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Agenda-At-A-Glance

Highlights

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Pre-Conference Activities

Saturday, January 28


10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Symposium for Experienced Grantmakers

8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Next Generation Retreat

8:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Family Dynamics and Foundation Performance: A Workshop for Family Members

8:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Family Foundations Strengthening Vulnerable Families

Sunday, January 29


7:30–8:30 a.m.

Conference Orientation

8:30–10:00 a.m.

Opening Breakfast Plenary

  • Governor Linda Lingle (Invited), Welcome
  • Nainoa Thompson

 


Nainoa Thompson
President, Polynesian Voyaging Society

10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions

Foundation Basics

  • Management Basics

Board Governance

  • Family Relationships: Planning for Today and the Future
  • First Steps: Implementing the Stewardship Principles

Management

  • Top 10 Ways Foundations Get into Trouble

Grantmaking

  • Turning the Lens Inwards: Foundation Self-Assessment
  • Small Grants, Big Impact

Forum

  • The Future of Family Foundations

12:30–2:00 p.m.

Lunch Plenary

Thinking It Through: What Implementing the Stewardship Principles Means to Different-Sized Foundations

2:30–4:00 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions

Foundation Basics

  • Introduction to Philanthropy and Governance Basics

Board Governance

  • Translating Your Values: Donor Intent and Ethical Wills
  • Understanding Family Dynamics (for Staff)

Management

  • Extreme Makeover: Technology Edition
  • The Statehouse and The Hill: Legislative and Regulatory Update

Grantmaking

  • Funding Social Change

Forum

  • Philanthropic Motivation and Accountability

4:15–5:15 p.m.

Opening Reception in Resource Central

6:30– 8:30 p.m.

Food and a Flick: Let’s Get Real (registration and fee required)

OR

6:00-9:00 p.m.
Dine Around Honolulu

OR

dinner on your own

Monday, January 30

8:00–9:30 a.m.

Breakfast Plenary, Steve Case

 


Steve Case
Co-founder, America Online, Inc.
Chairman, Case Foundation

10:00–11:30 a.m.

Concurrent Sessions

Foundation Basics

  • Foundation Cycles: Transition & Change

Board Governance

  • There’s More to It Than compliance: Rating Your Board’s Governance
  • Generations Working Together

Management

  • Financial Management in a Sarbanes-Oxley World

Grantmaking

  • Power Imbalance in Grantmaking: Beyond Recognition to Strategy

Forum

  • The Secret of Effective Grants: The Power of Intuition

9:45 a.m.–1:15 p.m. (includes lunch)

Early Childhood Site Visit

9:45 a.m.–1:30 p.m. . (includes lunch)

Downtown Arts Site Visit (optional walking tour after lunch or return for afternoon sessions)

12:00–1:30 p.m.

Luncheon Roundtables by Topic

2:00–3:30 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions

Foundation Basics

  • Legal Basics

Board Governance

  • Raising Charitable Children

Management

  • Moving Board and Family Communication to a High-Tech Level
  • Straight Talk with Grantees

Grantmaking

  • Capacity Building: Shaping a Good Grantmaking Strategy
  • Enter the Exciting World of International Grantmaking

Forum

  • Building Capacity Through Supporting Leadership Development

1:45– 4:00 p.m. (Two site visits)

3:45–5:00 p.m.

Under the Banyan Tree

  • Peer-Led Conversations

6:30–8:00 p.m.

Networking Event: Honolulu Academy of Arts

Tuesday, January 31

 7:30–8:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

 9:00–10:30 a.m.

Concurrent Sessions

Foundation Basics

  • Grantmaking Basics

Board Governance

  • Moral Courage and Ethical Leadership

Management

  • Demystifying Grantee Financial Statements
  • Effectively Communicating Your Role in the Community

Grantmaking

  • Stories from Hawaii’s Multicultural Experience

Forum

  • Ethics & Sanctions: A Conversation about Council Leadership
  • Increasing Impact: The Power of Public Policy and Advocacy

11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Closing Lunch Plenary

Plenary Speech, Steve Gunderson, President and CEO, Council on Foundations

 

Steve Gunderson
New president and CEO,
Council on Foundations

Who Should Attend?

The 2006 Family Foundation Conference addresses issues relevant to:

  • Family foundation donors, trustees and members of the donor’s family
  • Donors to community foundations, advised funds or supporting organizations
  • Foundation staff working with families on their philanthropy
  • Professionals new to the field