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Power and Privilege: Diversity in the Nonprofit
Sector Lunch
In
partnership with the AFP Central Florida Chapter
Central Florida thrives on our diverse cultures, experiences
and points of view. Imagine what we can do in the next 20 years if we
more fully engage diverse talents and ideas within the nonprofit sector
to achieve our mission-based work.
Just think how that could increase our effectiveness and impact. Join Association of Fundraising Professionals Central Florida Chapter and the Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership Center as we bring together leaders from the community for a thoughtful and meaningful discussion.
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009 |
| Time: | 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. | |
| Location: | Rollins College | |
| Tuition: | $20 AFP/Philanthropy Center Members, $25 Nonmembers | |
| Panel: | Michael Freeman, Allies/
Diversity Initiatives Coordinator, University of Central Florida |
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Dialogue with the Donors
Attended by nonprofit and foundation professionals, individual
donors, corporate giving program staff, board members and volunteers,
the highly popular Dialogue with the Donors luncheons introduce
new ideas and potential new funding sources to the Central Florida community.
The Philanthropy & Nonprofit Leadership Center invites representatives
from the nation’s largest foundations to speak on their foundation’s
focus and take questions from the audience. Dialogue with the Donors
is held twice each year.
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Thursday, October 8, 2009 |
| Time: | 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. | |
| Location: | Leu Gardens | |
| Tuition: | $35 Members, $45 Non-members | |
| Speaker: | Paul DiLorenzo,
Senior Director for Strategic Planning, Casey Family Programs |
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| Paul DiLorenzo is a Senior Director for Strategic Planning at Casey Family Programs and serves as a lead for the foundation in the state of Florida. He has over thirty years of progressive experience in child welfare and youth development settings. Mr. DiLorenzo served in state and city government positions and has been a consultant and technical assistance provider to human service projects all over the country. He also is a part time faculty member at Temple University’s Graduate School of Social Administration in Philadelphia. |
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Creative Strategy Development
With Rollins College's Dr. Greg Marshall
in partnership with the Rollins College Management
& Executive Education Center
Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics
without strategy is the noise before defeat.
~Sun Tzu
Engage in a dialogue around best practices to provide practical and immediately
actionable ideas for maximizing the effectiveness of your nonprofit's
strategy development process. Through examples, tools, and research evidence;
the session illustrates ways to effectively:
• Analyze key impact factors to decide which ones are really important
to your future success and why
• Assess the competitive landscape to know where your nonprofit's
sweet spot exists for future strategy
• Identify your nonprofit's core competencies, decide which are
unique/distinctive and thus worthy of future investment, and build strategies
to gain sustainable mission advantage
| Date: | Tuesday, December 1, 2009 |
| Time: | 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. - Program 7:30 a.m. - Breakfast and Check-in |
| Tuition: | $15 Members, $20 Non-members |
| Facilitator: | Greg W. Marshall, Ph.D., Charles Harwood Professor of Marketing and Strategy in the Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College |
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Greg W. Marshall (Ph.D., Oklahoma State University; BSBA and MBA, University of Tulsa) is the Charles Harwood Professor of Marketing and Strategy in the Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College, Winter Park, FL, and also serves as Vice President for Strategic Marketing at Rollins College. He previously served on the faculties of Oklahoma State University, the University of South Florida, and Texas Christian University. His managerial industry experience includes positions with companies such as Warner Lambert, Mennen, and Target Corporation. Greg also has considerable experience as a consultant for a variety of organizations. He has been heavily involved in teaching in MBA and Executive MBA programs, as well as at the Ph.D. level. His primary teaching focus is on strategy-related courses such as Strategic Marketing, Introduction to Strategy, and others. In 2002 he received the Outstanding Marketing Teachers’ Award from the Academy of Marketing Science based on his work over the years in MBA education. While at OSU, he received the Chandler-Frates Teaching Award, in which the evening MBA students recognize the top professor in their program. And in 2005 he received the Cornell Distinguished Faculty Award in the Crummer School at Rollins College. |
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Annual Philanthropy Center Membership Celebration
The Rollins College Philanthropy & Nonprofit Leadership Center
is grateful for the support of our members. To show our appreciation,
we invite our members to celebrate the beginning of a new year at a reception.
Be sure your membership is up-to-date and plan to join us to welcome in
the new year.
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2010 Date TBA |
| Time: | TBA | |
| Location: | Rollins College | |
| Tuition: | By invitation only. Free for members, registration is required. Limit two per member organization. | |
| Presenter: | TBA |
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ynpn (Young Nonprofit Professionals Network)
A group of young nonprofit professionals is organizing a local chapter
of this national networking organization with the assistance of the Philanthropy
Center. If you are a young professional, are new to the sector or are
thinking about a job in the sector and would like to learn more about
your career opportunities and to meet nonprofit professionals, please
contact the Philanthropy Center's ynpn liaison,
Brian Henties, bhenties@rollins.edu
or 407-975-6414 or to join our mailing list please email Audrey Perrott
at audrey@agiftforteaching.org
or visit the local chapter's Facebook page at www.facebook.com/orlando.ynpn.
- Meet new nonprofit people
- Exchange ideas
- Develop relationships that could lead to collaborative work projects, friendships, new jobs, and more
- Brush up on your networking skills and perfecting your "elevator speech" in a comfortable and fun atmosphere
Who Should Attend:
Nonprofit professionals, volunteers, and board members looking to network, build partnerships, and collaborate on projects. Also, those who just want to brush up on their networking skills.
Next event...
Orlando YNPN September Event: Serving Others...Literally
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at 4:45 p.m. This month, we invite you
to join the front lines of social services by serving dinner to homeless
women and children at Coalition for the Homeless's Women's Residential
and Counseling Center (WRCC). We will offer the hard-working mothers and
single women in this transitional living facility a rare leisurely evening
of table service while we pre-occupy and exhaust their energetic little
ones during and after the meal.
Space is very limited, so RSVP early to Tami Karaba at tami.karaba@cflhomeless.org.