Session E Workshops
Where’s the Money? (CC)
Elizabeth Carey, senior vice president and COO, Alliance for Children and Families (Facilitator)
Robert B. Jones, president and CEO, Children’s Aid and Family Services, Inc.; Mary Jo Monahan, president & CEO, Family Service Centers, Inc. (Content experts)
Tags: Policy Advocacy and Civic Engagement in Tough Times: Making the Most with What You Have (PP)
How can leaders of Alliance organizations integrate formal public policy advocacy and more grassroots civic engagement approaches in ways that create synergies and momentum in economic times that pose unprecedented challenges for both human services organizations and communities? This workshop offers information on Family & Children’s Service’s experiences and strategies throughout its integration of its community organizing and policy advocacy work.Read full description »
Jeff Bauer, director, public policy and civic engagement, and John Everett Till, vice president, family and community programs, Family & Children’s Service
I Can Raise Major Gifts, Part 2 (RD)
During this two-part workshop, attendees will learn all they need to know about major gift fundraising during session one, then will practice the “ask” in groups of four with helpful hints from the presenters during session two. Both sessions will provide participants with confidence in knowing how to plan major gift efforts for maximum effect.Read full description »
Leonard Iaquinta, principal, Excellence in Communications; and Barbara Ritchie, executive director, Griffith Centers for Children Foundation
Know Thyself: Determining Your True Costs to Inform Pricing Strategies (M)
Because many nonprofits struggle to set pricing that allows them to sustainably provide their services, this workshop will offer tools to efficiently examine costs differently, helping nonprofits price accurately and inform their decision-making. At the core of good pricing is good “costing,” or having a clear and complete picture of what true costs are for each nonprofit service.Read full description »
Alexander J. Cortez, Manager, The Bridgespan Group
Link to presentation materials.
An Understanding of the Full Spectrum of Multi-Institutional Arrangements (G), Part 2 of Workshop D6
This workshop will provide a detailed look at mergers, acquisitions, and affiliations, including the external forces that motivate these multi-institutional arrangements, types of institutional responses, potential benefits and disadvantages of external arrangements, multi-institutional transaction models, key issues in multi-institutional arrangements, phases of developing and implementing multi-institutional arrangements, and prerequisites for success. The models examined will include a broad spectrum from informal arrangements through full asset mergers.
Eric Stonehill, managing director, health and human services, HB Solutions LLC
Branding and the Nonprofit: Should I, Could I, and How Do I? (M/C)
Is there value in a nonprofit brand? How can an organization assess and address its brand image? What can it do to adjust that image? And is a full rebranding in order? This interactive session offers a clear how-to approach based on the presenter’s more than 25 years in the field, working with both nonprofits and for-profits. Participants will learn how to define brand as a concept, conduct stakeholder research, identify brand strengths and weaknesses, ask the tough question “what’s in a name?,” and tap into the brand power of their employees.Read full description »
Dina Wolfman Baker, vice president, communications, Public Health Management Corporation
Are You Managing Your Technology, Or Is Your Technology Managing You? (M)
Utilizing 20-plus years of experience in nonprofit technology management, the presenter will tackle the overriding questions regarding technology for management: “How much do you need to know?” … “What do you want to know?” … “What do you care to know about the latest and greatest product?” Discussions will include the entire spectrum of information management issues, such as hardware vendor selection, the pros and cons of utilizing contracted technical staff, organizing and reviewing budgets and technical specifications for board presentatiRead full description »
Keith Rea, vice president of operations, Family Services of Greater Houston
The Alliance thanks these organizations that have already committed to sponsoring this year’s event:
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