This half day workshop includes a panel discussion on the power of collaboration and break-out sessions focused on building a stronger relationship with businesses.
Your Nonprofit Difference
Attendees will work in small groups, with a moderator, to define and refine their elevator speech to help them sell their nonprofit like a for-profit.
The Power of Collaboration
A panel discussion focused on strategies to transform your nonprofit through community partnership and learning how and why funders look for collaborations.
Panelists: Jeff Buell, Principal, Redburn Development Partners, LLC, Peter Gannon, President & CEO, United Way of the Greater Capital Region and Janine Robitaille, Executive Director, IPH
Breakout Sessions: (Attendees will have opportunity to attend both sessions)
Transformative Philanthropy
Discover how this approach to development enables nonprofit leaders to develop meaningful and effective ways to work together within their communities to obtain funding. In this session we will cover how to match your goals with the funders’; sustainability; how to stand out from others and how to modify an event to benefit your funders.
Connecting Philanthropy with Business ROI
Learn ways your nonprofit can help funders discover their return on investment. This session will discuss impact reporting, how to create engagement opportunities for your funders, and tips and tricks for creating brand awareness with public relations strategies.
Co-creators: Victoria Carosella Baecker, Director, Community Relations for CDPHP and Executive Director, CDPHP The Foundation and Amanda Goyer, Corporate Responsibility Officer, KeyBank.
Presenting Sponsor
From 08:00am to 11:00am