2010 Fall Conference & Exhibition
September 30 and October 1
Sheraton Hotel Downtown Denver

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Thursday, September 30
Focus Areas	Session 1 (8:35 - 10:05 a.m.)	Session 2 (10:20 - 11:50 a.m.)	Session 3 (1:35 - 3:05 p.m.)	Session 4 (3:30 - 4:30 p.m.)
Public Policy & Civic Engagement	Powerful People and Effective Programs: We Need Both Working Together to Build Strong Communities	Lobbying 101	Networking Advocacy: Online Tools for Powerful Campaigns	What Kind of Colorado Do You Want: You Can Decide
Advanced Practitioner	Common Sense Social Media Policies and Strategies for Your Nonprofit	Building Collaboration through Co-location	What Can Nonprofits Learn from Professional Sports?	Practical Evaluation Techniques: Using Simple Tools to Inform Decisions
Board & Volunteers Presented in partnership with Metro Volunteers	From Lukewarm to Red Hot: Fired Up Fundraising Boards!	Creating a Sustainable Organization by Making Volunteerism Smarter	National Service Programs in Colorado	Information for the Board - a Scorecard approach
Executive Leadership	Understanding the Basics of Reading Financial Statements: Where Are the Red Flags?	Budgeting Basics - the What, the How, and the Why	Striving For Cultural Competency: What, Why and How to Get the Most Value Out of Your Inclusiveness Committee	The Practical Planner: Performance Measurement Tools that Yield Results
Fundraising & Development	Making the Most of Special Events	Building a Successful Relationship with Grantmakers	Funding Nonprofit Capital Projects: A Fresh Perspective	The Scarcity Myth
Marketing & Communications	The Agony and Ecstasy of Building a Brand: The Can Do MS Case Study	You Don't Need Fans in Kansas: Effectively Applying Social Media Locally	Public Relations: What the Experts Already Know About Cracking the Media Code	Harnessing the Power of Census Data
Financial Management & Administration	Legal Compliance: Updates for Nonprofits	The Nonprofit Recordkeeping Toolkit	The Hiring Process: Start with a Clean Slate Not a Lawsuit	The Six Steps of Cost Containment Certification
General	Understanding the Multi-Generational Workplace	Building Successful Collaborations	Landing an Interview in a Tight Job Market	Early Implementation Best Practices for New Nonprofits
Dialogue	Funder/Nonprofit Dialogue

Friday, October 1
Focus Areas	Session 1 (8:35 - 10:05 a.m.)	Session 2 (10:20 - 11:50 a.m.)	Session 3 (1:35 - 3:05 p.m.)	Session 4 (3:30 - 4:30 p.m.)
Public Policy & Civic Engagement	Health Reform and Nonprofits	Using Grassroots Advocacy to Elevate Your Organization	The 2010 Election: Impacts on Nonprofits and Opportunities to Engage Voters in your Mission	Help Shape Nonprofit Legislative Priorities
Advanced Practitioner	Redefining Your Business Model	The Planning and Development Continuum	Convergence: The role of nonprofit professionals in a cross-sector world	Moving Up the Value Chain
Board & Volunteers Presented in partnership with Metro Volunteers	How Does Your Board Measure Up?	Havoc in the Boardroom	What Board Members Really Want	Reengaging Student Volunteers: Using Citizen Professionalism as a New Framework
Executive Leadership	The Spirit of Leadership	Critically Important - Tricky to Manage: The Board/ED Partnership	Succession Planning: Who Needs It?	Are You Truly Ready for Leadership?
Fundraising & Development	Face2Face: Start talking to Your Biggest Donors and Prospects	Social Enterprise 101: Advancing Your Mission Through Enterprising Business Opportunities	Zero to Zenith: Growing a Nonprofit Budget of Any Size Through Acquisitions and Major Gifts	IMPROV Your Donor Relation Skills
Marketing & Communications	Improve Your Communication: The Minute Message Model	The Dynamics of Women Giving - Gender Matters	Strategic Communications	How to Produce & Use Online Video to Enhance Your Organization's Next PR Campaign
Financial Management & Administration	Best Practices for Thoughtful Stewards	Tracking Financial Outcomes to Measure Fiscal Health	Helping Others...While Others Help Themselves	Orientation/Onboarding --- it's more than the first day
General	Real Estate 101- How Can Your Non Profit Benefit From General Real Estate Knowledge	Computer Crashes & Power Outages - Why Strategic Technology Planning is Essential	Introduction to Workplace Conflict Management	Generation Y: Taking Space from the Board Room to the Employee
Dialogue	Funder/Nonprofit Dialogue

Thank you to our sponsors for their generous support of the 2010 Fall Conference.

Presenting Sponsor: The Denver Foundation
Luncheon Sponsor: The Marquez Fund at The Denver Foundation
Media Sponsor: Denver Post Community
Gold Sponsors:
The Colorado Trust
Pinnacol Assurance
Silver Sponsors:
Colorado Business Bank
Comcast
Kaiser Permanente
Mountain States Employers Council
Wells Fargo
Bronze Sponsors:
Junior League of Denver
Copper Sponsors:
Caring for Colorado Foundation
Developmental Disabilities Resource Center
FirstBank
Qwest