Agenda
Wednesday, October 7, 2015

8:00 – 8:30am

Registration and Continental Breakfast

The Oregon Repertory Singers, a nonprofit choral institution from the Portland, will delight us with a short performance to open the morning.
Room: Ballroom on the third floor.

8:30 -9:45am

Plenary Keynote: Beth Kanter, Speaker, Author, Trainer

The Nonprofit Work Ethic Reinvented in An Age of Hyper Connectivity: Strategies for Impact Without Burnout

Thought leader and author of the award-winning Networked Nonprofit books, Beth Kanter will share some provocative ideas from her next book, a work in progress. As social media has become more widely adopted in the nonprofit sector, hyper connectivity is contributing to the state of overworked and overwhelmed that is so common to many. A new mindset and approach is desperately needed for individuals and is also a cultural imperative for the organization as a whole.
We will learn how nonprofits can redefine organizational culture to improve attitudes and personal habits for sustainable impact.
Room: Ballroom on the third floor

10:00- 11:45am

Morning Session (Choose 1 track)

Power is Not Fairy Dust: Transferring Power to Young and Underrepresented Leaders

Young leaders and coaches facilitate an interactive session providing tangible methods for proactively transitioning power.
Presenters: Diego Hernandez, Rebecca Shine, Chom Sou, Karla Cataneda, Vanessa Dominguez, Sarah Cooley Trinke, Emily Lai

INTERGEN Cross-Boundary Learning Across Generation

Come to this session to join an interactive and visual discussion on diversity in the workplace across the generations.
Presenters: Jeff Branch, Linshuang Lu, Chrissie Bonner

Creating Inclusive Nonprofits: Policies that Work

Learn best practices for creating greater diversity in nonprofits’ strategic thinking, making them more responsive to client needs, enabling them to attract the most talented staff, and helping expand the pool of donors.
Presenters: Ann Lehman and Anu Menon

Designed to Matter: How Branding and the Design Process Tell Your Story

Learn how branding and the creative design process can benefit nonprofits by walking through case studies from where organizations have been touched by design.
Presenters: Precious Bugarin, Gaby Jenkins

Innovative Partnerships for Participant Centered Capacity Building

Learn about a partnership between MRG Foundation and Meyer Memorial Trust and how its participant-centered design unleashes the grantees’ resident wealth of knowledge and experience.
Presenters: Anita Rodgers, Stephan Herrera

Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN)

Details coming soon.

12:00 – 12:30pm

Buffett Lunch in the Ballroom

12:30 – 1:30pm

Plenary Keynote: Patrisse Cullors

Inspired to action by the 2013 acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, Patrisse Cullors along with Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi, helped launch the Twitter hashtag #BlackLivesMatter. Patrisse also serves as the Truth and Reinvestment Campaign Director for The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, working to build the response capacity of communities who are affected by state and law enforcement violence. This dynamic plenary session features Patrisse in conversation with Sean Thomas-Breitfeld, the Alliance’s partner at the Building Movement Project. Together they will address and explore how social justice movements like Black Lives Matter have unique opportunities and challenges to building capacity.

Room: Ballroom on the third floor

1:45 – 5:00pm

Afternoon Session 1 (Choose 1 track)

What’s Race Got to Do With It? Racial Equity in Capacity Building

This session will explore the impact of the historic racial justice movement and how race shows up in organizations, in practices, and in the field.
Presenters: Terrill Thompson, Brigette Rouson, Yanique Redwood

Talk is Cheap (and Effective): Strengthening Connections and Building Capacity through Reflective Discussion

This participatory session will provide an introduction to and experience of reflective discussion, an adaptable, inexpensive, and effective conversation practice that builds and sustains engagement.
Presenter: Adam Davis

Chunk, Flip, Guide, Laugh: How People Learn Best

Together we will explore the four “pathways” to creating higher-impact learning experiences: How to CHUNK key information, FLIP it into multi-purpose tools, and GUIDE participants forward step by step, using the power of LAUGHTER and games.

Presenters: Nancy Bacon, Maryn Boess

Nonprofit Success Factors Unpacked

Through discussion and engaging in hands-on analysis of a case study, participants in this interactive session will learn about an innovative, data-based approach to organizational assessment.
Presenter: Scott Schaffer

Unlocking Funder Data for Good

Learn about a national partnership between The Foundation Center and The Forum for Regional Association of Grantmakers which is fueling a new wave of current, accurate and complete grant data supplied directly by funders.
Presenter: C. Davis Parchment

Collaborating with Business and Government: The Philanthropy Show

It’s time for bold and honest discussion about the sometimes-dreaded, often-disputed trend of collaborating with business and government. This session will be recorded as an episode of The Philanthropy Show, with attendees serving as the interactive studio audience.

Presenters: Louanne Walters, Jim White, Liesl Wendt, John Brothers, Mayra Arreola

How can We Reinvent the Nonprofit Work Ethic? Strategies for Impact Without Burnout

Join keynote speaker Beth Kanter who will facilitate a design lab, using the Luma Institute design methodology, to take a deeper dive into the challenges presented during the morning keynote and for participants to identify innovative ideas.
Presenter: Beth Kanter

3:15-5:00pm

Snacks and Beverages in the Ballroom

3:30 – 5:00pm

Afternoon Session 2 (Choose 1 track)

Pracademics: Research to Capacity to Mission

In this session we’ll discuss how to bridge the gap between what researchers want to deliver and how practitioners approach the sector.

Presenter: Pat Nichols, David Renz, Peter York

Alternative Learning Avenue for Nonprofit Leaders

This session addresses 5 sets of key challenges faced by nonprofit leaders and shares on-the-job development strategies that provide leaders with a mix of practices, tactics and tools for learning and enhancing their growth and effectiveness.

Presenters: Jean Lobell, Pavrita Menon, Katie Leonberger

Whose Project Is It? Fostering Community Ownership

Our panelists will explore the power of meaningful community engagement at the local level in Portland and abroad, and we’ll share innovative tools for new and seasoned practitioners.
Presenters: Mary Fifield, Pedro Moreno

Evaluating What Matters: The Art of Seeing Impact

In this session, we will explore the ideas of capacity-building for evaluation, using the lessons learned from over 100 nonprofits across North America.

Presenter: Steven Patty

Understanding and Managing Team Dynamics

During this session you will participate in the Marshmallow Challenge and learn why teams succeed or fail.
Presenter: George Myers

5:30 – 7:30pm

Nonprofit Association of Oregon Annual Meeting

Happy Healthy Nonprofits: Creating a Culture of Replenishment

Join the Nonprofit Association of Oregon for our annual meeting reception and hear Beth Kanter deliver a rousing keynote around how we, as nonprofit leaders, stretch ourselves too thin. Beth will share some provocative ideas on who nonprofits can amplify their mission by prioritizing staff and volunteer care. Beth draws from her experience, speaking engagements across the country and drawing on learning from a design lab earlier in the day, where participants explored these ideas. Learn more.