Panelists at this year's Annual Conference are saving paper and sharing their expertise even with those who could not attend their sessions by posting handouts, organizational descriptions, and other materials on this page.

Organizational Descriptions

The White House Project

Session Handouts

“Building an Effective Advocacy Campaign in 2009 and Beyond”

• Bruce Lesley, President, First Focus

"CEO Summit: The Leadership Moment"

• Michael Useem, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania:
  • The Leadership Moment PowerPoint

"Strengthening Your Policy Communications to Advance Your Advocacy Goals"

• Elevating Bagel Exercise
• Nonprofit Messaging

“Working with Political Caucuses at the Federal and State Level”

• Nina Ozlu Tunceli, Chief Counsel of Government and Public Affairs,
  Americans for the Arts
• Joseph Geiger, Executive Director,
  Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations

"Where Is Corporate Philanthropy Heading?"

• Diane Melley, Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs, IBM Corporation:
  • IBM On Demand Community: A New Model for Employee Volunteerism
  • SME Toolkit: IBM, IFC Develop Small Business Toolkit to Support Global Economic Development
  • IBM Announces “Global Citizen’s Portfolio” to Enable 21st Century Skills and Leaders

Speeches

• Diana Aviv -- Keynote address
• Robert Greenstein -- Gardner Award remarks
• Deepak Bhargava -- American Express Building Leadership Award remarks on behalf of the Center for Community Change
• Douglas Shulman -- IRS Insights