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The High Performing Nonprofit Conference brings executive directors, board members, senior staff and donors together to discuss what changes really make a difference in the quality of a nonprofit’s performance. The workshop will examine the latest research and the “best practices” for achieving excellence. It will examine improving nonprofit governance, attracting and developing quality staff, using the “balanced scorecard” to manage and evaluate agency performance, shifting from strategic to business planning, creating cultural competence, and changing the external environment in which nonprofits operate. Discussions will feature ideas useful to small as well as large agencies.

Preliminary Agenda

8:30	Registration and continental breakfast
9:00	Welcome   Mary Stewart Hall, Professor, Master in Not-for-Profit Leadership, Seattle University - (view "Resources for High Performing Nonprofit Organizations" by Putnam Barber, Mary Stewart Hall, & Stephen Rathgeb Smith )
9:15	Researching the High Performing Nonprofit   Elizabeth Boris, Director, Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy, The Urban Institute
10:15	Concurrent Sessions: What Makes a High Performing Nonprofit Fostering Cultural Competency in Organizations   Thomas Donlea, Executive Director of Washington Works Norma Timbang, Executive Director, Asian Pacific Islander Women and Family Safety Center Moderator: Dorry Elias, Executive Director of Minority Executive Directors Coalition - (view "A Working Definition of Cultural Compentency" adapted by MEDC) Influencing Policies and People   Chuck Broches, Assistant Executive Vice President, Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle; Nancy Amidei, Senior Lecturer, School of Social Work, University of Washington- (view Nancy Amidei's session notes); Moderator: Steven R. Smith, Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington Staying True to Ourselves: The Balanced Scorecard and Other Measures of Accomplishment - (view session notes by Marion DeForest)   Steven P. Brown, Chief Executive Officer, YardConnect; Vic Murray, Professor, University of Victoria - (view Vic Murray's session notes); Sue Sherbrooke, Deputy Director, YWCA of Seattle-King County-Snohomish County - (view Sue Sherbrooke's session notes); Moderator: Putnam Barber, The Evergreen State Society Creating a Great Place to Work   Jeanne Anderson, Washington Early Learning Foundation - (view Jeanne Anderson's session notes); Doreen Cato, First Place; Barry McConnell, Make-a-Wish Foundation; Moderator: Ted Lord, Center for Nonprofit and Social Enterprise Management
11:30	Introduction of Speaker   Steven R. Smith, Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington
11:45	Beyond Boards: Prospects and Strategies for Alternative Nonprofit Governance   William Ryan, Hauser School, Harvard University
12:30	Networking Lunch
1:30	Concurrent Sessions: What Makes a High Performing Nonprofit Building a Better Board: Tips from the Pros - (view session notes)   Ruby Love, Love Resource Development Group; Neil McReynolds, McReynolds Associates, Inc.; Ed Schumacher, Third Sector Consulting; Moderator: Mary Stewart Hall, Professor, Master in Not-for-Profit Leadership, Seattle University Collaborating and Consolidating for Great Programs - (view session notes)   Peter Blomquist, World Venture Partners; Kathy Roseth, Director of Porchlight Moderator: David S. Harrison, Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington Using your Buisness Plan - (view session notes)   Melora Hiller, Impact Capital; John Doan, Executive Director, Sumner-Bonney Lake Education Foundation; Moderator: Dan Carlson, Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington
3:00	Break and Refreshments
3:15	Introduction of Speaker   Sue Donaldson, Director, The Forum at the Evans School, University of Washington
3:20	High Performing Managers   Gregory P. Barlow, Executive Director, Medina Foundation
3:45	Where Do We Go From Here?   Jon Fine, President and CEO, United Way of King County - (view speaker notes)

Special Thanks to:

The Bank of America
for providing grant support to the Seventh Annual Nonprofit Executive Series

United Way of King County

Advance Bellevue

Association of Fundraising Professionals

Corporate Council
For The Arts

Executive Alliance

Leadership
Tomorrow

Northwest
Development Officers
Association

Minority Executive Directions Coalition

Philanthropy
Northwest

United Way of
Kitsap County

United Way of
Pierce County

United Way of
Snohomish County

“High Performing Nonprofits are not only efficient, they are effective. It is imperative that nonprofits today develop the skills necessary to sucessfully impact the communities and clients they serve. This conference will give organizations the tools they need to excel.”

—Sue Donaldson, Distinguished Visiting Practitioner and Director,
The Forum at the Evans School

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