“Building the Entrepreneurial Nonprofit” allowed executive directors, board members, senior staff and donors to discuss the leadership implications of the pressures on nonprofit organizations to become “more business like” and to earn more of their income from commercial activities. Participants explored a broad range of strategic and management considerations critical to mastering the opportunities and challenges facing entrepreneurial nonprofits. Supporters and observers of the not-for-profit sector benefited from a comprehensive introduction to a range of approaches for designing and delivering income-generating programs and services.

To access the day's activities, please click on the session title or go to Conference Proceedings.

Agenda

8:30	Registration - Continental breakfast
9:00	Welcome Mary Stewart Hall, Seattle University Framing the Questions - A Continuum of Entrepreneurial Nonprofits Jim Pitofsky, SEA Change
10:00	Welcome from City of Seattle Rick DuPree, Strategic Planning Office
10:15	Panel: Best Practices and Current Prospects Putnam Barber, Moderator, The Evergreen State Society Kay Sohl, Technical Assistance for Community Services, Portland Cheryl Sesnon, Nonprofit Management Consultant Paul Shoemaker, Social Venture Partners
11:30	Keynote Speech: Nonprofit Entrepreneurialism: The Good, The Bad and The Inescapable   Introduction of Speaker: Steven Rathgeb Smith, The Nonprofit Management Program, Evans School, University of Washington Speaker: Edward Skloot, Exectuve Director, The Surdna Foundation
12:30	Networking Lunch
1:15	Concurrent Sessions: Elements in Building the Entrepreneurial Nonprofit The Grantmakers' Point of View   Bruce Brooks, Microsoft; Paul Shoemaker, Social Venture Partners; Dean M. Hanks, Moderator Tax and Legal Questions   Mark Hugh, Clark Nuber PS; LaVerne Wood, Davis, Wright, Tremaine; Carolyn Hojaboom, Moderator Preparing to Start   Larry Fehr, Pioneer Human Services; Sue Wilkes, Refugee Women's Alliance; Dennis Moore, Moderator Sources for Technical Assistance: Locally and Nationally   Kay Sohl, Technical Assistance for Community Services, Portland; Jim Pitofsky, SEA Change; Tracey Brown, Moderator Staffing and Governance Issues: Incentives and Accountability   Brett White, Communitas; Jim McClurg, Venture Philanthropy Resources; Robin Barry, Moderator Partnerships with For-Profit Entities   Jay Hair, GreaterGood.com; Tom Lattimore, Local Initiatives Support Corporation; Susan Alexander Bond, Moderator Generating Income to Support Social Causes   Jeff Riefman, giftspot.com; Jill Jones, Goodwill Industries of Seattle; John Doan, Moderator
2:30	Break - Refreshments
3:00	Critical Elements for Success: Lessons from the Concurrent Sessions David Harrison, Northwest Forum, Evans School, University of Washington
4:00	Entrepreneurial Nonprofits: The Challenge and the Opportunity Peter Donnelly, Corporate Council for the Arts

Special Thanks to:

Advance Bellevue

City of Seattle
Entrepreneurial Coalition

Corporate Council
For The Arts

The Group Health/Kaiser Permanente Community Foundation

Leadership
Institute

Leadership
Tomorrow

National Society
of Fund Raising
Executives, Washington
Chapter

Northwest
Development Officers
Association

Pacific Northwest
Grantmakers Forum

Social Venture Partners

United Way of
King County

United Way of
Kitsap County

United Way of
Pierce County

United Way of
Snohomish County

The Bank of America, the Kauffman Foundation, and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation have
provided grant support to the Sixth
Annual Executive
Nonprofit Series

"Executive directors and board members need to attend. Even agencies with a track record of earning income realize we are facing new leadership and governance demands. Those people running organizations will benefit from this focus on entrepreneurial experiences."

- Peter Donnelly, President, Corporate Council for the Arts