Wednesday, October 20
4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Couples Therapy: Elements of Great Foundation/Grantee Relationships
Foundations often critique nonprofits for not being focused enough on assessing and improving their impact. Nonprofits complain that funders aren’t clear about their own goals and strategies – and make time-consuming requests for data and information that distract them from mission. This session will tap into the research of the Center for Effective Philanthropy to explore how leaders of foundations and nonprofits can generate more meaningful impact. Participants will have the opportunity to learn from exemplary foundation and grantee leaders and to share what works – and what doesn’t – in these relationships.
Speakers:
James Koshiba, executive director, Kanu Hawaii
Kelvin Taketa, president and CEO, Hawai'i Community Foundation
Moderator:
Phil Buchanan, president, The Center for Effective Philanthropy
Romancing and Retaining Cross-Sector Talent
Nonprofit CEOs are being approached more and more by job seekers with experience from other sectors. These potential employees can expand an organization’s reservoir of talent, but they often lack soft and hard skills important to success in the sector. How can executives find a good match when bringing in sector switchers?
Speakers:
Rod McCowan, managing partner, New Profit, Inc.
Pratichi Shah, president and CEO, Flourish Talent Management Solutions
James L. Weinberg, founder and CEO, Commongood Careers
Janet Murguía, president and CEO, National Council of La Raza
Thursday - October 21, 2010
9:30 - 11:00 a.m. -- CEO Summit
Smart Design For Social Impact
When the environment is changing as fast as it is today, nonprofits and foundations committed to impact must constantly innovate. However, it can be difficult to break free of organizational norms, maintain empathy for all stakeholders, and create a productive strategy. In this session, join two experts from a global design and innovation consulting firm to explore how you can use creative strategies -- such as enabling experimentation and telling more powerful stories about your achievements -- to lead your organization to produce social change.
Speakers:
Jeff Chapin, mechanical engineer and project lead, IDEO
Strick Walker, client strategy lead, IDEO
Moderator:
Ellen Alberding, president, The Joyce Foundation
1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Conversation with Diana Aviv and Friends: The Forces Disrupting the Nonprofit and Philanthropic Sector
Join IS President and CEO Diana Aviv and colleagues Lucy Bernholz and Rob Reich for a wide-ranging discussion about the current and future environment facing our sector, including disruptive forces such as new organizational forms, shifts in technology, and public policy developments. How can the sector shape -- and not just react to -- this complex, changing environment?
Discussants:
Diana Aviv, president and CEO, Independent Sector
Lucy Bernholz, founder and president, Blueprint Research and Design, Inc.
Rob Reich, Center for Philanthropy and Civil Society, Stanford University
Moderator:
Stephen Heintz, president, Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Working With Your Board to Assess and Manage Risk
Rapidly changing economic and social conditions have increased the importance of involving an organization’s board in preparing for the future, particularly in managing risks. Hear CEOs and their board chairs describe how they’ve engaged board members in planning the organization's future.
Speaker:
Mark Carey, partner, Enterprise Risk Services, Deloitte LLP
Paula Van Ness, chief operating officer, Peter G. Peterson Foundation
Moderator:
Rev. Larry Snyder, president, Catholic Charities USA
Friday - October 22, 2010
9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
Leading in Difficult Times
Difficult situations, including a struggling economy, make effective leadership especially important. Downsizing, mergers, attacks on core beliefs or key leaders, and other dramatic changes can create challenges for even the most high-performing organization. This session will consider key elements of managing turbulent times and complex situations, including establishing a strong infrastructure in advance of crises, approaching problems creatively, taking decisive action quickly, and orchestrating mutually beneficial collaborations with other leaders.
Speakers:
Nolen V. Bivens, Brigadier General (ret.), U.S. Army
Edward P. Henry, president and CEO, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Moderator:
Robert L. Lynch, president and CEO, Americans for the Arts
Moving In, Moving Out, Moving On
The retirement of chief executives create far-reaching ripples. The leaders worry about getting themselves ready financially and for new professional opportunities, but they also want to ensure their organization’s future success. Doing so requires preparing their staff and removing blockages in the leadership pipeline across the sector. Join a discussion about how to meet these complicated goals.
Speakers:
Jo Ann Jenkins, president, AARP Foundation
Frances Kunreuther, director, Building Movement Project, Demos: A Network for Ideas and Action
Ralph Smith, executive vice president, The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Moderator:
Wendy Puriefoy, president, Public Education Network
