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Underwriters:

Bank of America

Clark Nuber

SAFECO

The Seattle Foundation

Supporters:

Alliance for Nonprofit Insurance

Agility: Leading the Nimble Nonprofit

The Tenth Annual Nonprofit Leadership Conference

April 1, 2004 :: Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue

The annual nonprofit leadership conference is organized by

• Seattle University Center for Nonprofit and Social Enterprise Management

• Nancy Bell Evans Center for Nonprofit Leadership at the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington

• The Evergreen State Society

• Executive Alliance

• United Way of King County

Register online at http://www.acteva.com/go/nonprofit (there's a $5 discount for registering online)

Preliminary Program Schedule

(As of 2/4/04. Subject to change.)

8:00      Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00      Welcome  - Hon. Connie Marshall, Mayor of Bellevue

            Introduction - Michael Bisesi, Seattle University

9:15    Keynote - Jan Masaoka, CompassPoint

          Response - Michael Bisesi, Seattle University; Doreen Cato, First Place; Susan Trapnell, ACT Theatre

10:45  Facets of Agility (concurrent sessions)

Surprise! Surprise! Surprise! - Keith McCandless

What’s the Board Supposed to Do?

Risk Taking and Leadership - Greg Vigdor, Washington Health Foundation

Advocacy as a Way of Life - Robert Harkin, Planned Parenthood; Steve Daschle, Southwest Youth and Family Services

Merger! - to be announced

Volunteers: Meeting New Expectations - United Way of King County

Staying Values Based - to be arranged

12:00  Luncheon. Research reports from recent graduates of the Not-for-Profit Leadership Program at Seattle University and the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington

1:15   At the End of the Day: The Satisfactions of Leadership - Fr. Stephen V. Sundborg, President, Seattle University

1:30   2003 In Review: Nonprofits in Washington - Putnam Barber, The Evergreen State Society

2:00   Did You Know? Many Do Not…. (concurrent sessions)

Responding to the New Climate of Scrutiny - Teresa Moore, Moore Ink; LaVerne Woods, Davis Wright Tremaine

Access to Capital - Irene Fisher (Gottlieb, Fisher and Andrews), Dave Nicandri (Washington State Historical Society), and Tia Peycheff (Washington State Housing Finance Agency)

Partners in the For-profit Sector - Sam Whiting, Page Ahead; Kirk Adams, Lighthouse for the Blind

The Governance-Support Model for Nonprofit Boards - Jan Masaoka, CompassPoint

Nonprofits in an Election Year - Paola Maranan and Jon Gould, Children's Alliance

Living in Glass Houses: The Trend toward Greater Transparency - to be announced

Strengthening the Identity of the Nonprofit Sector - Executive Alliance

3:15   Exploring Agile Nonprofits - Bob Drewel, Puget Sound Regional Council; other panelists to be announced

4:30   Concluding Remarks - Jan Masaoka

5:00   Reception

                     Nonprofit Service Month Kick-Off

5:30               Presentation of 2004 Evergreen Awards

© 2004, The Evergreen State Society, Seattle, Washington, USA