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An extension of today’s Skills-Based Volunteering 101, this hands-on session will focus on how to successfully train executives for nonprofit board service.
Common Impact will share insights and best practices from its two decades of experience in skilled volunteerism, including board matching and service. Participants will learn how to identify suitable candidates, introduce them to the fundamentals of board governance, and equip them to make a positive impact through their service.
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Business today needs to be about more than just profits! This session will introduce you to Conscious Capitalism—a growing movement, both globally and here in Indiana, that believes the entrepreneurial spirit can truly elevate humanity. We'll discuss four key principles that guide companies to develop higher purpose, stronger leaders, and richer culture—all while maximizing profits.
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IPA offers guidance on effective youth philanthropy by providing consultation, resources, and learning opportunities for adults and youth.
When community foundations are asked how they assess their community impact (outcomes), most will describe what they do to achieve impact (outputs). Understanding and quantifying the impact of community foundations that work in multiple topical areas, with multiple partners and grantees, can be a daunting task. This session will allow the audience to hear from Laurie Ellen Paarlberg, PhD, who has begun to address this challenge especially in the aspect of community leadership.
As grantmakers, our desire to have a positive impact on the communities we serve fuels our work. In order to create the greatest impact, we must work with nonprofits and those with lived experience to understand problems and define a path forward. But what would it look like to have nonprofits and communities truly drive our work? How much participation is required to center our work on community needs?
Community-based organizations are champions of, and problem solvers for, their communities. They bridge gaps, tackle big issues, and meet people where they are, all while juggling the challenges of fundraising, talent recruitment and retention, board engagement, and long-term impact.
Sixty percent of non-profit professionals report that they don’t use data to make decisions. Organizations are good at collecting data but don't know what to do with it, so we help them package it in a visually appealing way (dashboards, reports, infographics) and then train their staff on how to tell their story with data.
Understanding behavioral finance can be extraordinarily empowering for any investor. For an investment committee, it can be a key to healthy group dynamics, clear decision-making, and optimal performance. Join Joel Moore, senior financial advisor, Nicole K. Ball, philanthropic strategist, and William Jarvis, managing director, in an interactive session to show how you can apply behavioral finance principles and optimize your investment committee’s effectiveness and impact.
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Do the nonprofits you support have what they need to thrive and produce results? The nonprofit sector has consistently struggled with retaining strong staff, fundraising effectively, and achieving long-term sustainability. Now more than ever, funders need to ensure that nonprofits are strong enough to provide sustainable support to our most vulnerable communities.
Join your peers in the following networking groups to learn from one another by sharing strategies, ideas, and challenges:
As the social sector grapples with improving its record on diversity, equity, and inclusion, the question of what exactly the record shows about philanthropy’s reach into specific communities emerges. After all, how can we work toward a more equitable sector if we don’t have a starting point of data to use as a benchmark to track progress and inform our impact? What demographic data are available to answer this question, and how can funders and grantees alike more diligently track and share this information?
Skills-Based Volunteering (SBV) aligns a professional’s skills and talents to the social challenge they are best positioned to address. Also known as pro bono, SBV enables companies and foundations to support nonprofits where they need it most: the critical, yet often underfunded core mission functions of strategy, model development, technology, marketing, HR, and more. SBV is also a valuable tool for social impact organizations to establish and maintain mutually beneficial relationships with corporate partners.