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Conference
Schedule At-A-Glance
Below is an outline of the Conference schedule. Click on any of
the links to learn more about a specific session and speakers, browse
the Full Conference Schedule or view the Presenter Biographies.
| Thursday,
October 14 |
Noon
RiverCentre, St. Paul |
Registration
& Exhibits Open, RiverCentre, St. Paul
Hosted table sign up begins, nonprofit resource exhibits open
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1:00-4:30
p.m.
RiverCentre, St. Paul |
Interactive
Workshops
Choose from several in-depth skills development workshops.
Featured topics will include effective media strategies, non-partisan
voter education and mobilizing campaigns, and much more!
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5:00-7:30
p.m.
St. Paul Travelers Jackson Room |
Opening
Reception
Join
us for light hors d’ouevres and drinks in the Jackson
Room at St. Paul Travelers Corporate Headquarters in St. Paul. |
6:00
p.m.
St. Paul Travelers Jackson Room |
Presentation
of the 2004 Nonprofit Mission Awards and Nonprofit Excellence
Award
During
a short presentation starting at 6 p.m., we’ll honor
the winners of the 2004 Nonprofit Mission Awards in the categories
of Nonprofit Advocacy, Nonprofit Innovation, Anti-Racism Initiative,
and Responsive Philanthropy as well the winner of the Nonprofit
Excellence Award, sponsored by Marquette Financial Companies.
The awards ceremony will be videotaped for broadcast on TPT’s
Minnesota Channel. The first broadcast of the Nonprofit Mission
Awards will be Sunday, November 28, 2004, at 9 p.m. on the
Minnesota Channel, TPT 17, Twin Cities Public Television.
This reception and awards presentation is made possible in
part by Mutual of America and St. Paul Travelers.
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| Friday,
October 15 |
| 7:30
a.m. RiverCentre, St. Paul
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Registration,
Nonprofit Resource Room, and Exhibit Hall Open |
| 7:45-8:45
a.m. |
Early
Morning Breakout Sessions
Enjoy
a continental breakfast with your colleagues while learning
more about a range of important issues and special opportunities
by participating in one of several early morning sessions,
including: The Bush Leadership Fellows Program, Neighborhood
Leadership In Action, and Managing a Construction or Renovation
Project. |
| 9:00-10:30
a.m. |
Welcome
and Opening Plenary: New Strategies for Engaging Communities
The nature of participation is changing. As Minnesota evolves
to meet new challenges and opportunities – from refugee
resettlement to the pervasiveness of the Internet and from
Sarbanes-Oxley issues to less reliable funding – nonprofits
are also adapting. During the opening plenary, four nonprofit
leaders with distinct approaches to energizing and involving
Minnesotans will reveal what they have discovered about how
to best to respond to and interact with people in these new
times. They’ll also invite you to share your thoughts
during this interactive plenary panel and group discussion.
Panelists: Marcia Avner, Public Policy Director, Minnesota
Council of Nonprofits; Toni Carter, Chair, Saint Paul Board
of Education and Founder, ARTS-Us; Jennifer Godinez, Executive
Director, La Escuelita; and Jim Hoolihan, President/CEO, Blandin
Foundation.
Moderator: Sean Kershaw, President, Citizens League.
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| 10:30
-11:00 a.m. |
Networking
Break
Grab some coffee, visit the Exhibit Hall, and stop by the Nonprofit
Resource Room. |
| 11:00
a.m.-12:15 p.m. |
Morning
Breakout Sessions
Choose from several different breakout sessions offered in
multiple formats including panel discussions, group discussions,
and formal presentations. Advance your skills during “how-to”
sessions focused on specific job functions including: Executive
Leadership, Governance, Finance and Management, Marketing
and Communications, Human Resources, Fundraising, Public Policy
and Advocacy, and Theme-Related.
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| 12:30
- 1:15 p.m. |
Hosted
Lunch Conversations
Enjoy an informal lunch conversation with your colleagues,
or choose from a variety of topics for a table conversation.
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| 1:15
- 2:00 p.m. |
The
Nonprofit Sector as Bulwark of Democracy: Building Meaningful
Participation
Keynote
Address by Pablo Eisenberg with Response from Emmett Carson.
After lunch, we’ll hear from Pablo Eisenberg, Senior
Fellow at the Center for Public & Nonprofit Leadership,
Georgetown University, on “The Nonprofit Sector as Bulwark
of Democracy: Building Meaningful Participation.” Speaking
from his experience as longtime director of the Center for
Community Change and co-chair of the National Committee for
Responsive Philanthropy, Eisenberg will share his vision of
how nonprofits and foundations should organize their work
to ensure that new leadership is developed, business and government
are held to account, and organizations welcome and encourage
participation.
The response to Eisenberg’s comments will begin with
Minnesota’s own Emmett Carson, President and CEO of
The Minneapolis Foundation and the new chairperson of the
national Council on Foundations, before the discussion opens
to comments and questions from the audience. |
| 2:15-
3:30 p.m. |
Afternoon
Breakout Sessions
Choose from more valuable breakout sessions. This is another
opportunity to learn new skills and improve current ones.
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| 3:30
p.m. |
Closing
Reception |
MCN
18th Annual Conference
October 14-15, 2004
RiverCentre
175
West Kellogg Blvd.
St. Paul, Minnesota www.rivercentre.org
Questions?
For questions about the conference, please contact:
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits at 651-642-1904, 800-289-1904
or info@mncn.org.
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