thru 10/25/2006
Start Time: 02:35 PM
End Time: 03:55 PM
Type
Early
Regular
Late
General
Complimentary
Max Attendance - 130
Forget The Golden Rule-Learn What Really...
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Track Three: Devising and Developing Forget the Golden Rule-Learn What Really Motivates Donors Syble Solomon, LifeWise Planning fundraising campaigns and approaching donors the way that works for you will limit your success! Learn about the six "money habitudes" to determine which ones motivate and reward your own giving and use those insights to gain a new perspective about how to approach donors. How and why people donate money is influenced by what is personally motivating and rewarding and that depends on the individual's relationship with money. While that sounds simple, it is not always obvious and making assumptions can quickly lead to a dead end with potential donors. For example, people who value security will carefully budget their giving and be more apt to give to an organization which starts with providing the facts and figures of exactly how the money will be used and can assure them that the organization is run efficiently. However, a totally different approach would be required for people who see a contribution as a way to create a positive image in the community. Leading with a focus on how public recognition will be linked with the donation will be more effective. The trick is to be aware of your own "money habitudes" to avoid misleading assumptions and quickly assess which type of person the donor is. Then you can to have the most effective and rewarding conversation. Learning the six "money habitudes" can provide those insights.
Function Date: 10/25/2006 thru 10/25/2006
Start Time: 02:35 PM
End Time: 03:55 PM
Type
Early
Regular
Late
General
Complimentary
Max Attendance - 80
The Accountability Factor
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Track Four: Human Capital The Accountability Factor Alan M. Dobzinski, Tandem Partners As a leader, how do you hold your people accountable? What could you achieve if everyone in your organization was accountable? Alan has discovered, through his work with hundreds of CEOs, that accountability is the key to achieving results! In The Accountability Factor, you'll learn: -How to build a team that gets things done -3 things that compromise accountability every time -How to keep people focused on the highest level priorities -Steps you can take right now to build accountability -Turn reasons into actions - and start producing results
Function Date: 10/25/2006 thru 10/25/2006
Start Time: 02:35 PM
End Time: 03:55 PM
Type
Early
Regular
Late
General
Complimentary
Max Attendance - 80
Why Marriage, Why Now? Litigation, Lobbying And Public...
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Track Five: Just Causes Why Marriage, Why Now? Litigation, Lobbying and Public Education on High-Profile Controversies David Rocah, ACLU of Maryland and Dan Furmansky, Equality Maryland Marriage equality for lesbian and gay Marylanders was a hot issue in Annapolis in 2006, following a Circuit Court decision that denying lesbian and gay couples the right to marry violated the State Constitution. It promises to be a significant issue again in 2007 and beyond. This session will look at the decision and process involved in bringing a marriage equality case in Maryland, and how the organizations involved - the American Civil Liberties Union and Equality Maryland - worked together to cope with the political fallout. This session is appropriate for anyone interested in a case study on framing an issue in the media, movement building with limited resources, forming broad coalitions, and legislative and grassroots lobbying in both an offensive and defensive posture. The session will be interactive and open for questions on both substance and tactics.
Function Date: 10/25/2006 thru 10/25/2006
Start Time: 02:35 PM
End Time: 03:55 PM
Type
Early
Regular
Late
General
Complimentary
Max Attendance - 70
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