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October
22-24, 2008
Water's Edge Resort
Westbrook, CT
Join your New
England colleagues in family philanthropy at the
Water's Edge Resort in Westbrook, Connecticut,
for a conference on current issues in family foundations,
giving, and family philanthropy.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Donors, current or future trustees,
and staff from family philanthropies, including those new to
grantmaking as well as those with long experience.
WHAT
IS OFFERED? Interactive sessions on such topics as:
succession planning, engaging the next generation, handling
family dynamics, building effective boards, successfully
collaborating, and navigating transitions.
WHY
ATTEND? Networking, learning and inspiration! |
To REGISTER,
please call:
617-426-2606 X12
Conference Registration Fee
$
250 (Member/Partner = $
175)
The
discounted Member Registration rate is available to any funder
who is a member of one of the presenting regional associations
of grant makers. The registration fee covers all sessions as
well as meals served at the conference. Please note that the
registration fee does not include lodging or travel.
Hotel Registration
Rooms at the
Water's Edge Resort
are completely filled for October 23! Alternative options are:
Captain
Stannard House Country Inn
860-399-4634 or
www.stannardhouse.com
Sandpiper Inn
(860) 399-7973 or
www.sandpiperinnct.com
Westbrook Inn Bed & Breakfast
800-342-3162 or
www.westbrookinn.com
Check the
Conference
Brochure for more complete information.
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Thursday, October 23
8:30 am - 11:30 am
FREE Pre-Conference Session:
Strengthening Vulnerable Families
(No additional
fee, but
separate PRE-REGISTRATION required)
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Registration
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Opening Plenary Luncheon
Speaker: Leslie
Crutchfield, author, Forces for
Good - Book signing to immediately follow
luncheon
2:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Concurrent sessions (4)
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
Concurrent sessions (4)
7:00 pm
Dine Arounds or
Dinner on our Own |
Friday, October 24
8:30 am - 9:45 am
Breakfast Roundtables
10:15 am - 11:30 am
Concurrent sessions (4)
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Break (Opportunity to purchase books, time
to
visit resource tables)
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Closing Plenary Luncheon
Speaker: Bill Shore,
Executive Director,
Share Our Strength and author of The
Cathedral Within - Book signing immediately
following
luncheon
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 Leslie Crutchfield is an author, speaker, and advisor to
leading nonprofits and philanthropies. She serves as managing
director of the Ashoka Global
Academy for Social Entrepreneurship, and is co-author of Forces
for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits (Wiley,
2008). Ashoka is the world’s oldest and largest organization
supporting social entrepreneurs; the Global Academy program
features the field’s “global greats” such as Nobel Laureate
Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank. For the past
decade, Leslie has advised a range of foundations, and she
currently serves as philanthropic advisor to the Goldhirsh
Foundation.
In the 1990s, she co-founded and ran Who Cares: The Tool Kit for
Social Change, a national magazine for young activists
(circulation 50,000). Leslie is a frequent public speaker and
university lecturer, and has been featured as one of America’s
top leaders under 40 by Newsweek. She volunteered with
Crossroads Africa in the Gambia, and serves on the boards of the
SEED Foundation, Kiva, and Little Kids Rock. Leslie holds an MBA
and an AB from Harvard University, and resides in the
Washington, D.C. area with her family.
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 Bill Shore is the founder and executive director of Share
Our Strength®, the nation’s leading organization working to end
childhood hunger in America. Shore is also the chairman of
Community Wealth Ventures®, Inc., a for-profit subsidiary of
Share Our Strength that provides strategic counsel to
foundations and nonprofit organizations interested in creating
community wealth — resources generated through profitable
enterprise to promote social change.
Shore founded Share Our Strength in 1984 in response to the
Ethiopian famine and subsequently renewed concern about hunger
in the United States. From 1978 through 1987, Shore served on
the senatorial and presidential campaign staffs of former U.S.
Senator Gary Hart (D-Colorado). From 1988 to 1991, Shore served
as chief of staff for former U.S. Senator Robert Kerrey
(D-Nebraska). His transition from politics to innovative
community service and his prescription for community change are
documented in his first book, Revolution of the Heart (Riverhead
Press, 1995). Shore’s second book, The Cathedral Within (Random
House, 1999), profiles a new breed of community leaders who are
tapping every sector of society to improve community life.
A native of Pittsburgh, Pa., Shore earned his B.A. at the
University of Pennsylvania and his law degree from George
Washington University in Washington, D.C. He currently serves on
the board of directors of The Timberland Company, College
Summit, and Venture Philanthropy Partners. Shore has been an
adjunct professor at New York University’s Stern School of
Business and is currently the Faculty Advisor for the Reynolds
Foundation Fellowship program at the John F. Kennedy School of
Government’s Center for Public Leadership. In October 2005, “US
News & World Report” selected Shore as one of America’s Best
Leaders.
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