2010 Alliance
National Conference

Using 20/20 Vision to Adequately Prepare for 2020 (CC)

Thursday, Oct. 21, 3:15 p.m.-4:45 p.m.

Session:

D1

Track:

Candid Conversations

Presentation Materials:

D1_2020Vision_notes.pdf

Using the premise that the human services field may well have entered a new paradigm, this workshop will examine the details of what that paradigm is, and could become. Further, attendees will explore how to prepare for different scenarios of how to best service constituents in 10 years. Who will the customers be? How will services be funded? And most importantly, how will nonprofit human services providers shape this new world?

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Multi-Institutional Arrangements: Operational Issues That Can Make or Break a Merger (G)

Thursday, Oct. 21, 3:15 p.m.-4:45 p.m.

Session:

D2

Track:

Governance

Presentation Materials:

D2_MultiInstArrangements_presentation.pdf

This workshop will feature detailed information about multi-institutional arrangements, drilling down from structure to operations. Various operational issues that can make or break multi-institutional arrangements will be examined. This session is a follow-up to a workshop presented at the 2009 Alliance National Conference, which featured a general overview of multi-institutional models, issues, and procedures, with a conceptual focus on structure.

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Creating Collaborative Partnerships to Promote Trauma Sensitive Schools (IP)

Thursday, Oct. 21, 3:15 p.m.-4:45 p.m.

Session:

D3

Track:

Innovative Programs

Presentation Materials:

D3_CollaborativePartnerships_presentation.pdf

This workshop will review innovative program models currently implemented at St. Aemilian-Lakeside that work collaboratively with school districts that provide supportive services for children with mental health issues that are impacting their ability to be successful at home, school, and in the community. The steps to cultivating a successful collaborative partnership with school districts will de detailed, as well as common obstacles and challenges.

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Serving Military Families: Opportunities, Strategies, and Approaches (L)

Thursday, Oct. 21, 3:15 p.m.-4:45 p.m.

Session:

D4

Track:

Leadership

Presentation Materials:

D4_MilitaryFamilies_presentation.pdf

D4_MilitaryFamilyLifestyleSurvey_presentation.pdf

D4_MilitaryFamilySupport_presentation.pdf

Community-based agencies are being increasingly called upon to provide services, programs, and supports to veterans, active duty military, and their families. This panel presentation will address key needs of this special population; opportunities for community-based nonprofit providers to offer needed services and supports; and specific approaches that are effective in meeting the unique needs of military personnel.

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Do Nonprofits Have Market Niches? (M/C)

Thursday, Oct. 21, 3:15 p.m.-4:45 p.m.

Session:

D5

Track:

Marketing and Communications

Presentation Materials:

D5_MarketNiches_handout.pdf

Niche marketing can be invaluable in helping nonprofit organizations clarify complex, multifaceted missions. This workshop will help attendees understand niche marketing and the advantages it offers. Participants will also learn how to identify their own market niches and use technology to manage market niches cost-effectively.

Workshop objectives/takeaways:

understand the concept of niche marketing;

identify market niches within attendees’ target markets;

examine the impact of market niches on organizational marketing strategy;

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Diversify Your Revenue Streams: Successes and Lessons Learned

Friday, Oct. 22, 9:15 a.m.-10:45 a.m.

Session:

D6

Track:

Resource Development

There is no denying these current economic times are challenging. Join us to learn how Alliance member agencies have diversified their revenue streams with the help of the Alliance’s grant support from the New Age of Aging initiative. In addition to sharing your own expertise on where your organization has found opportunity, other Alliance member agencies will share their journeys, successes, and lessons learned.

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Raising Major Gifts: Refining Your Case Statement and the Ask (RD)

Thursday, Oct. 21, 3:15 p.m.-4:45 p.m.

Session:

D7

Track:

Resource Development

Presentation Materials:

D7_Endowment_handout.pdf

D7_RaisingMajorGifts_handout.pdf

This highly interactive workshop is the prefect setting for honing the skills necessary to solicit gifts of $1,000 to $1 million—and beyond. Attendees are strongly encouraged to bring 10 copies of a 250-word summary of a project at their organization which requires major gift support. Participants will refine that “case” for a major gift and practice “the ask.” In addition to learning how to respond to resistance, attendees will receive expert advice from the presenters and from their peers. They will leave with confidence in their ability to ask for major gifts with maximum return.