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The 2003 Nonprofit Leadership Conference was supported by:

• Alliance of Nonprofits for Insurance - Risk Retention Group
• Bank of America
• Clark Nuber Certified Public Accountants and Consultants
• Davis Wright Tremaine
• Safeco
• The Seattle Foundation.

Here is the outline of the conference; links are included when handouts or other materials are available online.

Welcome:  Sue Donaldson, Evans Forum, Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington

ntroduction: Michael Bisesi, Center for Nonprofit and Social Enterprise Management, Seattle University

Peter Brinckerhoff: Mission-Based Management In Times of Financial Difficulty (morning session)

Research Reports

• Sydney Dobson, MNPL, SU: Meeting Expectations - Helping Directors to be Accountable
• Stacy Holmes, MPA, UW: Program Evaluation and Public Interest Nonprofits: Measuring Progress Towards Mission
• Katie Hultquist, MNPL, SU: The First 90 Days: Survival Tips for First Time Executive Directors
• Karrah Lompa, MNPL, SU: The Logic of Including Youth in Organizational Decision-Making
• Cory Sbarbaro, MPA, UW: Expansion & Replication in the Nonprofit Sector: The Story of Social Venture Partners
• Shannon Thomas, MNPL, SU: Nonprofit Collaboration: The Spectrum of Options
• Laurie Werner, MPA, UW: Organizational Development at the Agros Foundation: An International Faith-Based Nonprofit
• Nick Zajchowski, MPA, UW: A Prospectus for Soundbridge" Seattle Symphony Music Discovery Center

Concurrent Sessions

• David Harrison, Tony Lee & Ted Lord: Facing Up to Funding Realities
• Putnam Barber, Rob Fleming & Audrey Haberman: Demonstrating Effectiveness: Accountability for What Matters
• Michael Bisesi: "Business-like" or "Nonprofit-like": Which Do You Prefer? (discussed Paul Light's "Tongue-twister" article)
• Steven Rathgeb Smith: The Bush Administration Faith Based Initiative: Implications for Policy and Practice

Putnam Barber: Nonprofits in 2002 - The Year in Review

Peter Brinckerhoff: What We Learned (afternoon session)

Closing: Eugene Edgar, Chair, The Evergreen State Society

Reception.  Special Guest, Secretary of State Sam Reed

• Nonprofit Service Month Proclamation
• 2003 Evergreen Awards

Special thanks to:

• United Way of King County
• Antioch University Center for Creative Change
• ArtsFund (Corporate Council for the Arts)
• Executive Alliance
• Impact Capital
• Leadership Tomorrow
• Minority Executive Directors Coalition
• The Nonprofit Center of South Puget Sound
• Philanthropy Northwest
• Washington Society of Association Executives

© 2003, The Evergreen State Society, Seattle, Washington, USA