8:00 AM
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST/REGISTRATION
8:30 AM
WELCOME
Conference Co-Hosts
Marianne Haver Hill, MEND
Thomas E. Backer, PhD, Valley Nonprofit Resources
Conference Planning Committee Co-Chairs
Florence Green, IdeaEncore
Michael Manigault, Bank of America
OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS
"The Power of Compassion - and Staying Afloat in Today's Troubled World"
Father Greg Boyle, SJ Homeboy Industries
10:00 AM
NETWORKING BREAK
10:30 AM
ACTION WORKSHOPS
A. Doing More with Less - Creative Strategies for Cost-Saving Operations
What can be done to trim operating costs of nonprofit operations, without sacrificing the ability to serve clients and sustain operations? The approaches discussed will include a case example of two successful nonprofits that merged to better meet the needs of their clients, as well as to become more financially efficient.
Moderator
Jocelyn Guihama, UCLA Center for Civil Society
Panelists
Mark Bertler, Public Health Foundation Enterprises
Grace Cheng Braun, Wise & Healthy Aging
B. Getting More - Asset Building Strategies for Clients
How can public and private community development organizations and nonprofit service programs help low-income people build personal assets, ranging from their own bank accounts, to better credit ratings, to home ownership? This workshop will overview the latest in asset building strategies, and how nonprofits serving low-income people can help their clients learn about and use them.
Moderator
Stella Theodoulou, California State University Northridge
Panelists
Olivia Calderon, New America Foundation
Neal Dudovitz, Neighborhood Legal Services LA
Victor Ramirez, Citi Community Development
C. Nonprofit Financial Management - Tools for Changed Economic Times*
What are the secrets for effective nonprofit financial management in these troubled economic times? This skill-building workshop will introduce NFF's three tools for prudent financial management and managing for sustainability - cash flow planning (including access to debt when appropriate), program profitability analysis, and scenario planning to deal with financial crises.
Workshop Leaders
Karla Salazar & Jessica LaBarbara, Nonprofit Finance Fund
Workshop sponsored by Bank of America
*Skill Building Workshop - Pre-Enrollment Required
12:00 PM
LUNCH
Report Backs from Breakout Workshops
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
"The Challenges and Opportunities from Sacramento"
Jean Ross, California Budget Project
CONFERENCE WRAP-UP
Conference Co-Hosts
Marianne Haver Hill, MEND
Thomas E. Backer, PhD, Valley Nonprofit Resources
