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Event/Details
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| Sept. 19, 2012 |
Beyond the Cause Release Event, Washington, DC |
| Oct. 5, 2012 |
Americans for the Arts - State Arts Action Network Meeting (SAAN), Washington, DC SAAN is a board level committee composed of multidiscipline stateside arts advocacy/service organizations. |
| Oct. 8, 2012 |
Council of Michigan Foundations/Michigan Nonprofit Association Joint Conference - Advancing your Mission through Advocacy Pre-Conference Workshop, Dearborn, MI
This pre-conference session was open to nonprofits and foundations. During this session speakers unpacked lessons learned from organizations on how to effectively fund and engage in advocacy. Each story covered key roles and techniques, barriers experienced and tips for overcoming these challenges. Learn More |
| Oct. 8, 2012 |
Council of Michigan Foundations Advisory Cabinet Meeting, Dearborn, MI |
| Nov. 1, 2012 |
Community Partners Breakfast, Los Angeles, CA Community Partners, in partnership with the California Community Foundation, hosted IS President and CEO Diana Aviv as she presented highlights from Beyond the Cause: The Art and Science of Advocacy. Alicia Lara of United Way, Dennis Zane of Move LA., and Rose Chan of Rodriguez Horii Choi & Cafferata joined us for an L.A. perspective. |
| Nov. 10, 2012 |
Public Policy Action Institute - Stepping Up Our Game: A New Look at the Elements of Effective Advocacy, San Francisco, CA IS president and CEO Diana Aviv unveiled the provocative and introspective conclusions of a year-long IS research project on our sector's advocacy efforts. Focusing on the five essential elements of successful advocacy gleaned from the research, this session will challenge us to think beyond our causes and be more strategic about our advocacy work. Ralph Everett, IS board member, and president and CEO, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, moderated. |
| Nov. 12, 2012 |
IS Annual Conference - The Art and Science of Advocacy, San Francisco, CA Attendees received an in-depth look at Independent Sector’s provocative and introspective analysis of the policy issues and challenges facing our sector. IS President and CEO Diana Aviv summarized IS’s year-long research study, including the essentials of a successful advocacy framework, and discussed how we should re-think our current strategies, confront our realities, and think beyond our causes. |
| Nov. 15, 2012 |
ARNOVA - Nonprofit Advocacy, Indianapolis, IN Participants included Erica Greeley of Independent Sector, Alnoor Ebrahim of Harvard Business School, Elizabeth A. Bloodgood of Concordia University, Joannie Tremblay-Boire, Aseem Prakash of University of Washington, and Alan J. Abramson, Benjamin Soskis, and Stefan Toepler of George Mason University. |
| Dec. 14, 2012 | The Nonprofit Sector and Advocacy: Challenges Ahead A discussion about nonprofit priorities in policy debates, with a focus on a recent report from Independent Sector, Beyond the Cause: The Art and Science of Advocacy. The first part of that report discussed practices that promote success in advocacy by nonprofits and their coalitions and was well received, but the second part engendered controversy. It addressed 6 policy issues affecting nonprofit operations, including the charitable deduction, and recommended that significant resources be dedicated to a convening of groups to advocate in behalf of the sector on these issues. The report drew praise from many in the nonprofit sector, and criticism from others, including the Alliance for Justice and the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy. Learn More |
