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The 2004 Nonprofit Leadership Conference -- sponsored by:
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Davis Wright Tremaine
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Agility: Leading Nimble Nonprofits
The Tenth Annual Nonprofit Leadership Conference:
April 1, 2004. Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue
To receive a notice for the 11th Annual
Conference by email, please send a note with your name and email address
to conference@tess.org
Note: Notes on some of the sessions are linked from the
program outline below; where no session notes are available, the description
of the session from the conference program has been inserted.
Welcome Hon. Connie Marshall, Mayor of Bellevue
Keynote Jan Masaoka, CompassPoint
Response Michael Bisesi, Seattle University; Doreen
Cato, First Place; Susan Trapnell, ACT Theatre; Anson Laytner, Multifaith
Works
Session notes
Concurent Sessions
Surprise! Surprise! Surprise! Keith McCandless, Oblique Strategy
In this lively session, we will explore how to nimbly “manage”
surprise – the unexpected events that may present a difficult challenge
or a fabulous opportunity. In contrast to the
“big-brains-should-have-anticipated-it-in-advance-school,” we will
examine how complex systems invariably generate the unexpected and how
leaders can responsibly be “in charge but not in control.” Each
participant will assess their readiness for managing the unexpected
based on insights from “high reliability organizations.”
Choosing to Adapt: What Does it Take and Why It's Important
Linda Nageotte, Food Lifeline; Liz Vivian, Seattle Youth Involvement Network
Session notes
Risk Taking and Leadership Greg Vigdor, Washington Health
Foundation; Anson Laytner, Multifaith Works
Explore the roles of risk taking and risk aversion in a healthy
environment. Examine types of risk taking, correlations to stage of
development, bringing others along, and where you yourself stand as risk
taker or risk aversive.
Advocacy as a Way of Life Robert Harkin, Planned Parenthood; Steve
Daschle, Southwest Youth and Family Services; Chris Peterson, Seattle
Audubon; Ginny English, Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies
Session notes
Merger as an Opportunity to Change Jeanne Anderson, Foundation for
Early Learning; Rick Friedhoff, Compass Center; Amanda Madorno, Roam
Consulting
Session notes
The Challenges and Opportunities of Being a Small Nonprofit
Jen Brandon, Community Voice Mail; Pastor Mabel Fatialofa-Magalei, PASEFIKA/White
Center Assembly
Session notes
Staying Values Based Josephine Tamayo Murray, Catholic
Community Services; Rick Dupree, NPower Seattle
Session notes
Research Reports from recent graduates of the Not-for-Profit
Leadership Program at Seattle University and the Daniel J. Evans School of
Public Affairs at the University of Washington
- Elizabeth J. Flett (MNPL, Seattle University, 2003) Director of
Operations, Heart Services, Swedish Medical Center ”Nonprofit Mergers:
Integrating People and Cultures”
- Lee Harper (MNPL, Seattle University, 2003) Program Manager, Fremont
Public Association ”Cultivating Leadership through Mentoring”
- C. David Hopkins (MNPL, Seattle University, 2003) Associate
Director, Marketing and Communications, Seattle University ”Plymouth
Housing Group’s Social Enterprise Venture, Plymouth Café -- Case Study
and Marketing Plan”
- Jessica L. Ross (MNPL, Seattle University, 2003) Operations
Administrator, Lifelong AIDS Alliance ”Turning the Lifelong AIDS
Alliance Thrift Store Into a Social Enterprise Venture”
- Kate Holmes (MPA, Evans School, 2003) Program Director, Megawatt
“Staying Power: Sustainability in Startup Nonprofits”
- Kate Keckler Dandel (MPA, Evans School, 2003) Independent Consultant
When to Collaborate. Recent Research on Collaboration in the Not-For
Profit Sector: A Three-Legged Sack Race?
- Cory Sbarbaro (MPA, Evans School 2002) Consultant/Analyst, Blueprint
Research & Design, Inc. “Organizational Capacity Assessment Tools”
Introduction Kirk Nelson, President QWest Washington
At the End of the Day: The Satisfactions of Leadership Father
Stephen V. Sundborg President, Seattle University
2003 In Review: Nonprofits in Washington Putnam Barber, The
Evergreen State Society
Online version
Concurent Sessions
Responding to the New Climate of Scrutiny Teresa Moore, Moore Ink;
and LaVerne Woods, Davis Wright Tremaine
Session notes
Access to Capital Irene Fisher, Gottlieb, Fisher and Andrews; Dave
Nicandri, Washington State Historical Society; and Tia Peycheff, Washington
State Housing Finance Commission
Session notes
The Governance-Support Model for Nonprofit Boards Jan Masaoka,
CompassPoint
Session notes
Nonprofits in an Election Year Paola Maranan and Jon Gould,
Children's Alliance
Yes, there are limitations to what nonprofits can do during an
election year, but it doesn't mean advocacy activity must be stopped. In
fact, this is an opportune time to focus attention on your issues. Come
hear election year do's and don'ts and other lessons learned from the
pros of nonprofit advocacy at the Children's Alliance.
Strengthening the Identity of the Nonprofit Sector Robbie Rohr,
Executive Alliance; Mike Heinisch, Kent Youth and Family Services; Ruthann
Howell, Family Services of King County; Rich Brooks, Renton Area Youth
Services
Pushing the Boundaries: Thinking Regionally Bob Drewel, Puget
Sound Regional Council
Concluding Remarks and Q & A Jan Masaoka with Carolyn
Cunningham and Robbie Rohr
Reception
Nonprofit Service Month Kick-Off (Governor's
Proclamation)
Presentation of 2004 Evergreen Awards (see
http://www.tess.org/pages/2004_Awards.html)
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