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Half-Price Conference Registration and/or Membership Offer

We're offering a "special invitation rate" this year for non-members.  Everyone can now register for the same price.  Take advantage of the early-bird registration to save even more!

For specific eligibility information and more details, please contact the COF Membership Department at 202/467-0291.


CEO Links: Special Annual Conference Issue

This special issue of CEO Links gives foundation leaders an overview of activities designed especially for them at the Council on Foundations 2006 Annual Conference.

This issue contains foundation management and field leadership activities that offer lots of opportunities to share perspectives with peers.

Find out more here.

Philanthropy Today, Plenary Speakers and Technology Innovation Forum Interviews

Philanthropy Today Conference Daily | Plenary Speakers | Technology Innovation Forum Interviews

PDF: Read Philanthropy Today, the Conference Daily

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VIDEO: Watch Plenary Speakers from the Conference

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AUDIO: Listen to Technology Innovation Forum Presenter Interviews

Recorded prior the Pittsburgh Conference, these presenters will be lead sessions for this year's Technology Innovation Forum. Listen to brief interviews with session presenters. Please note: these links play files that require Windows Media Player 9 (get the player at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/)

Bill EnglishBill English
CEO, Mindsharp

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Experiencing SharePoint - Sunday, May 7th, 4:30pm-6:00pm
Many foundations are adopting Microsoft SharePoint as a tool for managing, sharing and finding documents and other types of information. This Web-based platform for creating organizational information portals and team websites is free with Windows Server 2003 software. With its simple and inexpensive approach, your teams can immediately realize productivity benefits and gradually expand the scope and sophistication of your portal. This session features a tour of the basic features of SharePoint, outlines the effect and benefits it can have in your workplace and then gives you hands-on experience with its document and list-management features.

Bill EnglishTroy Anderson
Managing Director, Knowledge Management and Interactive Applications, Fannie Mae Foundation

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Using Free Demographic Data to Support Grantmaking - Monday, May 8th, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
In the past year, several new and powerful tools have been released for analyzing your grantmaking data geographically. Economic, social and demographic datasets also are available to provide context for your own data. This hands-on session demonstrates several systems—all free and available over the Internet—including DataPlace, a source for mapping and building community databases. Work with a sample database or bring your own on a CD. See how you can visualize your data at a whole new level.

Chris BertelsonChris Bertelson
Principal, chrisber.com

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Microsoft Office Tips and Tricks - Monday, May 8, 9:15am - 10:45am
Is there a way to get more productivity, convenience and quality from your everyday software? The Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint) is used by most of us to communicate electronically; to write and produce documents; and to manage, analyze, and present data. This session will tutor novices and veterans alike on using the software in a way that saves time and effort in everyday tasks. Come and learn how to use the common Microsoft Office tools more effectively in your work.

Tim DechantTim Dechant
Director of Technology, W.K. Kellogg Foundation

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What's New with Wireless and Mobile Communications - Monday, May 8th, 11:00am - 12:30pm
The cost and availability of wireless and broadband technology are changing institutional communications strategies, organizational operations and personal productivity. Learn the basics about a growing array of available services and devices and how they can tie into your existing e-mail and computer systems.

Steve RubelSteve Rubel
VP Client Services, CooperKatz & Company

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Blogs and Newsfeeds (TIF) - Sunday, May 7th, 1:30pm - 03:00pm
Weblogs, or "blogs," are now part of mainstream Internet culture. These online journals package news, commentary and knowledge management into compact headlines, abstracts and, often, links to deeper treatments of a topic. A parallel phenomenon is the emergence of standards to allow syndication of blogs and other streams into online news feeds that replace websites and e-mail newsletters as the choice of an information-flooded society. Whether you are new to blogs or already use them, you will leave this hands-on session with a deeper understanding of this tool after you create a personal blog and news feed.

Interview music courtesy of Vlatko Stefanovski and VMiroslav Tadic.

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