Next Meeting: "The Leaders Challenge: A Heart for Mission & A Head for Business"

Please join us…

October 16th, 2009
8:30am to 10:30am

Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet Hospitality Center
385 Watervliet-Shaker Road Latham
Cost: Please bring $5 (for light breakfast)

"The Leaders Challenge: A Heart for Mission & A Head for Business"
How Nonprofits Can Balance Bottom Line & Community Need

Running a nonprofit is serious business. And just like any business your organization can indeed make money, run efficiently, measure outcomes and determine a return on investment for your donors. But unlike other businesses, nonprofits have a “double bottom line.” A community based nonprofit (whether a human service group or a cultural institution) is also a business that measures their impact in “doing good” for the community.

Exactly how do you measure that? How do you maximize community "good" as well as profit?

Our panel of experienced executives and business leaders will give us insight on how to balance the “heart for mission and head for business” question that nonprofit execs struggle with every day.

Topics that will be discussed include:

• How we want our nonprofit community to be viewed. How do we feel about the word “business” when referring to nonprofits?


• The importance of new thinking when it comes to running a nonprofit business. How do we move away from “we’ve always done it that way.”


• Compensating quality staff in a competitive environment. What can we offer as a total package and how do we communicate that?


• What are some tools different nonprofits are using to manage more effectively?
  

Join us for this exciting opportunity to learn and share with your Executive Director peers from around the region.

Moderator:
Chris Burke, Executive Director, Unity House, Inc.

Panelists:
Beth Coco, Founder, MicroKnowledge
Kevin Connally, Executive Director, Hope House, Inc.
Ann DiSaro, Former Executive Director, Albany Senior Services &
Owner, Ann DiSarro Consulting