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HISTORY OF ACTIVITIES


Think Tanks:

"Non-Profit Organizations in the Next Millennium"
Robert Graham Hughes- Robert Woods Johnson Foundation

"Bridges Between For Profit and Non-Profit Sectors"
Richard Dalrymple- President Dime Savings Bank, President of the National Center for Persons with Disabilities

"On Non-Profits"
Hugh Price, Esq. Piper-Rudnick, Immediate Past President/CEO, National Urban League


Advocacy:

Legislative Breakfasts
Meeting with State Sen. David Capiello
Housing Summit and Follow-up


Workshops:

"Show Me the Money: A Fundraising Workshop for Non-Profit Agencies"
Gae Hoffman and Robert Miss, Resource development Council of Westchester, NY

"Results Mapping: A Skill Building Workshop"
Gregory Ryan, Connecticut Assets Network

"Mission and Message: How the Public Perceives What You Do"
Maria Dering, The Support Center for Non-Profit Management, New York City

"Strategic Planning"
Denise Burn, The Support Center for Non- Profit Management, New York City

"Putting It All Together, Managing the Fundraising Mix"
Denise Burn, The Support Center for Non-Profit Management, New York City

"Grant Writing"
Don Crocker, Executive Director, The Support Center for Non-Profit Management, New York City

Connecticut Neighborhood Assistance Act Training Session
Gary Parrington, CNAAP Trainer

Strategic Technology Planning
Theresa Stroisch, NPower, Inc Seattle, WA and NYC

"Leadership Institute- Step One"
A 2 day leadership development institute for executive directors of non-profit agencies;
Dr. Lucy Lapovsky, President, Mercy College, Robert Cooper, St. Joseph's Hospital, WCSU faculty members.

"Succession Planning"
Fred Tesch, Ph.D., Professor Management Department, WCSU
Director, MBA Program
Associate Director, Executive Forum

"Collaboration, Alliance, or Merger"
Rick Swierat
Executive Director, Westchester, N.Y. ARC
Adjunct Professor, WCSU

"Re-Imagining Fundraising"
Jane Lennox, Consultant


Networking:

Dialogues With Funders:
"The Non-Profit/Funder Relationship"
"Strengthening the Community Partnership Between the Non-Profit and Philanthropic Communities"
"Continuing the Dialogue Between Local Funders and Agencies"


Brown Bag Lunch
Community Capacity Building Task Force


Academic Component:


Summer School 2003- Undergraduate Faculty Developed Course- Nonprofit Management
Summer School 2004- Graduate Faculty Developed Course- Nonprofit Management and Administration
Paper Presentation at Academic Conference- Baccalaureate Program Directors Annual Meeting , Reno, Nevada
Development of Shared Collection of Materials Between the WCSU Libraries and the Danbury Public Library
Possible Non-Profit Management Certificate Program


Collaborations:

Co-sponsor with the Center on Collaboration, Workshop on Emotional Intelligence
Co-sponsor with Department of Social Work, Symposium on TANF
Assisted Federal Reserve Bank with regional survey re; budget adjustments in tight economies
Participated in UCONN's, "State if the Non-Profit Sector" initiatives
Led United Way of Northern Fairfield County CPO Forum on Collaborations


Administration:

Monthly Executive Committee Meetings
Quarterly Executive Advisory Committee Meetings
Periodic Surveys and Needs Assessments


Grants and Funding:

AT&T
Fairfield County Community Foundation
The United Way of Northern Fairfield County
The Western Connecticut University Foundation
Western Connecticut State University
"The Executive Forum gratefully acknowledges that construction of this website was supported by an Excelerator Grant from the AT&T Foundation".

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