7:45 – 8:45 a.m.
Emmett Carson, Board Chair, Council on Foundations and President & CEO of the Minneapolis Foundation
Ben Johnson, Chair, 2005 Fall Conference
Planning Committee and President & CEO of the Greater New Orleans Foundation
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
SITE VISIT: Pike Place Market
9:00 – 10:30 a.m
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
12:45 – 1:45 p.m.
Plenary Luncheon with Tom Stewart, Editor,
Harvard Business Review
Tom Stewart pioneered the field of intellectual capital-managing products, processes and people to benefit from the knowledge inherent in each. Tom is an insightful, authoritative and compelling speaker on a wide range of topics beyond just intellectual capital and knowledge management. Tom’s most recent book, The Wealth of Knowledge: Intellectual Capital and the Twenty-first Century Organization , reveals how today’s companies are applying the concept of intellectual capital in day-to-day operations to improve success. This indispensable book offers business leaders both a strategic context and a practical course of action for leveraging knowledge assets into business growth.
2:00 – 5:30 p.m.
SITE VISIT: Capitol Hill Arts District
2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
3:45 – 5:15 p.m.
6:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Join the Council on Foundations for a fun-filled, rocking good time! Conference registration includes one ticket to this event. Registrants may purchase extra tickets at the conference registration desk in Resource Central.
8:00 – 9:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
SITE VISIT: Seattle’s Chinatown–International District
9:15 – 10:45 a.m.
12:45 – 2:00 p.m.
Bill Gates, Sr. will recount the experiences that his son’s foundation has had since it began 10 years ago. He’ll discuss current views about effective philanthropy and giving, the role community foundations can play, and his general thoughts on the state of philanthropy and its future.
As co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill, Sr. guides the vision and strategic direction of the foundation. He earned his bachelor’s and law degrees from the University of Washington, following three years of U.S. Army service in World War II. A founding partner at Preston Gates & Ellis, he has served as president of both the Seattle/King County Bar Association and the Washington State Bar Association. Gates has served as trustee, officer and volunteer for more than two dozen Northwest organizations, including the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce and King County United Way. In 1995, he founded the Technology Alliance, a cooperative regional effort to expand technology-based employment in Washington.
He has long been a strong advocate for education, chairing the Seattle Public School Levy Campaign in 1971 and serving as a member of the University of Washington’s Board of Regents since 1997.
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
2:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Experience a rapid change approach that has been successful in improving practice in health care and child welfare settings. Share strategies to build and sustain foundation roles as leaders, collaborators and knowledge centers for addressing social issues. Plan what you can do differently by next Tuesday.
SITE VISIT: Recreating Public Housing—The Hope VI Program
2:15 – 3:45 p.m.
4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Your options include:
6:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Who are the next community foundation leaders? Come mix and mingle with other young professional (typically 25-45) as you build your career in the community foundation field. Get in on the ground floor as we launch a new peer network.
6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
The National Lesbian and Gay Community Funding Partnership invites you to network and hear from community leaders on how you can participate in this unique and successful funding partnership program.
6:00- 7:30 p.m.
A new wave of innovators are parlaying their midlife experience into significant social change – leading grassroots efforts in education, health care and other critical areas, often in partnership with community foundations. Learn about these changemakers, and the new $9 million initiative designed to invest in their groundbreaking work. Join Grantmakers In Aging and Civic Ventures to hear how this unique initiative will provide opportunities for community foundations to become involved and benefit their communities.
6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Join GEO for a reception and a presentation of new research on ways grantmakers can effectively support leadership development of grantees. GEO representatives will present findings from the research and discuss unique ways community foundations are involved in investing in nonprofit leadership.
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Join your colleagues to learn about an emerging movement within philanthropy, Community Benefits Agreements (CBAs) CBAs are a project-specific strategy that brings resources and employment opportunities to low-and moderate-income individuals. These agreements promote the creation of affordable housing, jobs and other benefits to local communities. Learn how foundations are supporting these agreements and how these agreements benefit local community residents. This hour-long program will be followed by a reception so that participants can continue the conversation with the speakers and other colleagues currently involved in this work.
A new publication by the Neighborhood Funders Group, Community Benefits Agreements: Ensuring Urban Redevelopment Benefits Everyone will also be available free to all participants.
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
We will honor our international colleagues attending the conference at a reception hosted by the International Programs department. Meet and mingle with other global thinkers and doers. For more information, contact Isabelle Mack at 202/467-0435 or macki@cof.org.
6:30 – 9:00 p.m.
Food, Screening and Discussion: “Let’s Get Real” Tickets are free (and include a buffet supper, screening and discussion) but required. Seats are limited. RSVP by Tuesday, September 13, to Evelyn Gibson at 202/467-0471 or gibse@cof.org.
This engaging film by Debra Chasnoff and Helen Cohen, “Let’s Get Real,” takes an illuminating look at name-calling and bullying from the perspective of young people themselves. Unlike other films that deal with the topic purely from disciplinary viewpoints, this film allows kids in grades six through nine to speak openly about what it’s like to be targeted, to bully others and to stand up as an ally when they witness harassment. With touching courage and candor, the students in the film describe the back-stabbing that takes place among popular girls, why the word “faggot” is seen as the “ultimate dis,” and the physical violence that results when taunting goes unchecked. After the screening, meet the producers for a thoughtful discussion and learn how the film is being used in schools and at the community level. Cosponsored by the Council on Foundations, Grantmakers in Film and Electronic Media, Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues and Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families.
7:30 – 8:30 a.m.
8:15 – 9:45 a.m.
10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Sunday, September 18
7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Monday, September 19
7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday, September 20
7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday, September
21 7:00 – 10:00 a.m.
Sunday, September 18
2:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Monday, September 19
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, September 20
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
