Programs 2009-2010
Breakfast Meetings
Held on the second Tuesday of the month from September to May. Advance registration is preferred, with payment by mail or through Paypal. Cash or check payment at the door is also welcome (sorry no credit card at this time). Cancellations MUST be received by RSVP deadline to receive credit toward another meeting. Unpaid reservations not cancelled by the RSVP deadline will be billed for the full amount.
$15 members; $25 non-members; Season Pass Holders - no monthly fee
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Doors open at 8:00 a.m. Program takes place from 8:15 to 9:45 a.m.
Unless otherwise noted, all breakfast meetings take place at:
The Delaney House
Route 5 at Smith's Ferry
Holyoke, MA
Phone:
413-532-1800
www.delaneyhouse.com
Season's Passholders: Be sure to invite a guest to a meeting this season. Not sure if you already have? Contact our administrator, Karen Blinderman. If you are unable to attend, feel free to send someone in your place.
February 9, 2010
Speaker: Deb Habib, Founder, Seeds of Solidarity Farm and Education
Center
Presentation Topic: Surviving and Thriving: A Small
Nonprofit's Strategies to Values-Based Fundraising
Presentation
Description: How do we stay true to our organizational values during
challenging times (and stay calm!)? This presentation and dialogue offers an
opportunity to share fundraising strategies that reaffirm our mission, enhance
outreach, and celebrate the vision that informs our work.
About the
Speaker: After taking part in the International Pilgrimage for Peace and
Life, walking from Auschwitz to Hiroshima in 1994-1995, Deb Habib and her
husband, Ricky Baruc started Seeds of Solidarity Farm and Education Center in
the mid-1990s. The education center is a nonprofit that provides people of all
ages with the inspirational and practical tools to use renewable energy and grow
food in their communities. Seeds of Solidarity Education Center, located in
Orange, Mass. The nonprofit runs a sustainable agriculuture program for
low-income youth and has established partnerships with several school districts
to integrate gardening, cooking, and nutrition programs. Deb holds a doctorate
from UMass in Multicultural Education. She lives on the farm in Orange with her
husband (a full time farmer) and son.
March 2, 2010 at the Mass Mutual Center
Taste of Philanthropy Bi-Annual Conference
Keynote Speaker:
Sheryl WuDunn
April 13, 2010
Speaker: Claire Gadrow, Assistant VP of Advancement,
Connecticut College
Topic: Offering Gift Solutions in a Challenging
Economy: A Critical Role for Planned Giving
Presentation Description: How can development programs succeed in these challenging times? Comprehensive programs often involve annual giving, major gifts and planned gifts. As donors are experiencing market volatility, now may be the best time to introduce planned giving into your gift discussions. An unexpected realized bequest might bring joy to your CFO. How about making your prospect joyous when they learn they can make a meaningful gift and receive a lifetime income stream? Or diversify their portfolio by funding a planned gift with unwanted appreciated stock? In this interactive session, we’ll discuss best practices to meet your donors’ needs and achieve your organizational goals.
About the Presenter: Claire is assistant vice president for
college advancement at Connecticut College. The Campaign for Connecticut College
seeks to raise $200 million to assert its leadership as one of the nation’s best
liberal arts college. Claire has worked as a professional in the field of
development since 1994. Prior to joining Connecticut College, Claire was
involved in campaigns at Rhode Island School of Design as director of planned
giving and major gifts and the University of Rhode Island as a senior major gift
officer. She has served as President of the Planned Giving Council of Rhode
Island and Planned Giving Group of New England. Claire is a CPA and started her
professional career in public accounting at Deloitte & Touche in Boston and
Ernst & Young in Providence. She is a graduate of the University of Rhode
Island with a BS in accounting and a MBA.
May 11, 2010
Speaker: Allison Fine, Writer and Activist; Founder and former ED of
Innovation Network; Author of Momentum: Igniting Social Change in the Connected
Age
Topic: Overcoming your Fear of Social Media and Changing the World!
About the Presenter: Allison is an activist and author studying and writing about the intersection of social media and social change. She is the author of the award-winning book Momentum: Igniting Social Change in the Connected Age (Wiley & Sons, 2006). She is also a Senior Fellow on the Democracy Team at Demos: A Network for Change and Action in New York City. In 2008, she published a paper on young people and activism commissioned by the Case Foundation call Social Citizensbeta, and edited a collection of essays, Rebooting America, about transformative ways to reinvent 21st century democracy using new media tools. Her new book, The Networked Nonprofit, co-authored with Beth Kanter, will be published by Wiley & Sons in 2010.
Allison hosts a monthly podcast for the Chronicle of Philanthropy called Social Good and writes her own blog, A. Fine Blog. Her articles have been published in the Boston Globe, San Jose Mercury Times and the San Francisco Chronicle, and a frequent contributor to Huffington Post, Personal Democracy Forum, Alternet and the Chronicle of Philanthropy.
Allison served as the C.E.O. of The E-Volve Foundation in 2004-2005, and was
the Founder and Executive Director of Innovation Network, Inc. from
1992-2004. She is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and New York
University, and was a Trustee and Fire and Police Commissioner of Sleepy Hollow,
New York.