Day Two: Thursday September 17
Morning Agenda
| 7:30
a.m.-5:00 p.m. |
Ongoing
Registration
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7:30-8:30 a.m. |
Breakfast |
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8:15-8:30 a.m. |
Opening Remarks |
Workshops (see workshop topics below)
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8:30-8:45 a.m. |
Break, Informal
Networking and Stretching |
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8:45-10:00 a.m. |
Capacity Building
Workshops, Part Three |
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10:00-10:15 a.m. |
Break, Informal
Networking and Stretching |
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10:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m. |
Capacity Building
Workshops, Part Four: Seminars on a variety of
Strategic Alliance, Public Policy and Civic
Engagement topics, followed by
Funders and Nonprofits sharing Best Practices and
Successes in each topic area |
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10:15-11:45 a.m. |
Grantmakers' Crash
Course:
Issues and Assets of the Northwest Colorado Region |
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11:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m. |
Break, Informal
Networking and Stretching |
Luncheon
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12:00-1:30 p.m. |
Lunch and
Keynote Speaker |
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1:30-1:45 p.m. |
Break, Informal
Networking and Stretching |
Afternoon Agenda
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1:45-3:30 p.m. |
Choose from a number of
different opportunities including several
active discussion sessions, a hike, ranch tour or science school tour.
Read more about
Thursday activities, to help you plan your
afternoon.
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3:30-6:30 p.m. |
Break.
Click here for suggested activities. |
Evening Agenda
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6:30-8:00 p.m. |
Dine Around
Discussion Dinners and Facilitated Conversations
Join us at nonprofit venues around town for
dinner and smaller group discussions. See the list of topics
below. |
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8:00 p.m. |
Optional social gathering at
Saddles Bar and Grill at the Sheraton |
Capacity Building Workshops, Part Three
Thursday, September 17
8:45 – 10:00 a.m.
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Workshop Title |
Course
Description |
Course
Instructor/Facilitator |
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3A: Networking for Success in a Changing World |
Networking can
be more than just
swapping business cards. Instead, it is
thoughtfully building mutually beneficial
relationships and creating an invisible web of
entrusted seamless connections. In this
interactive session we will explore some tools
for improving your social network, including how
you can create effective personal and
professional networks that are broad enough,
diverse enough, yet focused enough to meet your
objectives; developing a strategy for
networking; tapping the hidden potential of your
social networks; and effectively using the
internet to grow your network. Everything we do
is a result of interdependencies. Intentional
social networking can improve your likelihood of
success. |
Elaine Brett, EMB
Associates |
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3B: Advancing Leadership Through Relationship
Building - Executive Director Reviews and Board
Self-Assessment Strategies |
In this
workshop, you will hear from two experts in
board development and executive director
performance measurement. You will be given
specific tools that will guide your board of
directors in measuring the effectiveness of your
executive director, and the effectiveness of the
board of directors. The results will be a clear
indication of the steps that will lead to a
highly successful organization. |
Mark Andersen
and Alexandra Mitchell |
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3C: Federal Funding - Resources, Access, Use,
and Reporting |
With a decline in giving,
your organization may now be considering the
potential for Federal grant funds. If you are
interested in preparing your organization both
for the immediate and long-term opportunities
from Federal funds this is the workshop for you.
This workshop will equip you with your federal
grants tool box. The Federal review process has
always been very competitive. This session will
introduce your organization to the resources
available, explain ways to access funding, and
discuss use and reporting issues nonprofits face
when receiving federal funds.
|
Amy Humble, Colorado
Nonprofit Association |
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3D: Basic Financial Management |
A strong
nonprofit organization must have a clear
representation of their financial status, at a
given point in time, as well as over the course
of a year, or longer. The presenter will
demonstrate how to prepare and read various
financial statements, including Profit and Loss,
Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow Statement, as well
as Annual Audits. You will
also learn how to involve your board of
directors in reviewing and managing these
financial statements. |
Megan Ledin, Grand
Foundation |
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3E:
Philanthropy Online -Why mad moms, HelloHealth,
and a video about putting things in a blender
will change the way you connect with volunteers,
donors and members |
This presentation will address three major
shifts in online and social tools that can help
you develop deeper relationships with your
current donors and volunteers, cut through the
noise, and run a better organization. |
Jay O'Hare, Altera
Performance Group |
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3F: Stop the Presses! Working with the Media to
Promote Your Mission |
In this
session, you'll get advice from the inside!
Scott Stanford will share what it takes to get
the media's attention and how to develop an
ongoing relationship with local media. He will
also discuss advertising strategies: how to
target your marketing to reach your audience.
Riley Polumbus will discuss
best practices for successful marketing,
including online marketing strategies and public
relations. In addition, she will give examples
of the tools being used by
Yampa Valley Medical
Center to communicate its
services and mission. She will also discuss tips
to help you reach your audience and work with
the media to tell your story. |
Scott Stanford,
Steamboat Pilot and Today;
Riley Polumbus, Yampa
Valley Medical Center |
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3G: Advanced Strategies for Capital Project
Success - Engaging Funders, Government and
Nonprofits with Specific Capital Campaign
Projects (Panel Discussion) |
If your organization
is engaged in a capital campaign or capital
project, or ready to launch, this session is for
you! This session will include the opportunity
to interact with capital funders from
foundations, local government, and a federal
agency to discuss your challenges, strategies,
questions, and ideas. Topics will be generated
by participants. |
Sally Rippey,
Adolph Coors Foundation;
Katie Kramer,
Boettcher Foundation;
Lisa Flores,
Gates Family Foundation. Other panelists to be
announced. |
Capacity Building Workshops, Part Four
Thursday, September 17
10:15 – 11:45 a.m.
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Workshop Title |
Course Description |
Course Instructor/Facilitator |
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4A: Sharing Program and Administrative Resources
- Creative Ways to Share Staff, Facilities,
Supplies |
PART A:
Rural areas have a strong sense of community
responsibility and propensity toward
collaboration. As a result, they are adept at
devising unique and creative ways to build
social and physical infrastructures needed to
provide the services that urban areas take for
granted. Working collaboratively with community
organizations, where they exist, has been
essential to the success of Aging Well. Come
discuss how collaboration and community
investment can create replicable, sustainable
and economically supportable programs to improve
the lives of the people you serve. PART
B: Funders and Nonprofits will present
several examples of best practices where
agencies realized greater impact and efficiency
through shared resources. |
Dace Carver
Kramer, Director of Wellness and Aging Services,
Aging Well; Community Resource Center Staff;
Randy Rudasics,
Colorado Mountain College;
Lori Mueller,
YouthZone; Jennie Miller,
Energy Outreach Colorado. |
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4B: Developing and Maintaining Effective
Collaborations |
The Ultimate Collaboration!
In PART A you will: understand
the key steps to setting up a collaborative what
will prevent conflict and keep everyone around
the table; learn about the pragmatic issues you
need to address to make any collaborative run
smoothly; consider/discuss/present potential
interventions based on what you have found to be
dysfunctional in an existing collaborative
group; and, develop a list of next steps in
either getting your current collaborative in
line or setting up your next collaborative
effort. PART B: Funders and
Nonprofits will present several examples of best
practices where agencies realized greater impact
and efficiency through collaborations. |
Maro Zagoras,
Desired Outcomes Inc.;
Ed Lucero, The Colorado Trust; Dana Duran, Boys and Girls
Club of Craig;
Diane Miller, Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse
Association;
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4C: Developing and Maintaining an Effective
Constituent Database |
Is your nonprofit ready to
take the next step and move from Excel to a
Donor Management System? Learn how to find
the right system, prepare your data, and get set
up for success. The presentation will include a
brief overview of
GiftWorks Fundraising Software
from Mission Research. GiftWorks is an
inexpensive, yet powerful, program that can
track donors and volunteers, and it links to
QuickBooks. We’ll cover the key
questions to ask when researching donor
management systems, important fundraising
terminology, and how to prepare your data for
your new system.
|
Patrice
"TC" Werner,
A Good Quest |
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4D: How to Affect Policy Making - Local, State
and Federal |
Are government
regulations and policies hurting your ability to
achieve your mission? Perhaps it is time to
change them rather than fight them. Learn
various methods and considerations for how to
have policy work for your organization rather
than against your work. Panel includes
representatives from organizations who have
successfully changed policy from the local
grassroots level and up. |
Mary Brown,
InterMountain
Corporate Affairs; Sue
Birch, Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association;
Dervla Lacy,
Grand Futures Prevention Coalition |
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4E: Engaging Local and State Legislators |
PART A: So
many ways, so little time! Write, call, visit.
Develop key messages and fact sheets. Learn the
process for legislation, when you can be most
effective, and ways to build the relationship
and a reputation for competence, reliability and
integrity. Panelists will also touch on some of
the legal issues around lobbying as a nonprofit.
PART B: Funders and
nonprofits will present several examples of best
practices where local and/or state legislators
were engaged in the organization on a functional
and long-term level. |
Tami Havener,
Discovery Learning Center;
Lorez
Meinhold, Colorado Health Foundation;
Al White,
Senator, District 8;
Cari
Hermacinski, City Council Member, City of
Steamboat Springs |
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4F: GRANTMAKERS - Crash Course on Regional
Issues and Assets |
Funders, please
join in this informative and interactive
opportunity to learn more specifics about the
five Northwest Colorado Counties. A panel of
representatives from Grand, Jackson, Moffat, Rio
Blanco and Routt Counties will give you the
inside scoop on how this region works, some big
ideas that are happening and answer any
questions you may have. |
Nonprofit and
government representatives from the five
counties of the Northwest region |
Dine Around Discussion Dinners
Thursday, September 17
6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
These fun dinners are a casual and
relaxing way to learn more about a topic and connect
with others who are professionally or personally
interested in a specific focus area. The meals will be
hosted at nonprofit facilities around the Steamboat
Springs area and feature a gourmet dinner prepared by
local caterers and restaurants. The format will range
from mission-based discussions to informal conversations
to educational presentations.
Below is the topic list for the
Dine-Arounds. Due to space limits in each facility, some
specific dinners may be sold out by the time you go to
sign up -- so register early!
- Historic Preservation
- Gardening in a Mountain Climate
- Faith-Based Organizations as Community Partners
- Emerging Fundraising Strategies
- Nonprofit Vitality: The Importance of Nonprofits
in Maintaining the Community Workforce
- Early Childhood: A Discussion of
Efforts/Possibilities Throughout the Region
- Animal Welfare
- The Yampa River: The Last Wild Waters of the
Northwest
- No Child Left Inside: Great Ideas for Engaging
Youth in the Outdoors
- Schools as Community Partners
- Arts, Culture and Youth
- Aging Well: New Ideas in Maintaining Quality of
Life as We Age
- Northwest Colorado Products: The Expanding
Culture of Buying, Eating and Using Locally Grown,
Raised and Produced Products
- Elbow Grease: Engaging Volunteers in Meaningful
Activities
- Greening Your Organization: From the Water
Cooler to Your Next Capital Campaign
- Steamboat Orchestra Rehearsal
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