Event Agenda: At a Glance

The Southeast Colorado Steering Committee welcomes you to our 2010 Rural Philanthropy Days for Baca, Bent, Crowley, Huerfano, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero and Prowers Counties.

Pre-event Training
Included in registration fee.
Pre-Event Training is provided to non-profit organizations by The Community Resource Center (CRC). The training is required for all registered participants because it provides an overview of the upcoming event and instructions about developing case statements, strategies for talking with funders, and other valuable information designed to help participants make the best use of their time at the Round Table sessions.

August 25	2:00 pm – 5:00 pm	Springfield Resource Center 1260 Main Street Springfield, CO 81073
August 26	8:30 am – 11:30 am	Las Animas Head Start (old Memorial school) 138 Sixth Street Las Animas, CO 81054
August 26	2:00 pm – 5:00 pm	Crowley Community Heritage Center 300 Main Street, Crowley 81033
August 27	9:00 am – 12:00 pm	Walsenburg Peak View School in the multi-purpose room 375 West Pine Street Walsenburg, Colorado 81089

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Sept. 15 (Wednesday)

Join us for an opening reception and BBQ at the world famous Koshare Indian Kiva and Museum. There will be musical entertainment and brief welcoming comments.

5:50 pm – 8:00 pm

Welcome Reception & BBQ. Registration Opens

Koshare Indian Kiva and Museum
115 W 18th St.
La Junta, CO 81050
(north end of the OJC Campus)

Sept. 16 (Thursday)

6:00 am – 7:45 am	Breakfast	OJC Student Center Food Court (see campus map)
7:00 am – 8:30 am	Registration is open	Humanities Center Theatre (see campus map)
8:00 am – 8:45 am	Opening Session with motivational speaker Dave Feamster	Humanities Center Theatre (see campus map)
9:00 am – 5:00 pm	Registration is open	OJC Student Center (see campus map)
*Exact classroom locations TBA closer to the event.*
9:00 am – 10:15 am	Workshop Session 1	OJC Campus Classrooms
10:30 am – 11:45 am	Workshop Session 2	OJC Campus Classrooms
10:30 am – 11:45 am	Southeast in the Spotlight for Funders	OJC Campus Classrooms
Each of the eight counties in southeast Colorado will designate a speaker who will spend 8-10 minutes talking about the goals and successes of their individual county.
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm	Luncheon	OJC Student Center Banquet Room
The luncheon will feature a video presentation that highlights collaborations among nonprofits, governmental entities, individuals and businesses across the eight-county region. One project per county will be showcased.
1:45 pm – 3:00 pm	Workshop Session 3	OJC Campus Classrooms
3:15 pm – 6:00 pm	Build Your Own Adventure	OJC Campus Classrooms
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm	Local Issues with public officials and funders	OJC Campus Classrooms
This session will allow county, city and other public officials the opportunity to talk about the needs of their counties with the funders. Tim Schultz from the Boettcher Foundation will facilitate this session.
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm	Dine-Around Topics & Hosts (click here for descriptions)
Dine-Around 1	Emerging Issues in Fundraising CBR YouthConnect	28071 North Highway 109 La Junta, CO 81050
Dine-Around 2	Animal Welfare CBR YouthConnect	28071 North Highway 109 La Junta, CO 81050
Dine-Around 3	The Joys and Frustrations of a capital campaign Ark Valley Community Center	1500 San Juan Ave, La Junta, CO 81050
Dine-Around 4	Historic Preservation Home of Sallie Hibbs	902 Belleview La Junta, CO 81050
Dine-Around 5	Arts and Culture Picketwire Players Theatre	802 San Juan Avenue La Junta, CO 81050
Dine-Around 6	Youth Development Otero Museum	218 Anderson Street La Junta, CO 81050
Dine-Around 7	Emergency Services and Public Safety La Junta Fire Department	601 Colorado Avenue La Junta, CO 81050
Dine-Around 8	Crisis to Self-Sufficiency La Junta Intermediate School	901 Smithland Avenue La Junta, CO 81050
Dine-Around 9	Early Childhood Issues Child Development Services	200 Burshears Avenue La Junta, CO 81050
Dine-Around 10	Healthcare Challenges and Opportunities Ark Valley Regional Medical Center	1100 Carson Avenue La Junta, CO 81050
Dine-Around 11	Senior Issues Casa Del Sol Community Room	1002 Casa Del Sol Drive La Junta, CO 81050
Dine-Around 12	Community Foundations La Junta Senior Center	114 East 2nd Street La Junta, CO 81050
Dine-Around 13	Educating a Competitive Workforce Southeast Mental Health Center	711 Barnes Avenue La Junta, CO 81050

Sept. 17 (Friday) All events at the OJC Student Center

6:00 am – 8:30 am	Breakfast	OJC Student Center Food Court
7:00 am – 8:30 am	Registration is open	OJC Student Center
9:00 am – 12 pm	Round Table Sessions	OJC Student Center Banquet Room

Oct. 5, 2010

What Now? Follow up session for non-profit organization to help them begin acting upon the information they received at Philanthropy Days. 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm; OJC Student Center

Event Agenda: Thursday

*Session & Workshop Title*		*Description*
	The Power of Giving Back	Dave Feamster, a local business owner and advocate of philanthropy, will discuss how giving back to your community can be a true blessing for everyone involved. Based on the famous quote, "We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give,” Dave will share some personal examples and encourage interaction and questions from the audience.
*Workshop Session 1 9:00am-10:15am*
1A	Evaluation	Evaluating programs and organizational activities are essential components in communicating your success and effectiveness to funders, donors, partners, and stakeholders. Facilitators will discuss why evaluation is an essential nonprofit best practice, and will identify some basic evaluation strategies. They will also discuss tips on how to get started on both programmatic and organizational evaluation activities. Jere Thomas is a Regional Prevention Consultant with OMNI Institute.
1B	Budgeting/Finances - Where's All Your Money?	Sharon Knight will present a primer workshop on budgeting and finances for non-profit organizations. This session is designed as a beginning approach to budgeting, with topics covering the types of budgets organizations need to be aware of and an overview of how to best manage finances.
1C	Master the Colorado Common Grant Application & Report	Find out what funders are really looking for in the Colorado Common Grant Application and Report. This session will focus on best practices of the Common Grant Application and preparing for the new Common Grant Report, which was publicly launched in July 2009. Sarah Fischler of the Community Resource Center and Erin Binford of the Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation will provide answers to the most common questions about the Colorado Common Grant Application to help you strengthen your proposal and increase your chances of success.
1D	Advanced Financial Management Strategies	Want to take your organization to a more advanced and sophisticated level of financial management? The session, presented by Susan Steele and Julie Lerudis, is targeted to individuals with a moderate level of understanding of nonprofit financial management, and will be appropriate for executive directors, nonprofit finance staff, and board leadership. This is planned to be a primarily interactive session to give you some tips but also to answer questions you might have about your specific organization and the funders perspective as they look at your various financial reports.
1E	Historic Preservation How-To	Do you have a historical project in your area that you would like to preserve for present and future generations? Are you unsure where to start? Cynthia Nieb from the State Historical Fund will help you navigate the roads of historical preservation including how to gain local support, the steps to plan the project, where to seek funding, and how to successfully implement and complete your project.
*Workshop Session 2 10:30am-11:30am*
2A	Fundraising Fundamentals in a Challenging Year	Tired of stressing about your bottom line? Using current trends in charitable giving and recent state and national data, Matt Carpenter of the El Pomar Foundation will provide a fresh look at basic fundraising approaches during tough economic times.
2B	Collaboration	Join Maria Fabula of the Community Resource Center to explore what it takes to develop a true collaborative partnership. Participants will learn the structures, the pros and cons of collaborations, the benefits of the resulting synergy and the surprising opportunities which often develop to meet new and emerging community needs.
2C	Hot Topics - The Non-Profit World is NOT business as usual	Martin Masar, Executive Director of CBR Youth Connect, will present information on nonprofit industry trends and news, including collaborations versus consolidations, use of the social media, organizational innovation, the role of leaders (upsizing/ down-sizing/ right-sizing), the emergence of for-profits, and how the remaining survivors "might" survive.
2D	Marketing on a Shoestring	This session will focus on working with what you have to make the best marketing impact for your business! Marty Fleischaker of Corrections Corporation of America will discuss organizing what is best for your market and managing on a tight budget.
2E	Southeast in the Spotlight (Funders only)	Funders, please join in this informative and interactive opportunity to learn more specifics about the eight Southeast Colorado Counties. A panel of representatives from Baca, Prowers, Bent, Kiowa, Otero, Crowley, Huerfano, and Las Animas Counties will give you an inside look at this unique area, their successes and their priorities. This is your chance to learn about the strengths and big ideas happening in these unique communities.
2F	Debunking Non-profit Myths	Join local business leader Bob Whaley in debunking common myths related to nonprofit management. Explore alternative corporate structures and unique partnerships that provide benefit for communities with few new resources. Learn how to strategically position your organization to meet the needs of its constituents during tough economic times. From incorporation to budgeting to board leadership, you will gain pearls of wisdom from this seasoned executive who has 37 years of combined for-profit and nonprofit corporate experience.
*Workshop Session 3 1:45pm-3:00pm*
3A	Getting Started with Social Media	Curious about social media? Just getting started? Come to this session to learn how to advance your nonprofit organization's mission, engage more constituents, raise more money or bring your mission to new audiences. Sarah Fischler of the Community Resource Center will discuss definitions, key tools, setting expectations, and measuring success. The session will include visits to social media sites (Facebook, Twitter, and others), plus a look at how other nonprofits have successfully used social media tools.
3B	Myers-Briggs Leadership Style	In this session, executive directors, staff members, or board members will have a unique opportunity to learn more about themselves and their leadership style. The MBTI assessment is the most well-known and scientifically backed personality tool available today. From developing more productive work teams to building closer families, the MBTI is a valuable methodology for anyone and any organization. Participants will complete the MBTI online before the session and then must be present in the session to receive their results. Note: This session is an additional $25 to cover the assessment fee, which represents a significant price reduction from other conferences and providers.
3C	Capital Campaigns: Preparing for Success	Thinking about starting a capital campaign? This workshop, led by Lisa Flores of the Gates Family Foundation, is designed to help small and large nonprofits learn to plan earlier and better, thus avoiding many costly and all too common mistakes. The presenters will review key steps in planning and conducting a capital project and will cover critical questions every nonprofit should ask before moving forward. It will focus on effective ways of implementing and successfully completing your capital campaign utilizing proven techniques and strategies.
3D	Your Mission, State and Federal Budget Changes	Do all those changes in Denver and Washington, D.C. leave your head spinning? Join Carol Hedges of the Colorado Center for Law and Policy for a discussion relating to how state and federal policies (and changes in policies) affect specific issues and mission areas for non-profits.
3E	Strategic Planning	Sustainable growth for an organization is a result of planning that includes stakeholders and key personnel. Effective planning requires a strategic process that examines critical issues from core values of the organization to implementation and evaluation of the plan. Teri Erickson, Director of Resource Development at Otero Junior College in La Junta and Carol Nickell, Community Resource Center Executive Director, have extensive program design and implementation experience and will provide you with an overview of the core components of developing a mission-driven plan.
*Build Your Own Adventure Sessions 3:15pm-6:00pm*
BYO1	Pre-event Training Make-up	For those attendees who were unable to make it to one of our pre-event training sessions, this session is mandatory. Attendees will learn how to prepare their two-minute "elevator speech" to use during Friday's Round Table Sessions with funders.
BYO2	Roundtable Pitch Practice	Not sure you've created a useful two-minute "elevator speech" for use during Friday's Round Table sessions? Local grant writers will be available to allow you to practice your pitches before you have to give them to funders and to provide feedback that will ensure your speech is as effective as possible.
BYO3	Local Sight Seeing	Take in all that La Junta has to offer! Explore the world-famous Koshare Indian Museum, located right here on Otero Junior College's campus; travel a few miles outside of town to see the wonders of Bent's Old Fort or explore the region's history at the Otero Museum. Directions and information for each of these local gems is located in the Hospitality Room. This is a great opportunity to take a walk around some local sites.
BYO4	Local Shopping	Take this opportunity to explore on your own - or with a group - some of the offerings of downtown La Junta. Pop into our fantastic local bookstores or shop for gifts at a variety of great locally-owned stores. A list of stores, addresses and hours is available in the Hospitality Room.
F/O	Local Issues 4:30-6:00pm	This session is by invitation only for public officials and funders. During this session, funders and elected officials will discuss community needs and assets, focusing particularly on identifying potential funding partnerships for capital and health-related community needs.
*Dine-Around Dinners 6:30pm*
DA1	Emerging Issues in Fundraising	Come to this dine-around for a fun conversation on the emerging issues in nonprofit fundraising. Facilitated by Sarah Fischler of the Community Resource Center, discussion will focus around the questions: Is direct mail dead? Will Facebook fizzle? Will Twitter and texting reign in the future of fundraising? This session is designed to be interactive, informative, and thought-provoking. You will leave with some ideas about what the future might bring and how your organization can adapt to emerging trends.
DA2	Animal Welfare	Join Sarah Timms and Kevin Morris of the Animal Assistance Foundation as they bring a scientific focus to the advancement of animal welfare through research and analysis. Diners will discuss animal welfare topics that are of particular interest to AAF, including spay/neuter, shelters and rescues, the unwanted horse issue, animal assisted therapy and the human-animal bond, and the link between animal abuse and violence toward people.
DA3	The Joys (and Frustrations) of a Capital Campaign	If your organization is in the process of or contemplating a capital campaign, come share your good ideas, frustrations and fears with facilitator Julie Lerudis of the Boettcher Foundation and other Dine-Around participants.
DA4	Historic Preservation	Did you ever wonder if your downtown, local historic site, or courthouse could be preserved? Local experts will be on hand to discuss how their projects morphed from an idea to a very tangible reality. Facilitated by Cynthia Nieb of the State Historical Fund.
DA5	Arts & Culture	Visit the Picketwire Theater and have dinner with Elaine Mariner, Colorado Council on the Arts, who will facilitate a discussion of the trends and opportunities in arts and culture in the state.
DA6	Youth Development	Dine with representatives from the Adolph Coors Foundation, which has a strong focus on youth development with an emphasis on character and leadership development, and has awarded over $160 million in grants to thousands of nonprofits throughout Colorado. Discussion items will include the major issues facing area youth and how they are different from urban youth, what methods work and don't work with youth, and good examples of collaborations that could be replicated in our area.
DA7	Emergency Services and Public Safety	Joe Kost, Area Director of USDA Rural Development, will lead the discussion on the status of public safety in your community, response times, equipment needs, trained personnel, and funding sources as well as ideas for improvement and collaboration.
DA8	Crisis to Self-Sufficiency	Join Noah Atencio of the Daniels Fund at this dine-around to explore the various issues facing people who are in crisis due to homelessness, discrimination, domestic violence and poverty. Discuss ways to effectively help them reach stability in their lives.
DA9	Early Childhood Issues	Early childhood education has taken center stage in Colorado and nationally. Join us for a conversation about what that means to families and programs in SE Colorado. Susan Steele and Erin Binford of the Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation plan to cover a number of topics, including program quality, professional development, and parent and family engagement.
DA10	Healthcare Challenges/Opportunities	Healthcare reform is not just for the Feds! Join a fruitful dinner discussion around healthcare challenges and opportunities in Southeast Colorado. Bring your experience and an open mind to ways we can improve healthcare for everyone in the region! Facilitated by Sophie Faust of the Caring for Colorado Foundation, Laurel Petralia, The Colorado Trust Program Officer and Cassidy Smith, The Colorado Health Foundation Program Officer - Health Care.
DA11	Senior Issues	Join Irene Lopez-Wessell from the Bright Mountain Foundation for an important conversation about current senior issues involving in-home services, transportation, and hospital/nursing home services.
DA12	Community Foundation	Wonder how a community foundation could benefit your city or region? Participate in this stimulating dine-around facilitated by Susann Mikkelson of the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union Educational & Charitable Foundation to learn how a community foundation is different, how it is structured, and the basic steps for starting one in your community.
DA13	Educating a Competitive Workforce	This Dine-Around Dinner is an informal opportunity for area nonprofits and foundation representatives to learn more about the needs of the region's workforce and the issues and opportunities that exist locally to educate area residents to fill local jobs. Felix Lopez of Trinidad State Junior College and Betty Velasquez of the Colorado Workforce Centers will discuss some of the unique programs and partnerships that exist in the region that are helping to ensure that our regional workforce remains competitive.